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Leigh Hurst, FYB Founder
About the Boobies Basics Series: This will be one of six short articles that focus on common misconceptions about breast cancer. These misconceptions are based on the most frequent questions I get when I go out and speak to groups of women.
All Boobies are Created EqualAs a woman, we are prone to be self-critical and are always comparing ourselves to others. There is an endless list of things that we pick apart about ourselves each day.
Let’s take hair, for example. Who wouldn’t love to have beautiful long thick hair that is the envy of all of our friends. You know the kind of hair that looks like it’s effortless to do each morning; the kind that can be easily transformed from long locks to a careless ponytail in seconds. Or what about our skin? We tirelessly buy new products in pursuit of flawless, ageless skin. We all have that friend – the one who rarely needs makeup and might not even do a thorough cleansing each night before bed. Grrr.
And then there’s our breasts. They come in all shapes and sizes. Some are small or nearly non-existent, some are, well, larger than life and some are too perky for their own good. They are always a topic of conversation between women; and men are easily hypnotized by them. There’s no shortage of women these days willing to give the “girls” a little (or big) lift in order to achieve picture perfect breasts.
For me, I’ve lived a life of the girl with “small boobs” and I’ve never really cared too much about the fact that they are little. They have never been something that defines me – heck, I never even really thought about them until I found a lump a few years ago. That’s when I found out that these little boobies had cancer. At that moment, little did I know, that my life from that point forward would revolve around “Boobies”. I talk about Boobies all day, every day – it’s my life now. Through Feel Your Boobies®, I’ve become the “Boobies girl”. This always amuses me when I think about it. I am thankful to have them and I love everything about them. They are small, they are mine and they are perfect.
One of the most common comments I heard after being diagnosed with breast cancer was “I can’t believe you have breast cancer, your boobs are so little.” Well girls, this is one case where all boobies are created equal. Big or small, perky or not so perky; they are all equally at risk of developing breast cancer. So let’s get “feeling” ladies! Take some time to get to second base with yourself and let’s keep those boobies healthy. After all, let’s face it, they may not be perfect but they’re all you have.
Come check out our first ever Feel Your Boobies Bar Tour in NYC!! Starting Thur 10/11 through Sunday 10/14, to help kickoff National Feel Your Boobies Week, we have lots of fun bars lined up who are helping raise awareness and money for the FYB Foundation. This is not a Bar Crawl, so stop by any of these establishments during the participating dates to support FYB through the various promotions running during this time.
Click here for a map of the participating establishments.
No Malice Palace
197 E 3rd St New York, NY 10009 (212) 254-9184
Skinny
174 Orchard St New York, NY 10002 (212) 228-3668
Beauty Bar
231 E 14th St New York, NY 10003 (212) 539-1389
Nolita House
47 E Houston St New York, NY 10012 (212) 625-1712
Welcome To the Johnson's
123 Rivington St New York, NY 10002 (212) 420-9911
Rivington 151
151 Rivington St New York, NY 10002 (212) 228-4139
Fontana's Bar
105 Eldridge St New York, NY 10002 (212) 334-6740
D B A
41 1st Ave New York, NY 10003 (212) 677-0437
Musical Box
219 Avenue B New York, NY 10009 (212) 254-1731
Lolita Bar
266 Broome St New York, NY 10002 (212) 966-7223
Cake Shop
152 Ludlow St New York, NY 10002 (212) 253-0036
So I'm back.
How y'all doing? I'm fine-things have been pretty busy in my neck of the woods. Let me give you a brief update on what has been going on in the Boobies world...or as some call it, the Borld (of boobies).
Leigh and I had a meeting with the Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance this past Friday-which was awesome, to say the least. Here's the deal-if you are in the Ithaca/upstate NY area or anywhere near the Cornell campus on Oct. 13, I better see you. The IBCA is hosting a walk/run for breast cancer and me, along with FYB supporters, will be there. So come! Make it happen, make it beautiful, just make it!
Anyway-along with that, I'm still on the lookout for anyone interested in hosting a FYB event on their college campus or in their town. So let me know if you want to do it, and we'll make it happen.
And don't forget to check out the event list on the FYB site to see what's coming up and if anything is coming up near you. 
But enough about me-let's talk about YOU.
Feel free to post any comments to this blog-lemme know who you are, where you're from, how you heard about FYB. Give me the juicy details.
Well, it's been real, it's been great, it's been real great.
Until my next blog...
Well...hello!
Finally...we meet. I'm Jackie-the boobies intern. Now let's get this party started...
As you all know (or have read) I am a junior writing major at Ithaca. Good times. Aside from writing, I enjoy long walks on the beach, romantic candlelit dinners and feeling my boobies-no seriously-that's why I'm apart of this internship.
Honestly though, I am so grateful and happy to be apart of such a wonderful cause. Leigh is awesome, Feel Your Boobies is awesome, and so is everyone else involved. YAY!
I hope you're still reading because I'll be posting one of these blogger thingys a few times a week-just to keep all you wonderful people updated on what's going on in the boobie world.
So let me give you a brief low-down. I became apart of FYB about a week ago-and it started with a BANG!
I've been updating the Myspace/Facebook boobie pages-so when you have a chance-check 'em out and friend us!
www.myspace.com/feelyourboobies
I've also been getting in touch with people from different colleges who are interested in hosting a FYB event. Are you intersted? If so-then let me know-feel free to email me at jackie@feelyourboobies.com or jmcbrie1@ithaca.edu or if you have any ideas/suggestions or you just wanna chat-send a message my way!
Besides all that-everything is boobiful (okay...i'll stop it with the boob-related word...wait, no I won't)
I'll be back...
Feel Your Boobies announces a partnership with Moxie Moms LLC. We are excited to be working with them to spread our message to their members and work together on fundraising opportunities in communities where Moxie Moms are already doing great things.
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