As you may know, I've
written my humor column that ran in over 20 cities for AOL's Patch over 2 years.
In fact, if you scroll down, you can read my indictment of the pink ribbon
marketing bonanza which was a departure from my normal silliness. I tapped into
my old job as a journalist to expose the massive amounts of money being made by
simply slapping a pink ribbon on some product or another. The biggest problem
is that miniscule amounts of money were donated to any charity or went to help
cancer patients. Most of the money was pure profit. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a
big fan of making money. But I detest when it’s done based on tapping into
humanity’s innate desire to help and it’s even more despicable when it’s made
from the suffering of others.
I haven’t decided whether
I despise the corporations who slap that pink ribbon on their product and paint
the town pink for “Pinktober” or the charities that claim to be helping women
like me (cough, Komen, cough, cough). One of the worst charities, in my
opinion, is Komen, who barely spent
17% of their earnings from the pink ribbon marketing cash cow to anything
remotely helpful. Worse, their signature fragrance had ingredients directly
linked to causing breast cancer. Helpful little bunch, wouldn’t you say? But,
like I said, you can scroll down to read the series.
I’ve changed direction,
and am finally writing my book. It’s tentatively called, “My Heels are Alive
(and are trying to kill me)”. I’m almost done – woo hoo! So that’s another
reason I haven’t been writing for y’all with any regularity.
I’d LOVE it if you’d connect
with me on Facebook. If you “like” my fan page (just click on the name & it'll take you to FB & my page), Tamara Kells, The Brunette Lucy, you’ll be
able to interact with me much easier than here on the blog. Although I thank
you for all your emails! I can’t tell you how much I looked forward to hearing
from you. There were days when I was sick, others that I was depressed, and I’d
see that one of you sent me a letter. It was the most awesome thing – it’s hard
to put it into words. Thank you seems trite. Still, it’s the only way to
express my feelings about you.
Thank you.
If you feel inclined, come
over & visit me on Facebook! I look forward to reading whatever you have to
say.
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