Among Strangers

The whole "No Make Up selfies" scheme has pretty much come out of the blue. For those who do not know what it is, it's basically girls/women taking photos of themselves without make up and then nominating other people to do it with the intent to raise awareness of cancer. (Could be breast Cancer or just cancer in general I don't really know). However, this has caused the "un-confident" side of the female society to get somewhat angry and aggressive at people for doing this, their argument is that there "Everybody knows about cancer so raising awareness is pointless" Well this is bullshit. Not everybody knows about cancer unfortunately, especially people in different societies and cultures, and even if everyone did know, it is a reminder to people that it is out there. Let's be fair, how many of us think about cancer on a day to day basis. I don't. Not for any reason other than the fact that I have too much to worry about as it is, but every time I see one of these selfies it is a reminder for all those who have nor lost or won their battle to cancer, but to the thousands and thousands of cancer research volunteers trying to find a cure day in day out. 

Cancer Research itself says that there has been a huge increase in donations over the last few days because of this "No Make Up Selfie" thing!  So before you slate an idea, or before you pick at everyone who is doing it, whether it is making a difference to you not, just consider what they are actually doing. They are not taking a selfie to prove natural beauty, they are not doing it to be part of the crowd, they are doing it to encourage others to get involved and drive donations to stop cancer. It is not harming you. It is not even affecting you. You are not forced to get involved. But you should respect those who are getting involved, just like they would respect your decision for not getting involved.

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