When Beth Posted These Images on Facebook, 103 People Unfriended Her | Rebecca Sparrow

This "photo" has created quite a stir over in Europe and Australia, but I do not understand why. Maybe because I have been exposed, from an early age, to ravages of cancer and what it can do to a loved ones body, I am immune to the societal backlash. What I see in this photo, is a fighter; a woman not willing to give up. It "tells a story that belies their outward appearance."
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Under the Red Dress is a project which attempts to tell those silent stories that people are not only wanting to tell, but that people want to hear. Everybody likes to be reminded that the person next door is only human, as they are."
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"What I see in each of those images is a woman who is strong. Gutsy. Determined. A fighter. I see a mother. A sister-in-law. A wife. A daughter. A best-friend. I see a woman who is beautiful not despite of her scars but because of them. A woman who is prepared to step into her own vulnerability in a bid to help other women. To remind them to do self-exams, to be breast-aware, to help start a conversation about the insidiousness of breast cancer."

"That's what I see when I look at those naked photos of Beth Whaanga. But not everyone sees that. Some of Beth's friends didn't see that.

I post this story in honor of the friends and family that battled or are still battling.  Cancer is a reality!!


When Beth Posted These Images on Facebook, 103 People Unfriended Her | Rebecca Sparrow