Mere days after the Susan Komen Foundation (the originators of the Walk for the Cure and the pink ribbons) shot itself in the foot by publicly taking on a right wing agenda against Planned Parenthood's providing breast cancer testing to underserved women and against valuable stem cell research, thus putting Republican extremism in front of actually curing cancer, the following film is being released:

This film exposes the relatively corrupt and ineffective ways the Komen Foundation goes about raising money. This film was coming out anyway...the Komen Foundation just happened to boost the attention it's getting by becoming so right wing even Michael Bloomberg took them to task and raised money for Planned Parenthood in response. The PR nightmare for Komen is all thanks to their relatively new senior vice-president for public policy, Karen Handel, a right wing Republican and former gubernatorial candidate from Georgia.

Now I once participated in one of their walks. I also have done actual cancer research and was for awhile paid off an Army breast cancer research grant. I think the Komen Foundation has funded some good research, but it seems greed and a corporate mentality may have gotten in the way of their original goals. And now that they have sided with right wing Republicans (some of the most anti-science, anti-research people in America), it seems they have abandoned all but the pretense of trying to help find a cure for breast cancer. Pity.

UPDATE: Here is an excellent response from a breast cancer survivor to the Komen Foundation re: their recent politicizing of breast cancer:

For those who want to help find a cure, I recommend donating to Planned Parenthood (who provide cancer screening to thousands of women with no other healthcare options, thus saving lives) or to the American Cancer Society (which provides a great deal of funding for basic research into cancer and cures).