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Before I get to the rant, let me just thank everyone for once again making it a great month for this minor skirmish in the great war against cancer. You rock and I’m not just saying that. It honestly warms my heart each month when I get these receipts and find that you’re still participating. I am truly grateful to you.

Now, let the gnashing of teeth begin.

This really irked me:

“We know folks have been upset with us,” says [spokesperson Leslie] Aun. “We get that, and we are sorry. We hope that people don’t turn their backs on women. If you don’t give to Komen, that’s someone who’s not going to get a mammogram.” She adds, “We fill so many gaps for women—we gave 700,000 free screenings to uninsured women last year, many of them impoverished.”

From Komen Kills Major Lobbying Day, Urges People Not to Abandon Women

They just don’t get it. And now I have to do some math just to be a jerk.

Komen claims they made 700k mammograms possible last year. During the same year, they took in $400 million. So, in essence, they paid $571.43 per mammogram.

A quick Google search found out-of-pocket mammogram prices generally between $100 and $250.

Using that $250 figure (in an unprecedented act of generosity on my part), I’m going to go ahead and say that they are actually preventing about 700k mammograms per year. *

* I know this is a severe oversimplification. But seriously. They impugned my commitment to women’s health and fighting cancer. 

And so, it is with great pleasure that I submit this month’s donation to the American Cancer Society in honor of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Here are the receipts:

Tell cancer to shove it:

Simply by shopping at Amazon, you can make a donation to the American Cancer Society at no cost to you!

Click through any of the Amazon links on this site (like this one), and you will be identified as coming from Nutgraf. Amazon sends me a small percentage of whatever you spend as “advertising fees.” I donate every cent of that fee to the American Cancer Society each month when Amazon pays me.

You can catch up with all of the mishegoss on the Cancer is an Asshole project page

I do hate hearing when bad things happen to people. And particularly to very fine people. To that end, this month’s donation was made in honor of a friend’s mother who lost her battle with cancer recently. I never met her, but do know her wonderful daughter. In this way, I believe that she lived a life full of love, good humor, grace and family. She leaves behind an incredible legacy and the world is richer for having had her in it. My condolences and warmest regards to her family. And one hearty and ungracious “fuck you” to cancer.

Here are the receipts:

But Thea, you’re probably thinking, how can I get in on the unprintable action? I also want to punch cancer in the pie-hole. Well, you can.

Tell cancer to shove it:

Simply by shopping at Amazon, you can make a donation to the American Cancer Society at no cost to you!

Click through any of the Amazon links on this site (like this one), and you will be identified as coming from Nutgraf. Amazon sends me a small percentage of whatever you spend as “advertising fees.” I donate every cent of that fee to the American Cancer Society each month when Amazon pays me.

You can catch up with all of the mishegoss on the Cancer is an Asshole project page