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 ===== Sick of smiley faces ===== ===== Sick of smiley faces =====
 +//Review of Bright-Sided//\\
 Published Sun, Oct 18, 2009 06:11 AM\\ Published Sun, Oct 18, 2009 06:11 AM\\
 Modified Sun, Oct 18, 2009 09:52 AM\\ Modified Sun, Oct 18, 2009 09:52 AM\\
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 When Barbara Ehrenreich became a breast cancer patient, she found herself infuriated by the disease's upbeat, infantilizing culture of pink ribbons and teddy bears. When she found that there were patients' message boards that extolled breast cancer as a blessing, she signed on and expressed her indignation. Along came "a chorus of rebukes" from other patients, one of whom condescendingly addressed her as Barb. The word "barb" can be associated with Ehrenreich, but it works better to describe her favorite kind of rhetorical weapon than as a nickname. When Barbara Ehrenreich became a breast cancer patient, she found herself infuriated by the disease's upbeat, infantilizing culture of pink ribbons and teddy bears. When she found that there were patients' message boards that extolled breast cancer as a blessing, she signed on and expressed her indignation. Along came "a chorus of rebukes" from other patients, one of whom condescendingly addressed her as Barb. The word "barb" can be associated with Ehrenreich, but it works better to describe her favorite kind of rhetorical weapon than as a nickname.
  
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