Bra Color For A Cause

We all know that taking a single glance at a person’s facebook profile is sure to tell us quite a bit, possibly too much, about their lives- relationship status, hair color, favorite movie, bra color? Women have taken the fight against breast cancer to a fresh and trendy level by simply posting the color of the bra they are wearing on their facebook statuses. It has been creating some controversy, but as the old saying goes, there is no such thing as bad press.

The Washington Post reported that a message was sent to women all across the world pushing this cause. The message read “Some fun is going on . . . just write the color of your bra in your status. Just the color, nothing else. It will be neat to see if this will spread the wings of breast cancer awareness. It will be fun to see how long it takes before people wonder why all the girls have a color in their status Haha.”

As the cryptic one word statuses swept across facebook, many people went straight to Google to figure out the meaning. The reaction of many people? Anger. Groups such as “Awareness For Breast Cancer is not about the COLOR of your BRA!” and “I Kept My Bra Color To Myself – And I Still Support Breast Cancer!” have popped up all over facebook and naysayers continue to oppose this silly movement.

A silly movement is just what this is. Breast cancer is a very serious disease that hits thousands of women all across the globe every day. BUT-Anything that brings attention to the fight against breast cancer is fine by me. It is disappointing that numerous people have brought a good and fun movement, though “silly,” and created a moral debate. Yes, a woman’s bra color may be slightly personal, but it’s not like they are posting photos! Come on, people!

“Many survivors were upset by the now infamous bra color postings of earlier this week. I was not, and I AM a survivor. It was stupid, but I did participate. Why? Because it got people talking about breast cancer. How did bra color relate to breast cancer? It didn’t, but it got us talking. So, in a way it worked,” said Marcia Hahnfeld Deitrick, a breast cancer survivor.

So why not put your bra color on your status? It isn’t causing anyone pain. It is only bringing awareness to a noble cause. So, with pride and hope, I say PINK!

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