Boobies. Although they come in all shapes and sizes (large, small, saggy and perky), they have one thing in common: the ability to develop cancer. Even though there is no cure yet, the Fifth Annual Blogger Boobie-Thon for Breast Cancer is doing its part to make cancer a thing of the past.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Boobie-Thon will start accepting pledges on October 1st to raise money for the prestigious Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

The Boobie-Thon was featured in Self Magazine’s “Body Confidence Awards” in 2004 and recently was lauded in an article at Salon.com:

The Fifth Annual Blogger Boobie-thon, as it is formally known, is one of those happy Internet phenomena in which the medium bumped into the message by accident. For years, the blatant spectacle of breasts has drawn predictable criticism that the event exploits women, but it seems the pro-boobie camp is winning the culture wars. Every year the fundraiser gets more positive than negative press, and brings in more money than the year before. These days, even venerable institutions like the Breast Cancer Research Foundation have cast off the pale pink euphemisms of their early years and embraced a more direct method. Their logo is now hot pink; their ongoing "Expose the Truth" campaign offers pictures of beautiful, topless women.

You never know - you might even see some of your favorite bloggers represented among the boobies!

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 09:27 PM