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| One of the pictures from the Scar Project's website. They have a book with autobiographical stories to go with each picture. |
The Scar Project is a project with a series of images of young breast cancer survivors shot by a fashion photographer.
In 3rd grade on of our closest friend's mom lost the battle with breast cancer. I remember hearing about how she had to have one breast removed, and then the other, and at the time it didn't seem like such a big deal, but I didn't realize it could be so painful, or so personally degrading. I thought of it only as boobs being removed. But it wasn't just that. Women have a sexual identity that includes their breasts; women have a personal identity that includes their ability to be seen as regular women and mothers. Without the breasts they used to have, these women have to learn to be themselves again, and learn to be confident in their bodies again, aesthetically and physically.
The Scar Project is an awareness-raising project with the slogan "Breast Cancer is Not a Pink Ribbon" and I don't think they are trying to say don't donate to the pink ribbon campaign. According to their website, their goal is to "raise public consciousness of early-onset breast cancer, raise funds for breast cancer research/outreach programs and help young survivors see their scars, faces, figures and experiences through a new, honest and ultimately empowering lens."
Anyway, I don't have much more to say about it, but go check it out, they say it better than I could anyway.
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