CANCER RIBBONS

Story / Gina Tron Illustrations / Aimee Bee Brooks I hate cancer ribbons. I hate when cancer survivors are called “cancer warriors,” and most of all I hate when people call the journey empowering. I feel this way because “I’m still on the journey” which is a horrible, exhausting, frustrating trip to take. When I woke up from my double mastectomy last September, I was inconsolable. I told the nurse, my boyfriend and friend in the room that... Read More