
Two other women, also breast cancer survivors, said their husbands left them after they were diagnosed. Both had to have mastectomies (in case anyone doesn’t know, this is the surgical operation to remove one or both breasts).
The first woman said her husband told her that he would rather see her dead than see her lose her breasts. The second woman had her operation and waited all day to be picked up by her husband, who never arrived. By nightfall, one of the nurses offered to give her a ride, and she came home to find the house empty.
Obviously, these are extreme cases of a man’s reaction to his wife’s breast cancer, but this is what I see when I see the “I ♥ Boobies” bracelets. I see love of the body parts, not the person being treated—not the patient, not the victim, not the survivor.
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A couple on a motorcycle in Taipeh, China, 1959. Photo by John Dominis.


Behold the fallen seraphim

Until you set your old heart free.

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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.

Pierre-Auguste Cot, Portrait of a lady, 1879, detail.



only I can live forever

