I Love Boobies! Bracelets Causing a Ruckus
February 2nd, 2010 by Kimmy McAtee
Lately we’ve been getting lot’s of letters. Mainly from proud parents, supporting their rad kids, who are standing up for what they believe in, or from teenagers who are pissed at their administration for telling them they can’t support something they believe in, and even letters from angry principals and parents calling us perverted.
The entire idea of the campaign is to take this serious horrible subject, break the ice, and make it easy to talk about. We tell all the principals that this is actually their OPPORTUNITY, to talk to their students about an issue that affects them and important to them. An opportunity to educate your students on how they can prevent breast cancer.
THANK YOU to all of you, who are standing up, and telling your schools, you have freedom of speech, and freedom to support causes that are important to you!
Click to read our official statement on the I LOVE BOOBIES! Campaign:
The Keep A Breast Foundation’s (KAB) Mission is to help eradicate breast cancer by exposing young people to methods of prevention, early detection and support. Through art events, educational programs and fundraising efforts, we seek to increase breast cancer awareness among young people so they are better equipped to make choices and develop habits that will benefit their long-term health and well-being.
Keep A Breast’s “I Love Boobies” Campaign is a unique national campaign that develops a new approach and positive style of communication about breast cancer. The campaign is meant to encourage young people to target their breast health. The T-shirts and bracelets act as an awareness-raising tool, allowing young people to engage and start talking about a subject that is scary and taboo and making it positive and upbeat.
KAB acknowledges and enables the fact that young people do want to be activists, to play a part of a bigger and better good. It takes a uniquely strong and well-informed person to participate in the “I Love Boobies” Campaign, someone eager and able to engage in conversation. The campaign allows young people impacted by breast cancer get a chance to express their inner feelings, make connections with others and learn coping strategies helpful to them and their loved ones.
Although the incidence of breast cancer in young women is much lower than that of older women, young women’s breast cancers are generally more aggressive, are diagnosed at a later stage, and result in lower survival rates. In fact, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in young women under the age of 40. Despite these facts, many young women mistakenly believe that breast cancer is only a problem for women over 40 years old. As a result, diagnoses are delayed and young women’s lives are cut short. Keep A Breast educates young women and better enable health care professionals to identify the specific threats and warning signs of breast cancer, which will lead to early diagnoses and saved lives.
By wearing a “I Love Boobies!” bracelet or shirt you are proclaiming, “I love my boobies, and I choose to take care of them!” It is a message about how important it is to appreciate, respect and love your breasts and yourself. Many women develop a negative attitude towards their breasts and put so much energy into criticizing them or wishing they were different somehow. Keep A Breast wants to break down the shame that is so deeply rooted in body image and realize you’re your breasts are an amazingly important and beautiful part of you, and the vital role in our body. Knowledge is power, by knowing you body and knowing your
breasts you are taking the first step to prevention. Prevention is the Cure.
Keep A Breast and their “I Love Boobies” Campaign is the proud winner of the following honor and awards:
- Yoplait Champion Award to Shaney jo Darden, Executive Director
- Alternative Press, 25 most influential people in the music industry, Award to Shaney jo Darden, Executive Director
- Glue Network Beneficiary
- The SIMA Humanitarian Fund Award Recipient
- Emergen-C “pink lemonade” Beneficiary
- The Quiksilver Foundation, International Breast Cancer Initiative
- The “My Space Impact Award” for Health and Safety
Tags: breast cancer, breast cancer awareness, Breast cancer prevention, i love, I love boobies, i love boobies bracelet, KAB, keep a breast, keep-a-breast.org
February 4th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Hello,
I support your ideas, but I hate your bracelet as a public school teacher with a conservative school board. As a feminist, I find it horrible that we continue to teach our kids that it’s okay to use language that sexually objectifies our bodies.
I think as artists you can find more creative, more aware ways to reach and teach our young men and women to take care of their bodies with respect, not a derogatory juvenile term. As a classroom teacher, I do take the time to use your bracelet as a “teachable moment”, but I really don’t have the time in my curriculum as I prepare students for their Exit graduation requirements. Most of the boys who wear your bracelet just know they are “supporting breast cancer” and it’s a great reason to proclaim what we all know about boys, they like boobies. (They’ve all watched Ron White)
And I have learned that most girls find them offensive. These are the shy girls that don’t say much.
Mostly, I am busy and I am tired of the distraction that in order to keep my supervisors happy means I keep collecting your bracelets.
Thank you for listening, please don’t put down schools, principals, and teachers. We are working will all your kids; we don’t get paid much.
Angela
Small Texas School District
February 5th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
I just got my bracelet today, and I wore it at school.
My P.E. teacher and science teacher both got mad at me for wearing your bracelets.
I wore it anyway
That’s what I call standing up for what I believe in!
Anyway, I just want to tell you what a good job of spreading the word and how awesome your bracelets and shirts are!
February 7th, 2010 at 1:39 am
Your so effing dumb! its not talking sexual its supporting what we believe in! go away
February 11th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
you should make them in more colors cuz i have one but i would really like it if they had a purple one
February 12th, 2010 at 9:38 am
As a Principal in a Jr. High School, I am offended that your group needs to go to this extreme to support breast cancer. My students are not interested in your movement, they simply want to wear a bracelet with “I love Boobies” written on it. They continue to buy them, and I am not sold on the fact that your organization is forthright in all your efforts. I would like to see how your members would run a school with these types of distractions. I don’t believe you have to resort to this campaign to get the breast cancer message across. The kids get one message. “I am cool because I am 12 and wear a “Boobies” bracelet. I encourage you to find another way. What happened to the pink ribbons? Our students will receive these for each bracelet collected. Why don’t you think they are wearing these all around school? If they really want to support breast cancer awareness, the ribbon as a symbol would be much more appropriate. Finally, what about the lack of sensitivity to the breast cancer survivors who do not have breasts anymore?
February 14th, 2010 at 8:57 am
Did any of you ever ask a woman who has lost one or both breasts to breast cancer how she feels about the wording you are using? Did you ever consider if she might find it hurtful or offensive?
February 15th, 2010 at 10:29 am
We work with many breast cancer survivors who love our messaging, as well as having young survivors on staff and on our board of directors. Feel free to email us at info@keep-a-breast.org for more information.
I would also like to share one of the things Keep A Breast is known for outside of the bracelets, which is our breast cast exhibitions. These casts are part of KAB’s unique campaigns to use art and artistic expression to inform young people about methods of prevention, early detection, coping and support.
This awareness campaign is like no other, harnessing the power of art to communicate complex feelings and thoughts about health, the female form and ultimately about breast cancer. We bring these casts with us at all our traveling education booths and outreach that we do. It is absolutely incredible to be witness to casting a woman that is newly diagnosed and that has faced a dramatic change to their form via the loss of a breast or partial removal of a breast or shrinkage of a breast caused by radiation. Many of them are shy and ashamed of their body, and then we send these casts to an artist and it becomes a beautiful piece of art. Going from being scared to show their body to so proud and finding it beautiful gives us the absolute and overwhelming feeling that the work Keep A Breast is doing is important.
February 15th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
I wear a pink i <3 boobies bracelet, because my wife once had a breast cancer scare. And my family history is plagued with breast cancer. I worked for General Dynamics as a gunsmith. I did not take the bracelet off while supporting military(I was a gunsmith, we did inspections). So on my final mission, I was approached by a woman on one of our teams. She proceeded to rip into me, because she felt a bracelet that said "i love boobies" was unprofessional, and not a good public image for the company. I let her do her whole thing, and when she was finished. I told her it was for a non profit org. doing breast cancer awareness. She stumbled around her words, and tried to say it was unprofessional still, she shut up when I said as a woman you should support any sort of awareness of breast cancer, are you a fan of cancer on facebook? She gave me a glaring look, and walked away. TAKE THAT CANCER FAN!
February 24th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
I’m a teacher… and a friend of many women who have survived breast cancer. If I thought my students were genuinely wearing the bracelet to support the cause of breast cancer, I would leave them alone. I take the bracelets and am amassing a huge collection. If a student is wearing one, I ask them what else they have done to support the cause. If they can’t answer, I take it. We are actually having a contest to see which teacher can confiscate the most of them. Coincidentally, these are kids that have clocked ZERO hours of community service. If they are so appropriate, make some that say “I love colons” or perhaps “I love prostates” or even “I love testicles”… all other cancers that are rampant. If you made just a plain pink bracelet, without the word boobies on it, they wouldn’t wear it… so are they really in support of your cause or just taking advantage of the opportunity to use your cause to be inappropriate?
February 25th, 2010 at 12:13 am
my girlfriend of three years bought me this bracelet and im proud to wear it, my grandma has had breast cancer three times. teachers at my school take them on a regular basis, i refuse to take mine off and im proud to be able to support this awareness. any teacher that gets offended by the word boobies needs two big wake up calls (no pun intended) one. that we are in a new generation and older methods of awareness are not going to work, if your aware you can be prepared and posibly save lives. two. if you cant handle “boobies” than dont teach health, sex ed, or show that “miracle of life” video. get over and educate todays youth
February 26th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
The point of these bracelets is to raise awarness. And it’s a good thing that these bracelets are controversial, because it is raising awarness. And yes, kids might just be wearing them because they say boobies, but doesn’t that still get the message out? And I do understand why middle schools ban them, but high schools shouldn’t because, although rare, breast cancer can effect teenagers. My friend was diagnosed when she was 20, but by then, it was too late. We need to get the message out that breast cancer can effect anyone, even men. And I have not met one girl that found my bracelets offensive. They might have at first, but I explain it’s a non profit breast cancer awarness organization. Adults find this offensive because this campaign isn’t aimed at them, but it’s aimed at teenagers. Like it or not, we are growing up in a different generation.
I’ve finished over 50 hours of community service dealing with cancer and I have 5 bracelets. I don’t have these bracelets because it says boobies on it. I have it because I want a cure for cancer found before my mom goes through what my grand mother went through. So I never have to lose a friend to cancer, or watch my sister suffer. That’s why I wear my bracelets.
March 4th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
I bought my daughter one of these bracelets yesterday. I really hope her teachers do not take it away from her. If they try she will tell them it’s freedom of expression, first amendment. She should be able to support whatever causes she believes in. She’ll also tell them to feel free to call her Mom
PS the teacher who commented about having a contest to see who can confiscate the most bracelets is a very sad individual. It’s the teacher’s that do that that encourage the kids to wear them to get attention. If conservative people would stop making such a big deal out of it, it wouldn’t be an issue. It’s cool that kids want to support breast cancer awareness and research.
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:17 am
I just wanted to know what exactly the symbol is inside the heart on the bracelet
March 22nd, 2010 at 8:20 am
That is our logo – It is a heart with breasts.
March 23rd, 2010 at 12:53 am
i havee likkee 7 i<33Boobieess braclets! OMG! i freaking lovee themm, all my friends havee them! there likee a trenndd ! anddi lovee themm . omg.! haahaa I think theeyy really helpdd soo yahh just wantedd to let yall know.! everyy onee lovess them my mom bought onee!!
March 30th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
I’m a female student myself and I find these very offensive. Kids don’t really care about their rights, such as free speech, they just want to get a reaction out of somebody. Rebels are so cool. Not really.
You wouldn’t see boys wearing “I <3 Balls" bracelets. Even if they really wanted to support testicle cancer awareness, their peers would tease them and question their sexual orientation. But no, they have a bracelet that says Boobies on them, it's totally different.
You're not even affiliated with the American Cancer Society, so I'm assuming none of the money is going to the ADVANCEMENT towards finding a CURE. I don't really care what the intention was, your bracelets have turned breast cancer into a joke.
March 31st, 2010 at 6:24 am
I am the stepfather of a wonderful girl who goes to South Glens Falls High School. My stepdaughter had her bracelet confiscated yesterday and was extremely upset. Her mother called the school only to be belittled by the staff. She was told that we must have poor family morals. It is a sad day when the people who are supposed to be support for our children have nothing better to do than rip apart support groups because one or two adults find the word boobies offensive. She was even wearing the bracelet inside out so you couldn’t see the wording! Tell me teachers what kind of ruckus is this causing in your classrooms? Do the kids not listen to you because of a bracelet? Are they violent because of the bracelet? Do they attack others who don’t wear one? With all of the other issues plaguing the school system don’t you think you have more important things to worry about? How about the drop out rate, or bullying? Teenagers are naturally rebellious. Do you think there would be such an issue if you weren’t so opposed to a harmless breast cancer awareness bracelet? The person who answered the phone at the high school office compared wearing this bracelet to condoning guns, and speeding on the interstate. Someone needs to take some anger management classes. Or at the very least, find a new occupation because frankly with an attitude like that, what kind of support are you offering our young people? Every generation of kids have there own form of expression. Every older generation hates it. When are we going to learn from the past? How about as a society we offer our children support and understanding for a change? Who knows it could possibly save a life. Too many children feel misunderstood, and alone. How about we work to change that. I mean honestly, because of the word boobies? Women point to your chest and ask any young child what are these? What do you think the answer will be. Boobies. To the teacher who asked about the testicle bracelet. I would wear a bracelet that said “Save the balls”.
April 9th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
my princible took my boobie bracelet for the rest of the year!!! is he even allowed to do that? cause im just gonna buy another one today, just to get him mad.
April 12th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/local/Controversial-bracelet-causes-uproar
April 19th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
@ t h in my school even girls wear them no one calls them lesbians?
April 19th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
my school is really serious about this and over enlarging it, and so so are me and my friends. i got two days of detention for wearing mine. and our school even had a lawyer come and talk to the teachers about it. they say it innapropreate for 5th and 6th graders, im in 8th, but im pritty sure they know what the word boob means..and i have had two aunts that had breast cancer and one of them died from it so im going to support in any way i would like to. the dean also says it supports breast cancer in no way, and that it dosent give money at all, but i think the teachers need to get over themselves, and then we will. so I <3 boobies and im proud.
April 19th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
and to T H who commented earlier…boys actually do wear them, my friend whos mom had breat cancer had his taken away. so think about it.
April 21st, 2010 at 8:38 am
Personally I love the bracelets…and if the teens of america are wearing them to be cool who cares…if just one person who wasnt aware of breast cancer becomes aware, reguardless of age then it has already done its job! I allow my kids to wear them…and with pride. It was my job to educate each of them as to why they are important. There boobs for Gods sake…we all have them! Unfortunately some dont have them anymore and thats what I teach my kids…awareness is important! These schools should start worrying about the drugs and alcohol roaming the halls…sigh priorities people! Educate them then let them wear them for the cause!
April 23rd, 2010 at 1:37 pm
I am a teacher with a mother who is a 13 year breast cancer survivor and I find the wrist bands to be a vulgar statement that objectifies women and makes a joke of their anatomy for the general sake of teenage shock value. If the schools can try to do anything, they can try to stamp out vulgarity. What’s next? “Kiss a dick” bracelets for prostate cancer awareness? “F-bomb” bracelets to stop teen pregnancy? Let’s see these kids really get behind the cause with volunteer action and participation in walks and fund raising instead.
April 24th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
I just bought my “I love Boobies” bracelet, and I think it is just fine to wear them! People need to stop worrying just because it says boobies on them, like they said before, at least they now know about it! My grandmas friend got diagosed with breasy cancer 2 years ago, and she fortunately didnt lose any breats, i showed her my bracelet and she loved it, so if you teacher are worried about it go ask some people with breast cancer and see what they say about it! >:(
April 27th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Jill,
Keep A Breast’s “I Love Boobies” Campaign is a unique national campaign that develops a new approach and positive style of communication about breast cancer. The campaign is meant to encourage young people to target their breast health. The T-shirts and bracelets act as an awareness-raising tool, allowing young people to engage and start talking about a subject that is scary and taboo and making it positive and upbeat. It is in no way supposed to be a negative or a disrespectful saying. Yes it is a unexpected and unconventional way to grab your attention but we fully believe that there are more people out there that see the message behind the bracelets than use them in a perverse manner.
We dont believe that t objectifies wemon, but rather it is a message about how important it is to appreciate, respect and love your breasts and yourself. Many women develop a negative attitude towards their breasts and put so much energy into criticizing them or wishing they were different somehow. Keep A Breast wants to break down the shame that is so deeply rooted in body image and realize you’re your breasts are an amazingly important and beautiful part of you, and the vital role in our body. Knowledge is power, by knowing you body and knowing your breasts you are taking the first step to prevention.
We have a great program that allows anyone to play a role with KAB and throw his or her very own benefit show in support of the cause. This campaign acknowledges and enables the fact that young people do want to be activists, to play a part of a bigger and better good. This was developed to provide an outlet that inspires people to better themselves and their communities.
May 1st, 2010 at 12:06 am
i love these bracelets and wear them for my grandmother who has had breast cancer in both breasts now of last month but is there any way to get your older ones that were not an inch thick? they fit better and i used to wear all the time
May 3rd, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I like these bracletts and would like to know where to get one. I am afraid to give out to a website my name or email so I am sorry about this but I would still like to know how to get one. So if you can, please write back to this comment so I also, may speak out to breast cance.
May 4th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I’m sure that the kids who are wearing these braceletes have never dealt with breast cancer. They have probably never seen a woman go through chemo and the side effects that chemo causes. Are they aware that chemo causes you to lose control of your bowels so that you do not feel comfortable even going out in public for fear that you may have an accident? Are they aware of the pain a woman suffers as a radioactive substance is injected into her breasts to test if the cancer has entered her lymphoid glands? A pain that is more excruciating than childbirth? And the pain that is caused as your skin is burned from the radiation treatments? Have these students ever had to deal with the feeling of losing their feminine identity when the doctors have no other alternative than to remove her breasts when the cancer returns 2 years later? Have these students ever watched a woman die in bed from breast cancer? When her body becomes too weak to even open her eyes? Not to mention to $20,000 in medical bills that she must worry about paying off before she dies because her insurance company refused to pay. Where do these bracelets tell students about these issues? Where does the money from these bracelets go? Awareness? Students are already aware of breast cancer!!!!!!! Why doesn’t this company donate some money to peoples’ medical costs? Your bracelets make cancer a joke and you know it! Just read your mesasages from your teenage population. They are uninformed! Where is this information about breast cancer prevention? I DON”T SEE IT ON YOUR WEBSITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 5th, 2010 at 8:40 am
You can buy them on our website as well as many participating stores like Amazon, Zumiez, Sun Diego and others.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:41 am
We do the thinner ones through Spencers once a year however I think we wont be doing them for another year. Email info@keep-a-breast.org and say you commented on the site to get one and I can mail you out one!
May 5th, 2010 at 8:49 am
Terra, I’m sorry to hear about your concern. Although many of these young kids may have not experienced some of the things you have mentioned many of them have seen their mothers, sisters, aunts or grandmothers go though those steps. Here at Keep A Breast we believe that when breast cancer hits a family all involved are impacted, and for young people pink ribbons might not resonate with him as passionately as a foundation that works
with artists and musicians that young people look up to, at venues that they are already at.
Keep A Breast’s “I Love Boobies” Campaign is a unique national campaign that develops a new approach and positive style of communication about breast cancer. The campaign is meant to encourage young people to target their breast health. The T-shirts and bracelets act as an awareness-raising tool, allowing young people to engage and start talking about a subject that is scary and taboo and making it positive and upbeat as well as the bracelets allow young people to support KAB and engage in conversation with kids that might be going through the same emotions whether that is body image, dealing with the diagnosis of a loved one, or generally their thoughts on cancer.
The Keep A Breast Traveling Education Booth is on the road a total of 241 days this year, we will set up in 55 different cities, 4 providences, and 10 countries as well as set up at 9 festivals passing out self breast exam cards, informing and educating young people about the dangers of toxic chemicals in our environment and food supply and their link to breast cancer initiation. Our aim is to inspire a focus on prevention as a means to maintain long-term health and well-being. NTR will also provide alternative choices so that young people everywhere can make smart choices. We have 8 years of success and testimonies from young people all over the world who have met KAB’s “traveling education booth” and learned how to examine their breasts, and have later found a cancerous lump and because they met KAB they found it early, they have a much better survival rate. Nearly three million people visit our site every month and learn healthy tips, ways of support and have a chance to express their inner feelings, make connections with others and learn coping strategies helpful to them and their loved ones.
I encourage you to browse our Health page, come to an event, as well as I would also like to share one of the things Keep A Breast is known for outside of the bracelets, which is our breast cast exhibitions. These casts are part of KAB’s unique campaigns to use art and artistic expression to inform young people about methods of prevention, early detection, coping and support. This awareness campaign is like no other, harnessing the power of art to communicate complex feelings and thoughts about health, the female form and ultimately about breast cancer. We bring these casts with us at all our traveling education booths and outreach that we do. It is absolutely incredible to be witness to casting a woman that is newly diagnosed and that has faced a dramatic change to their form via the loss of a breast or partial removal of a breast or shrinkage of a breast caused by radiation. Many of them are shy and ashamed of their body, and then we send these casts to an artist and it becomes a beautiful piece of art. Going from being scared to show their body to so proud and finding it beautiful gives us the absolute and overwhelming feeling that the work Keep A Breast is doing is important.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
I’m a middle school teacher. These bracelets have a positive message, and that’s all there is to it. The above comments make me feel so uncomfortable b/c of the way that the writers describe young people, as ignorant and offensive, only wearing bracelets to be an indecent rebel/dissident, with no knowledge of the cause. That’s so sad. My students have always been bright and caring, much more caring and generous than many adults I know. Also, this is such an exciting teachable moment, and we do have time to talk with students about health and cancer awareness–it’s part of our required state curriculum. When schools ban items that cause no harm to others, it’s only going to make students want them more. Rather, I would hope that schools could feel empowered to educate their students about the real issue at stake and express that the school will allow the bracelets if the intentions of the students are thoughtful and good. Also, this would be a great segue to have a leadership student group have a local awareness/fundraising campaign for breast cancer. Long story short, middle school students are so loving and wonderful! Stop bringing them down, instead inspire them to care, become educated about important causes, and take a stand. Also, boobies is a much more acceptable term than others that people have compared it to. It’s 2010. Ummm….Oprah said, “vajayjay.” Keep up the fundraising! I hope that the bracelets are recyclable since all these people keep throwing them out:-). Even though I disagree with the above teachers, I still love them all! We have our differences (and are usually the most outspoken about them), but we’re all trying our best, and our hearts are totally in the right place.
May 11th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
In November 2009, my 36-year old aunt had to undergo surgery in order to remove suspicious lumps in her breasts. Luckily, her biopsy came back without cancer, but indicated a kind of mass that doubles her chances of getting breast cancer in her lifetime. After watching what my aunt went through, and because I valued and appreciated her frank and open comments in discussing her diagnosis with me, a teenage boy, I decided to become an advocate in the fight against Breast Cancer.
Cancer is a large-scale and pervasive disease. From a quick internet search, I found out an estimated 1.4 million women are diagnosed with Breast Cancer each year. It is also estimated that approximately 40,000 women will die from Breast Cancer each year, and 1 out of 7 women get Breast Cancer at some point in there lifetime. Sadly, medical research on an overwhelming female problem, has been years behind where it should be. It has only been recently that women’s medical research has been made a national priority.
I support women. I support the fight against breast cancer. My high school does not support Breast Cancer. My high school has disapproved of the “I Love Boobies!” bracelets. This bracelet is a fundraiser of the Keep-a-breast organization. The mission of this world wide organization is to “help eradicate breast cancer by exposing young people to methods of prevention, early detection and support. Through art events, educational programs and fundraising efforts, we seek to increase breast cancer awareness among young people so they are better equipped to make choices and develop habits that will benefit their long-term health and well-being.”(keep-a-breast.org). . “The entire idea of the campaign is to take this serious horrible subject, break the ice, and make it easy to talk about. We tell all the school principals that this is actually their OPPORTUNITY, to talk to their students about an issue that effects them and is important to them, take this opportunity to educate your students on how they can prevent breast cancer.” (http://www.keep-a-breast.org/frequently-asked-questions/). On the inside of each bracelet, the keep-a-breast.org website is imprinted.
I like wearing my bracelet, and every time someone asks what my bracelet says, or snickers at the “I love Boobies” insignia, I remind them that the mission is to eradicate breast cancer. Maybe some of the people who buy one of these bracelets do not have the most pure intentions. But whatever their motivations, each individual that buys one of these bracelets donates money to breast cancer. Since most schools have banned these bracelets their students cannot donate to breast cancer. I think that breast cancer is a huge concern to modern economy. I don’t believe the word “boobies” is obscene. And I do believe this organization has created an amazing way to draw in young people into the fight against breast cancer by creating a rubber bracelet “cool” to pop culture. I am proud to wear these bracelets and I think schools should also.
I love boobies. I do. I love my mom and my aunts and my grandmas and someday I hope to love a spouse. I hope that someday breast cancer becomes a thing of the past so that women won’t have to undergo surgery, radiation, and sometimes even die from such a terrible disease. I love boobies. Why don’t you?
May 16th, 2010 at 12:54 am
Hi, my name is Jessica i go to Goddard High School and for the past week or so i have been getting told to turn over or take off my breast cancer bracelet that says I Heart boobies (keep a breast). I have 1 aunt that died from breast cancer and 1 that survived. On thursday i was sent to the office because i refused to take it off or flip it inside out. I talked to my assistant principal and tryed to explain that i wear the bracelet for a purpose and told him about my aunt’s. His exact words to me where “I dont care, You cannot wear that to school”. My grandma thinks its dumb that they are telling me to take it off or turn it inside out. Me and my brother want to fight it! There is no where in the rules in the school agenda saying you cant wear this bracelet! I know there are so many people that support breast cancer and the teacher that keeps telling me i need to take it off is the only one that tells me i have to take it off or turn it insode out I have told this teacher that I think he doesnt support it he pretty much told me think what you want but you cant wear it. I think i should be able to wear it to school because itd for a purpose and I know so many others that wear them to school. I was also told at derby your aloud to wear them, I dont know if that is true but i still feel there is no harm in the bracelet its support for breast cancer! All the people I know wear the bracelet because they support breast cancer but the teachers at my school take it totally wrong!
May 16th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Okay, these wristbands aren’t inappropriate at all. They are cool, and support a good cause. My grandmother has breast cancer and so many others I know. They aren’t sexual at all, and they just are to support a cause. I plan to wear mine to work tomorrow, and if people say something, I’ll tell ‘em off.
I <3 Boobies.
May 27th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
i want purple i would pay 100 dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 27th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
purple i have every color and want purple do they make it any where
May 27th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
i agree jessica im 9 years old and i go to forrestdale school and i dontn have to turn i t inside out you should fight for it if you belive in it you do what you want!!!!!!!!!!!!! do i
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May 29th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
do any of you realize that most kids wouldnt go out of their way to help raise money?and the pink ribbon has been out for years. i think this is a great idea. it is really putting the ord out there to kids and more kids will be interested than before. this organization has an answer to every negative comment. don’t you think they might actually have a point here?
p.s. teachers, you take everything away.
May 29th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
stop hating on these braclets already. they are cool and they really help spread the word. it’s a catchy slogan and most kids across the country know what they are and exactly what they are for.
June 2nd, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Yes, imma girl. and I have 6 of these wonderful braclets! <3
June 2nd, 2010 at 10:59 pm
You can buy purple on Zumiez Couch Tour!
June 3rd, 2010 at 12:14 pm
So i just bought the pack of 6 bracelets. I wear one everyday. I am in 10th grade and i think that everyone who is saying kids arnt wearing them for the right reason may be right in some ways but if you think aobut it all the money these kids are spending on them go to suporting breast cancer. Well where i live they do. My school has not made any big deal over these and we are aloud to wear them. People who say the word boobie is wrong are dumb. Would you rather it say tittys or something. I fully support this and will continue to wear these bracelets. If any principle or administrator tries to take it away i will argue this to death. I support<3
June 3rd, 2010 at 12:52 pm
i really want one of these braceletss !! my said i can’t have one and made my dad say the same thing !! she said i could have the glamour kills bracelet , which is awesomee . but i want the i <3 Boobies bracelet alsoo ! my friends mom had breast cancer and i want to support it . im only 11 but still ! do you know anyway to convince her to let me have one ?
June 4th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Kaayy, Check out our page http://www.keep-a-breast.org/programs/i-love-boobies – Tell your parents why you want to support and how seriosus you take the program. I think its great they are willing to compromise. Be happy you have awesome parents!
June 9th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Hi,
I’m in middle school and completly support this campain. The only problem is that my school believes that they are against dress code. When in fact i have looked up our dress code and found out that no braclet is banned from school.
Over 75% of our student body wears the “i love boobies” braclets and are gforce to remove them. We have explained to students that it is our right as americans to wear these braclets but they threaten detention. I have gotten 1 detention for not removing this braclet.
Seven teachers at our school proudly sport their own i love boobies braclets and refuse to remove them.
It’s an issue I’m hoping to resolve.
-Hannah
Conn.
June 10th, 2010 at 10:21 am
I love this idea! I work in retail, and I have seen soooooo many people come in with these bracelets on. People who are getting offended by this are way too sensitive. Not only teenagers but young adults are wearing them because they say boobies. The point is, in buying these bracelets, whether they are aware of it or not, they are supporting breast cancer, and by wearing them they bring attention to issue. I see other customers and even people that I work with asking the people wearing these bracelets what they are for and where they can get them. The campaign is doing exactly what it wants, raising awareness. I was asked by 6 employees to find out how to get these bracelets and I am getting us all a bracelet today! I wear on my wrist a cervical cancer bracelet, a testicular cancer bracelet and a pet cancer bracelet already, I can’t wait to add this new bracelet! If my cervical cancer bracelet said I love vaginas, or my testicular cancer bracelet said I love balls, I would still wear it proudly, knowing that I am supporting a good cause. People are getting offended way too easily. Let people wear them and quit complaining, it’s an awesome cause that we should all support no matter what, we need to learn to get along and support an issue as one, instead of arguing over something like a word on a bracelet!
June 12th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
I cannot believe how ignorant teachers are being about these bracelets. It’s just a word! There is nothing wrong about the human body and i don’t see how the word “Boobies” is bad. Do you want kids to ashamed about their bodies? One teacher said that they are doing nothing by wearing these bracelets. Yes, they actual are. The proceeds go to help find a cure for breast cancer. I swear, people need to stop taking everything away from kids and let them express themselves more. It’s 2010, not 1910.
June 18th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
I think many teachers and school administrators here are missing the point. The point IS for the bracelets to be noticeable and cause a distraction so the subject of breast cancer/prevention can be a topic that’s more readily discussed. I went to a conservative public school in Tyler, TX and my mother is also a teacher for the district. Her and many other teachers like her see nothing wrong with it. Yes, the term “boobies” may seem ‘juvenile’ to some, but if you think it’s so ‘juvenile’ then why freak out and make a big deal out of it? As a teacher in today’s society I should think these bracelets would be the least of your problems. If I had to undergo the pressures that many teachers face today I wouldn’t give a shit if my students wore a bracelet that had the word ‘boobies’ on it.
GROW. UP.
July 4th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
I wwould like to purchase the boobie bracelet for my boutique. I see the bracelets on the loser kids site in 100pcs, but only individual colors, I would like to buy assorted colors by the 100 if possible and at a wholesale price. Do you have a wholesale price for bulk purchases? I have a resale license I can supply.
Thank you. Please feel free to respond to my email address to discuss the possibility of this transaction .
July 9th, 2010 at 6:06 am
Can i get a slim bracelet??
July 9th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
I love the bracelets. Teachers at my school nevr had a problem with it and the word boobies gets attention and isn’t that the whole point of this campaign? To raise awareness? I have them in all the colors I can find. And I support breast cancer research 100%
July 11th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
is there any way to get a purple raclet other then online and at the couch tour??
i love these braclets but i always have to keep buying more because my friends didnt know about them and know they do but they always took mine!
July 17th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
were can u get i heart boobie braclets besides online???
July 17th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
I LOVE BOOBIES!!!!These bracelets are to araise awareness to check yourself!Me and my friend Allan are trying to get more than each other!they are a HUGE trend here!I have the pink one,the black one,the white w/ black,the white/pink one,the blue one,the green with white letters,the green with black letters,pink with black letters,purple,black with blue letters,and the RED one!YAYS!!!
I LOVE BOOBIES!!!!
July 19th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Interested in selling the bracelet in my stores at the jersey shore. Send info on wholesale pricing to apessano@gmail.com
July 28th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
admin, i really want one of your “i love boobies” bracelets, but im really scared to ask my parents because they’re really strict and i don’t know how to bring the topic up. please help me because this is a great cause and i want them to understand my thinking. thanks!!
July 29th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Do what you would do with any subject. Present them with all the facts. Give them all the reasons you want to support KAB. And ask yourself some hard questions. Are supporting KAB for the right reasons. What are those reasons? What makes Keep A Breast resonate with you? Be willing to compromise. We have ones that say Check Your Self and Love Your Boobies. Also tees that say Keep A Breast is for Lovers and LOVE. Maybe you can start there when you explain KAB.
Show them the page about our bracelets
http://www.keep-a-breast.org/programs/i-love-boobies
Show them our Youtube page. These are two great ones
http://www.youtube.com/keepabreastvideo#p/a/u/0/lhIIySJYF98
http://www.youtube.com/keepabreastvideo#p/u/8/ZJUAUEX8A2U
Show them our health page, Tell them all the things you’ve learned about breast health via KAB!! And if they say no plan a fundraiser, show them how serious you are. And above all just help them understand KAB.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Hey principals, as a student at a very reputable Catholic high school, i am proud to point out that although we are not allowed to wear ripped jeans, skirts past the knee, or anyhting exposing the shoulders or naval, I am proud to point out that our adminitration “gets it” and isn’t so stupid as to think something increasing awareness for breast cancer is offensive. If an extremely strict Catholic collge prep school can handle this with maturity and an open mind so should you. So principals, faculty, I am asking you to embrace to breasts. They are good things, ask infants. Boys love them, girls love them, even babies, the most innocent love them. So cool down, take a few deep breaths, run out to zumies and but one of these magnificent bracelets. You like boobs too, dont lie.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:24 am
This is directed to terra, dude. Im 16. I have a high probability that i am going to get breast cancer sometime in my twenties. Its family history, on both sides. Im chill with this bracelet. I want to celebrate them while ive got them. Not looking forward to cancer. Sorry what youve been through that must be horrible but you need to take a chill pill dude. Let the good times flowww dude. This is a way for teenagers to get connected. You dont know the point of view of a teenager. But it is making a difference. For example, because of these bracelets i think, that thats why our schools annual relay for life participating party was increased 75% this year. Think about that. And dont blow a gaskit man.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:40 am
Dear administration,
Would you mind donating a little money to some patients so i can wear your bracelet with pride? I love it and i bought it beacuse i thought my money was going to a cause. If money is the issue increase price by $1.00, a dollar more wont stop kids from buying these bracelets, they simply love them too much. Just an idea for you to ponder.
(i really would rather not look like an ignorant teenager, thanks)
August 1st, 2010 at 1:44 pm
i got my i <3 boobies bracelet from my friend alex……and i love it!!!!
August 1st, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Okay, well there is a lot to say about this discussion. First of all who cares what you wear? You see people with offensive tattoos that don’t support any cause, just because they can. People get obscure things tattooed on theirselves every day. And guess what? There is nothing you can do about it. And guess what? It really doesn’t affect your life unless you know that person. Because honestly, in a week or two or even a month, you won’t even remember seeing that person with the F bomb or a naked woman tattooed on their arm. That’s part of being an American, being able to express yourself. Secondly, to all the people out there that say that younger kids can support the cause in some other way…. we are the LAZY generation. Kids these days are going to pick the easy way out. Most kids would rather spend the four dollars than their weekend volunteering. And that doesn’t matter because either way, they are supporting this non profit organization. And whether their intentions are good or not, they are still doing a good deed by buying a bracelet. If you are going to say they can volunteer or something, then tell that to all of the people that have bought bands instead of volunteering their time. They are taking the easy way out as well. Its no ones business as to what kids buy and don’t buy and why or why they do not buy things. What about the women who abuse their bodies buy walking in public in nothing but a sleezy top and shorts that show a little too much leg? Why pick on the kids that are AT LEAST wearing something obscure for a good cause, intentionally or not. To those of you who say its bad parenting…. as long as its not your kid or your kids friends parents…. BACK OFF. IT DOESNT AFFECT YOU. Teachers, if they are going to wear the wrist bands, don’t take them away, that provokes children. Children like to piss adults off. If anything support it and aware them of what it means to wear that bracelet, and remind them. Anyone else with negative ideas of the bracelets, feel free to respond back, I am all for wearing the bracelets whether they have good intentions or not. There are A LOT worse things that kids could be doing. I.E. making racial jokes, sexist jokes, doing illegal activities. So stop worrying about the small things like the word boobies. Ya it’s going to offend some cancer patients, and to others it will make them proud. You can’t make everyone happy. If it posts this a couple times I apologize. I was having trouble getting it up.
August 2nd, 2010 at 5:23 am
How much exactly of each dollar the bracelets cost goes to RESEARCH? And what organization gets the $?
August 4th, 2010 at 11:27 am
All the funds raised from the bracelet sales go to support Keep A Breast education and awareness programs. These unique campaigns use art and artistic expression to inform young people about methods of prevention, early detection, coping and support. Through these programs Keep A Breast strives to eradicate breast cancer by inspiring young people to adopt lifestyle choices that have long-term health benefits. You can review our programs on our website. We also give out research grants to organizations interested in making a positive and lasting impact on breast cancer prevention.
As for what percentage goes to research versus our programs is a little different. Keep A Breast is different than foundations that are more known as “granting non-profits” which means they raise money mostly to give out for a cure after you have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Keep A Breast believes that Prevention Is The Cure.
Keep A Breast is a prevention, education and support based breast cancer foundation. Many young people believe that breast cancer only can happen to you when you are over 40 – and most non-profits reach out to only this demographic. Keep A Breast is a youth based non profit. We want to educate young about how they can lower their risk.
Only 1 in 8 cases of breast cancer have a hereditary link which means that 7 out of 8 are environmental. Keep A Breast’s main focus is prevention, we aim to inform and educate young people about the dangers of toxic chemicals in our environment and food supply and their link to breast cancer initiation. Its aim is to inspire a focus on prevention as a means to maintain long-term health and well-being. Through art events, educational programs and fundraising efforts, we seek to increase breast cancer awareness among young people so they are better equipped to make choices and develop habits that will benefit their long-term health and well-being.
Our biggest outreach is The Keep A Breast Traveling Education Booth that has been in full force for 9 years. We will be kicking off this spring touring season full steam ahead! We have several exciting tours and festivals that we will be on site with our Traveling Educational Booth. We will be on the road a total of 241 days, we will set up in 55 different cities, 4 providences, and 10 countries as well as set up at 9 festivals.
KAB has created this portable educational exhibit to teach young people through visual and tactile activities. KAB exhibits the This is My Story video and physical diary and encourages participation. KAB has educational materials such as 6 soft sculpture breasts that simulate the feel of harmful lumps vs fibrocystic lumps. Through the use of these breast models KAB hopes to teach the importance of recognizing different changes in the breast. KAB has created a step-by-step Check Yourself shower card to promote Monthly self checks. The shower card also serves as a reminder to Love Your Boobies and promotes a positive attitude towards breasts. KAB representatives are there to answer questions and provide additional resources. KAB Traveling Education Booth hopes to raise breast cancer awareness through an informative and artistic display of breast casts, information materials and interactive activities.
We have 8 years of success and testimonies from young people all over the world who have met KAB’s “traveling education booth” and learned how to examine their breasts, and have later found a cancerous lump and because they met KAB they found it early, they have a much better survival rate. Nearly three million people visit our site every month and learn healthy tips, ways of support and have a chance to express their inner feelings, make connections with others and learn coping strategies helpful to them and their loved ones.
That being said we do give research grants to organizations or individuals dedicated to putting an end to breast cancer through positive impact. alternative care, environmental effects or cutting edge research. You can read about our grants on keep-a-breast.org/grants
Thank you so much for your questions and I hope this answers everything!
August 4th, 2010 at 11:31 am
Thanks Lindsay, We have a lot of programs that support the newly diagnosed!
August 8th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
i Wouldd Relyy want one im a Girl and i think The are Awesome i dont know where to get them tho. :’( Breast cancer doesnt run in my Family but a couple of ma Parents Friends have breast Cancer,in my Family Regualr Cancer and Dyabyties (i forgot how to spell it)
Im in Middle School & i go to Chs,
But its Sad that people lose their breast because of this :’( and never Feel Comfortable not Even wif Their Husbands or Friends.Ma Grandma is a Cancer Survious and 3 times shes had it their afriad it might come back…..
People Tell me where i can get one so i can Support your Cause even More:)
Cami
August 9th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Lets get real, most of them kids that are buying these bracelets care nor never did care about breast cancer to begain with. They are wearing them because it says “boobies” and most schools are banning them. Somethings I would like to ask “Admin”, about how much money from these bracelets have you donated to breast cancer and what foundation/program is it?
August 9th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
hi my name is corey i go to northeast magnet in wichita ks i love thes bracelets because my mom is now a 6 year breast cancer survivor and i am so proud of her and i am going to show it off i just bought all the colors and bracelet sizes i dare one of the teachers to take it away from me
August 9th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
hey camila you can get them at zuniez, and amazon
August 12th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
I will admit the truth, I did not have THAT much interest in cancer before KAB, and the ILB campaign. (Personally, my main interest is a cure for autism, just because I feel more personal about that)
But just because I haven’t been interested in a cure for cancer as much as other things, I still help others. I help watch over younger children, and I still do volunteer work, mainly over summer.
I think I was so attracted to breast cancer awareness because of ILB. It’s more creative than some other campaigns. And I think prevention IS the cure. Because there is no need for a cure after the cancer if you can prevent the cancer in the first place.
Now I have talked to boys about this bracelet, and some care, others say “I’m wearing this because I do like boobs.” I can defend that statement….
Women have lost their boobs through breast cancer right? Maybe if younger people were reminded to love their boobs, they would care for them and prevent cancer.
And maybe some OLDER people don’t like this campaign because pink ribbons have worked for them. Honestly, it doesnt work for the new generation. As I said, I wasnt that interested in breast cancer awareness until KAB.
To tell you the truth, I even prepared a speech in my head in case my school unallows them.
And if I can’t convince my school to allow them, I will wear the glamour kills or the check yourself bracelet. Because I will support KAB, even if i am unable to support the ILB slogan, though I really believe in it.
August 15th, 2010 at 10:26 am
I need help! my 12 year old son wore a I LOVE BOOBIES bracelet to school (my mom his grandmother has had breast cancer twice) a teacher told him to take it off because it was inapropreiate! he told her no and explained that his grandma had breast cancer twice! (so ya he kept it on). when i picked him up from school he was telling me the story i was mad! i called the school and talked to a lady and told h er that i amnot happy about all of this, she told me why not have your kids not wear them to school i said they would be wearing them and i said i wanted to talk to the prinicipal about all of this. than i get a call from the vice princepail and he tells me he has to talk to the prinicipal! the princepal calls me and tells me that the district is having a big meeting on monday i asked if i could be there and he said no! and that they would be talking about the i love boobies bracelets and shirts! i also told him that we do alot for breast cancer and i feel strongly about it! he told me he would call me on monday to let me know what happens if they can wear them to school! I need help with fighting this! I was hoping that the makers of I LOVE BOOBIES would help me! i hope someone will get back to me and let me know what direction we need to go! I LOVE BOOBIES and will be supporting them with pride!!!!!! p.s. my moms been in remission for 5 years
thank you! Christy Hodgson Southern california please email me at bigjons951@gmail.com thank you so much!
August 16th, 2010 at 1:42 am
With time comes change. Can you as a reader not say that every generation has not used some creative and different avenue to educate and inspire its society? Just because the cosmetic message may seem somewhat immoral doesnt mean that the concrete message isnt. As far as the educators go..I can completely understand their negativity. I mean this campaign was created and directed to young and open minded individuals. Not to the more mature, take everything for face value generation we see today. Simply put to all those educators who see this as immoral,”remove that stick that you have jammed up your backside and atleast consider finding a new profound love for boobies”. And with that I thank this website for educating.
August 19th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
How are these distracting? It’s a fucking bracelet, get over it. Stupid pricipals and teachers, they just don’t get it do they? I got told by a nark to take mine off and i simply said no. I got sent to the office for it, but i refused to take it off because my aunt has breast cancer. They even called my parents and my mom got pissed at the school staff and told me she was proud of me for not taking it off and standing up for the cause. And the word “boobies” is NOT vulger or offensive. Thats like saying the word breast is vulger. It’s for a good cause and it’s soooooo stupid that the schoool won’t let us wear a cirtaint bracelet. When you think about it, the school staff memebers are being immature about it, it’s a bracelet
GROW. UP.
August 21st, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Hello , I want to tell you that I work with teens and the other day two young ladies were wearing the I heart boobies braclets and by the end of the day one of the girls had like 50 bucks for her to buy some for everyone that was working includeing me what you are doing for these kids is awesome and i proudly wear mine. Thank you
August 23rd, 2010 at 4:15 pm
@ Eleanor Rosales
where did you get all those colors!
August 23rd, 2010 at 4:15 pm
oh.. will you ever make a yellow one?
August 24th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Good for everyone who are all about awareness, but the only people I see wearing them are 16-20 something young men who I can guarantee you don’t give a hoot about breast cancer, they just want to somehow feel less of a douche for wearing something that proclaims their love of a female sex organ. I had to google the phrase to even find out what they were for. It’s on the same level as those “I Offer Free Breast Exams” t-shirts. The pink ribbon is enough, good luck getting your slogan on a credit card or even in a WAL-MART. I don’t care how the English language has changed over the years and how many times you hear “F**K” from the 3 year old at the local WAL-MART, “boobies” isn’t professional and will always be associated with snickering juveniles ogling a girls’ chest. I work for a federal agency and per policy I would be sent home if I wore this slogan to work on my shirt, regardless if I had a relative who died from or survived breast cancer. They have the right to set whatever policy they want, as do schools. You all don’t run them, the state does, get over it. Just like the kids who got sent home for wearing American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo. Where were all of you free speechers when the kids got in trouble for wearing the WWJD bracelets, an equally good cause but something that shouldn’t have been worn by kids who knew nothing about what it meant?
August 26th, 2010 at 6:22 am
the bracelet that says “I love boobies” is just confirming breasts being sexual objects.As a breast cancer survivor myself I find it offensive.I do however like the bracelet that says “save a breast, check yourself”
August 26th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
All these comments are so very interesting. Yes, the awareness for breast cancer is commendable; no argument there.
Yet the disruption in elmentary/middle school often has nothing to do with Breast Cancer Awareness. When the majority of students wearing the wristbands are boys who have only one reason for which to wear them, and it’s not becasue they are sensitive to Breast Awareness, it borders on exploitation.
And in middle school, many girls are just not comfortable with boys being able to express their apparent “love” for breasts (“boobies”) blatantly without recrimination.
There are always two sides to every story…yes, the casue is worthy. Yet, what about early adolescents who have not yet stepped into their changing bodies and who feel uncomfortable in a school setting which allows these bands.
What about their rights?
It’s easy to say “grow up”…or “get that stick out of your $%&”; yet, what about an individual’s right to protect their bodies along with the perception of who they are?
Always another perspective to be considered and respected!
August 29th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
I am currently a senior at my high school and student body president. Right now administration at my school are too confiscating all i <3 boobies bracelets, however most students such as myself are extremely upset with administration. Our school newspaper has just released an article about what administration is doing, and during interviews with administration they could find no substantial reason to taking these bracelets. One administration said that if these bracelets were really in support of breast cancer awareness then they would only come in pink, also that these multiple colors are going to cause gang affiliation, and that the breast cancer foundation has no association with any of this and is not supported by it therefore students aren't wearing them for appropriate reasons. By the way, this is the same administrator who a week ago when student leadership put on out neon back to school dance I had all the leadership students take neon fabric pens and write I <3 boobies on their shirts, she stopped us and read our shirts and proceeded to say "oh, how cute, you guys are such rebels, I love your shirts!" Currently I am refusing to take off my bracelet and am being told that if I continue to defy administrations wishes then I will be kicked out of my position as student body president! I find this extremely ignorant of administration, especially since our senior vice president who is in our student leadership class, is going to be going into surgery soon to have her now fourth tumor removed from her breast! I am disappointed in the narrowmindness of administration across the entire country. The more awareness to breast cancer the better, why not have young people come together to build this awareness and prevent it!?
August 29th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
yeah its not fair alot of people at my school have them including me and well we can wear them they have to be inside out ugh!!!! not fair!
August 30th, 2010 at 7:27 am
Michelle we also have bracelets that say Check Your Self – Keep A Breast. You can find them here:
http://www.zumiez.com/catalog/product/view/id/142907/category/1587/
August 31st, 2010 at 4:57 pm
i am a senior high school student and i do infact have one of these bracelets. my best friend has survived breast cancer this past summer and she is only 17. i wear my bracelet for her and for anyone that ask why “i love boobie” is on it i can go into a whole big explaination on why it’s on there and why they should be aware. my school is also having a problem with the bracelets and doesn’t want us wearing them. yes some guys are just wearing them for the “i love boobies” but either way they know why it’s on there and that alone is awareness. these bracelets are teaching young girls and even some guys about checking themselves for breast cancer,even young kids are getting aware. Teachers are supose to be getting us ready for the “real world”, well wake up this is the real world and yes there is real breast cancer out there. Regardless of what is writtin on the bracelets the word is getting out there to start checking yourself. and if the word “boobies” is that big of a deal than some people might want to get the mind out of the gutter.
September 2nd, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Dear Admin or whoever may be reading,
,
I go to a public school in Texas and I am forbidden to wear these wonderful bracelets. Yet most of my school wears it to prove the vice principal wrong. Most of the teachers at the school understand this campaign and support it. Yet, several people have had their bracelets confiscated. My math teacher quotes something very truthful about this
“Well these bracelets go to breast cancer. No matter what the children think about it, it still goes to breast cancer. Also it isn’t like they are saying I love titties they are saying something much cleaner. So these bracelets should be allowed!!!” Which is what many students at my school are going by!A Lot of the students at my school are going by the motto of “Who cares! You take it up? I’m buying another one!” I am very pleased with these bracelets!!! I have looked all over for a purple “I love boobies” bracelets and cant seem to find them! I have also seen people wearing them. Do you know any place to find the purple ones?
Thanks for reading
Grayson
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:10 pm
My school administrators are staging a huge war against these bracelets. All though I would have to agree with Patrick that certain other young men in my school only wear these bracelets to make themselves feel more popular. But, I also see a large group of girls that also wear these bracelets too. So, if strict regulation of this type of attire becomes more of a gender war that anything else, then school administrators are not abiding by the Association For American Educators’ Code Of Conduct. It specifically states “The professional educator does not intentionally expose the student to disparagement.” So, if educators are intentionally targeting either males or females due to their personal views, then students should have a legitimate argument against this type of targeting. I would strongly urge Keep A Breast lawyers to take some sort of legal or civil action against school administrators, or to strike a compromise with the new “Check Yourself” Bracelet.
I would strongly urge people to subscribe to me on Youtube, as I will hopefully soon create a video on some of the opinions of students at my school to see why they are wearing these bracelets.
Here is the link to my channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/FullerThanYouMann?feature=mhum
Thanks!
September 3rd, 2010 at 10:53 pm
I bet the teachers that are collecting these bracelets from the kids are selling them on ebay. They claim that they do not make enough money. Great bracelets for anyone.
September 6th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
i don’t understand, how it’s ‘offensive’ to certain people. it’s for breast cancer. BREAST CANCER. i was told, to take it off, the first day of school. for 8th grade. last year, our principals and teachers allowed us to wear them. now, we have new principals, and they’re making us take it off. i took it off, but after she walked away, i slipped it back on. tomorrow, a friend and i, are telling everyone to wear them. even shirts. we were told, that if we keep wearing them, we would get suspended. but, they can’t physically take them off of us. and they can’t suspend everyone, can they? so, i’m taking your words, and sticking up for this. i think, everyone should wear the ‘i love boobies’ and support. who, really cares if we get introuble, at school for wearing it. i don’t. so, i’m going to continue wearing it. to the teachers, fuck you. they’re not offensive in any way, and you’re not understanding what this is all about.
September 7th, 2010 at 12:41 am
Adults have no right to take away what we PAID for. just because they think kids wear them because of what they say. They don’t know what my family or others has been through. My aunt just died of cancer a month ago and my greatgrandma did too, and I have other family member’s who are fighting it now. I buy them to show my support for breast cancer and i’m sure my family is proud that i’m supporting it. And for the schools, you guys aren’t doing anything taking them away, we’ll wear them any where else and it makes no difference if it’s at school. Pshh, you guys teach us sex ed and we can’t support a deadly sickness, just cause it says boobies? I don’t think so!
I love the bracelets.
September 7th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
hey i love the i love boobies! all my friends do i have all types but can u guys make more colors like purple, red and black, like make the letters red and the braclet pruple and a little tip a lot more ppl will buy if u dont say i love boobies like say something else. THANKS!
September 9th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Both my kids sport them – they are a 10 yr old girl & a 13 yr old boy. They know what it’s for & understand what they’re supporting. It was their desire to where them, I consented. They probably just think it’s ‘cool’ to where a bracelet with ‘boobies’ on it & that is fine with me. It’s not indecent, it’s not flashy & disrepectful (like many other t-shirts I’ve seen children wearing) and perhaps my daughter will grow to respect hers a little more and my son, his wife’s. Keep up the motivating work!!
September 10th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
These are banned at my middle school too. But they are ALLOWED at the high school. Totally unfair. I’m protesting by sending them a video, making a facebook group, and I really hope I get them the ban taken off!!
September 11th, 2010 at 10:02 am
the schools should worry about bigger problems than just a little braclet, there is violence, drugs, and weapons being brought into thier schools, and they flip out over a good cause. get over it, im sure if yall were still in high school you to would do the same thing. its so stupid to be acting so childish, i do understand if some of the male students are using them offensivly, thats their fault for being immature, but others are giving thier money to help others who are fighting for their lives.
September 14th, 2010 at 9:35 am
I♥BOOBIES!!!
September 14th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
I teach at a Catholic high school. I’ve seen both male and female students with these bracelets, and, frankly, I’ve avoided commenting on them. I’m going to take it as a given that most of the males like boobies, as do most of the females (either their own, or someone else’s). I’ll further take it as a given that many of the students wearing them are as interested in breast cancer as students wearing Che Guevara shirts are interested in collective economics. But so what? None of this is news. If the adults at a school get involved by trying to regulate them, then the story is about boobies being forbidden, and perhaps shameful. Again, this is a message that the students have already heard and, with regard to early detection, is already a part of the problem. If a student makes a comment that is inappropriate for the classroom, that is a different issue. If a student is offended by the bracelet, then there is a “teachable moment” regarding assertiveness, self-expression, and the fact that a free society does not regulate speech based on possibly offending people. There is no right to not be offended any more than there is a right to be cancer-free. We adults do not need to step in and “correct” this – we need to support our students’ growth.
September 15th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
I think that whomever the IDIOT was that thought of putting the words “I love boobies” should have gotten opions from women that had lost their breasts to cancer. My ex-wife lost both of her breasts to cancer…and she is totally offended…and hurt by what they say! Like I’ve read from other comments made…would these little school kids wear them in support of breast cancer if they said anything else on them? I think NOT! Do the math…they think their COOL cuz their gettin’ away with something! The company that made them should be ashamed!
September 17th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
I love these things. Josiah took mine from me i asked him why he said I support breast cancer.
September 19th, 2010 at 6:29 am
I just read through every single comment here and not one girl who professed to love these bracelets has said she changed brands of shampoo or lipstick because of this campaign. There is a complete disconnect between wearing the bracelets and the act of reading the page of the website which pertains to prevention. There’s much more interest in wanting a “purple bracelet” than in learning how ingredients in make-up could contribute to breast cancer.
As someone who has lost a “boobie” to breast cancer, I think the bracelets trivialize what I have been through. This campaign just exploits adolescents by playing into their desire to rebel against authority – without serving any useful purpose.
September 23rd, 2010 at 4:34 pm
my name is jeff and i go to mount whitney high schoo could you guys talk some sence into the teachers
September 28th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Can you please make some more purple and white ones? I cant find them ANYWHERE, not even on the internet. I love this campaign. My aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years back, and survived. She and i both support this and so does my family. Good job. (:
I would love to have a purple one though.
September 28th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
im a middle school student and i were a i love boobies braclet because i thought it was a good way to help stop breast cancer, and for all the teachers that jacked up everyones braclets and the ones who commented on this web, you guys need to be more mature!!! boobies is not a bad word!!!! and for the people that said it will lead up to other braclets like kiss a dick or the f bomb one, are you guys that stupid!!!! do you really think our parents are really going to alow us to were a kiss a dick braclet!!! geeze! we spent our hard earned money on these and you guys are takeing them away!!! well then my princible ows me money!!!
September 29th, 2010 at 8:34 am
Im by no means being bias to one statement or the other. I fully understand how kids find these bracelets as a way to “be cool” and most people are probably right that the only reason why they are wearing them is due to the comment printed on them. Instead of wasting the time to get on to the children and take them away from them… educate them. This is the perfect chance to teach them what they are supporting and make them feel good about supporting such a great cause.
Now a days it does take a bigger statement to get young kids attention. As a creative company they did that and now as parents, teachers and adults we need to do our part and educate each other and make this cause a well know cause that supports something amazing. An educated student wouldn’t buy the bracelet because they are immature and want to wear a “I <3 Boobies" bracelet, they would buy it because they are young and still habe a way to support and be apart of a huge amazing movement. So we have to start somewhere and be apart of this ONE CAUSE… TOGETHER!!! Good Job keep-a-breast foundation… way to step outside the box and get a reaction out of people that are to stuck in the norm to realize that change is the only thing that changes!
September 29th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
They were only for a Zumiez tour. Tell Zumiez you want us to make them again!!
September 29th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
My teacher wont let us wear the bracelets unless we can find out where and how much of the money that comes in from bracelet sales goes to charity
September 30th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Yesterday I told my students that, as a woman, I am offended by seeing bracelets on dozens of wrists that say “I love boobies.” I told them I don’t want to see them anymore and that I’d take them if they wore them after being told once. But I didn’t tell them why I felt offended because I wasn’t quite sure why, until another student tried to explain to me later why he thought they were okay. He showed me that the name of the organization who sponsors the bracelets — keep-a-breast.org — is printed right on the bracelet. “See, it’s legit,” he told me. “Why, then” I asked him, “doesn’t it just say “Save a Breast? Why is ‘boobies’ necessary?”
I went home and thought about it that night and realized that it’s not even the word “boobies” that offends me; it’s the “Save a breast” part that bothers me more. So, today I asked my students for a few minutes to clarify with them why I don’t want them to wear the bracelets.
We live in a society where each one of us is judged on our appearance — how fat or thin we are, whether or not we’re pretty, the color of our skin, the clothes we wear, the shape of our bodies. When I was in middle school — even elementary school — I had “boobies.” Those suckers got me a lot of attention that I didn’t want and didn’t know what to do with. Most of this attention came from boys and, in time, I began to wonder: Did boys like me because I was nice, funny, smart? Or was it my body? Would boys still like me if I had a different body? Aside from my physical appeal, what was my worth?
As young women, it is difficult to develop a healthy self-image and confidence in our hearts and minds when there is so much emphasis placed on our physical appearance. When my elderly aunt lost her breast to cancer, she cried because she wondered if her husband of 50 years would still find her desirable as a woman without all her equipment. If someday I lost one of my breasts to cancer, how would my confidence as a woman be shaken?
When I see “I love boobies” and “Save a breast” bracelets, I automatically wonder why the statement isn’t “Save a life” instead? The bracelets suggest to me that the most important thing is to save a woman from – Gasp! – losing her womanliness. But if we lived in a world where women weren’t judged by how “feminine” they looked or how “well endowed” they were, losing a breast wouldn’t matter. Losing a life would.
Yesterday when I got stern (or angry, as many of my students would say) about the “boobies” bracelets, I wasn’t angry at kids for wearing them or even the bracelets themselves. I was angry at the fact that we live in a society that focuses more on a woman’s aesthetic appeal than her intellectual, spiritual, or moral character.
October 1st, 2010 at 11:28 am
Today my school officially banded these bracelets because it is “offensive”. As a young women I am more offended at the fact that I can’t join in the fight against breast cancer since I know people that have suffered with it.
October 2nd, 2010 at 10:57 pm
a lot of people in schools are not allowed to wear ” i love boobies ” some schools think it is inaproppriot and that kids are loooking at the breast cancer support bracelets as a different view on what we really need it tobe about.
October 3rd, 2010 at 11:26 am
i ReALLY want one of your i<3boobies bracrelet!!i was gonna buy one yesterday but in the Zumiez i went they were soldout and it wasnt just me who wanted one there was 2 other girls that were looking for it.n let me tell u this, we were all upset!!!=( now i have 2 wait till i go 2 another mall n c if they have them there.OH N PLEASE MAKE PURPLE ONES!!I WOULD SOOOOOO BUY IT!!!!=D
I LOVE BOOBIES!!!XD
October 4th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
We chose the name Keep A Beast because we wanted a name that was different, understandable and related to breast cancer prevention. Keep A Breast is a double entendre, a phrase with two meanings.
The word abreast, means to stay up to date with the latest news and information. KAB strives to provide the latest news and information to young people about breast cancer prevention. Once you have the knowledge about what can pose a health risk, you will have the power to reduce your risk of breast cancer. For that reason we want you to Keep abreast.
KAB is adamant about encouraging young people to know their personal risk of getting breast cancer and teaching ways to prevent and lower their risk. By better equipping young people to adopt lifestyle choices that have long-term health benefits, can stay healthy and ultimately Keep their Breasts.Many women develop a negative attitude towards their breasts and put so much energy into criticizing them or wishing they were different somehow. Keep A Breast wants to break down the shame that is so deeply rooted in body image and realize you’re your breasts are an amazingly important and beautiful part of you, and the vital role in our body. Knowledge is power, by knowing you body and knowing your breasts you are taking the first step to prevention. Prevention is the Cure.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Very inappropriate to be encouraging students to be wearing the “I Love Boobies” slogan. I think you could come up with something more socially acceptable!
October 7th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
I notice that the admin. dodges the question Where does the money go? A very valid question since it all goes back to Zumiez. A very valid point is that it doesn’t really get kids talking about respecting their bodies, quite the opposite. You are misled if you think you are supporting anyone but a business with this bracelet. If you want to support real Breast Cancer Awareness, they are a non-profit organization. Zumiez is making millions on your ignorance, sympathy, and rebellion.
The kid who can’t spell principal is eveidence that he doesn’t care about cancer since his motive is to buy another bracelet just to make his principal mad. Look up free speech. Our forefathers did not intend to protect your right to make a mockery of sacred things at others’ expense, nor are our sodiers fighting for your right to rebel against decency.
October 9th, 2010 at 11:55 am
I am down with the bracelets its for something to support breast cancer. It will make young kids aware of breast cancer. They could have use a better choce of words but get over it. I don’t think some kid gonna a walk around and say I love boobies. If you have concern about the bracletes talk to your students or children about it. don’t be makeing a big deal out of this sitiuation if you are even thinking about that your the one that needs school yourself. I want to know where I can purchase one of these braceletes other than buying it online.
October 11th, 2010 at 9:08 am
i think i <3 boobie bracelets are awesome! i have a green 1 and my friend has a white 1 w/ pink letters….we never knew that it was 2 show ppl bout breast cancer but every1 @ my scul wears 1 wich i guess has raised a lot of money…….. MI mom doesnt care i wear mine…..and if the princalbe ever bands them frm m i scul, i wud wear mine EVERY SINGLE DAY 2 show him………….. I <3 BOOBIES AND IM NOT AFRAID 2 SHOW IT!!!!!!!
October 11th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
i love your braclets you should make a black and orange bracelet
October 11th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
you still havent answered my question of where and how much money is going where from each bracelet sale
October 13th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Depending on where the bracelets are purchased, between 50-100% of the proceeds raised from the sales go to support Keep A Breast’s education and awareness programs, including our traveling education booth at art and music events. Keep A Breast has eight years of success and testimonies from young people all over the world who learned how to examine their breasts, and later found a cancerous lump. Because of that knowledge and action, these young people have a much better survival rate. Nearly 4,000,000 people visit our website every month to learn about prevention, express their inner feelings, make connections with others and learn coping strategies for themselves and loved ones.
We pass out hundreds of thousands of Breast Self Exam cards each year to young people around the world explaining why loving your body is important, and the crucial relationship between body image and breast cancer. Through the support of these bracelets we were able to have our grassroots educational booth on the road a total of 251 days by the end of 2010!
You can see more about our programs here: http://www.keep-a-breast.org/programs
October 14th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
I wear mine everyday. I don’t get what the big deal about them at school is. They have tried to take it away from me but I woulnd’t let them. Nobody at my school makes a big deal about them they just wear them. I don’t understand why we aren’t supposed to wear them to school I am supporting breast cancer awareness and all my teachers are against it. My friend almost got suspened. Why are they so focused on the bracelets when they should be foucused on the bullying and other things and better things. The bracelets aren’t harming anything so they should just get over themselves.
Thank you for your time.(: ♥ I ♥ BOOBIES!! (:
October 14th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
do yall make black and orange
October 15th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
You just have to be kidding! Do you really believe that every teenage boy that wears one of these is truly concerned about supporting breast cancer awareness?
There are many men that die from testicular cancer. Would any of you find it acceptable for girls to wear bracelets that proclaim “I ♥ BALLS”?
Please, give me a break here.
October 31st, 2010 at 9:17 am
Wow, take the egos out of this. It is a great cause and is educating the public and raising funds for a cure. People are way too over the top with “being offended” Maybe if YOU did not make such a big deal out of words and sex, your kids would not either. Stop making everything dirty. God created boobies!!
November 3rd, 2010 at 5:46 pm
i just felt like saying that i feel like this is a great program. i am a middle school student and some of my teachers do not like these bracelets. my teachers decided if people found these braclets offenesive that they had to turn the bracelets inside out. this was at the beging of october. my team decieded that seeing how it was breast cancer awareness month that every friday we would wear pink in support of breast cancer awarness. by the end of the month almost every student was wearing pink on friday it felt pretty good to see this. i feel like its a great thing. in vermont where i live a school district banned these braclets. instead of this stopping at the principal it went all the way to the school board. if u were on the school board. would u be mad if a small bracelet was the topic of disscussion. i felt like ths was very stupid. my social studies teacher sent the local news channel an email and they came into are school and interviewed students in my grade about how they felt about the braclets.
when my social studies teacher asked if the news could come in to the school my principal had no idea why because he hadnt even heard about the bracelets yet.
November 19th, 2010 at 8:21 am
The concept of the I Love Boobie Braclet, Might have started in the right
direction of saving lifes, but noe it has got out of control. My son id in fourth grade and is wanting to wear them, because other boys are and when I said no the disrespectful. Then he said well can you get cancer so I can wear a braclet. I said you do not choose to get cancer that can take your life or breast. I sat down with my son and explained in more detail what can happen to a women with breast cancer or anyone with cancer they would choode not the have it. I no you are try to rasie money for cancer.but can there be a different saying. Most kids are wear them for all the wrong reasons. This took breast cancer to a all new low, boys where them because it says boobies and the hormons are starting to kick in. Why young girls wear the I really do not know. I think a new saying has to be made.
November 19th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
My school is really serious about the “i love boobies bracelet.They dont think they should be worn and im mad about that.Its not defensive,or perverted in any way.My best friend had her grandma die on her little sisters birthaday because of breast cancer and that inspirerd me to be an advocate against breast cancer.Im proud to wear my breast cancer bracelet.
November 28th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Hello,
I am wondering if they make rainbow bracelets as opposed just the two colored style if so can i be educated as to where to get the mentioned bracelets that would be much appreciated. If they do not make them I think they should start!
Thank you and these bracelets do have good intentions behind them school districts need to relax and see the facts behind they’re purpose!
C: Live easy!
November 29th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
seriously, even if kids dont wear them just because they support breast cancer doesnt have anything to do with it. The money still goes to helping the foundation and i dont see why schools are making such a big deal about it, the bracelets are not a distraction EVERYONE in my school has one and nobody even notices everything is exactly the same, it has even sparked a few conversations that led to us actually getting on the computer and looking up facts about breast cancer prevention. If anything these bracelets are completely positive, and saying that the word “boobie” is immature is being immature. We’re old enough to know what it means and its just a name, its very selfish and immature to not let people enjoy something just because you take it offensively.. especially if its something as miniscule as that. Just because someone doesnt like the color purple doesnt mean everyone in the school shouldnt be aloud to wear it… i mean seriously, yall are adults so grow up. I love these bracelets they really do get the message across many different generations and really does make the subject less awkward to talk about!
December 1st, 2010 at 8:35 pm
ENOUGH EVERYONE!
Stop going on these rants; they’re pointless!
I am a young girl and believe I know that these bracelets are worn by some because kids think they’re cool. It’s not because they have the word boobies on them or the message. But then there are some who where them for legitimate support! And don’t use them as a way to make themselves feel as if they are doing a good deed.
THE GOOD THAT COMES FROM THESE BRACELETS IS WEARING THEM AS A REMINDER THAT YOU SUPPORT BREAST CANCER SURVIVERS AND WANT TO TRY AND HELP STOP THIS DISEASE!
Honestly, I think schools confiscating them are ridiculous. You can’t confiscate them from a kid because you don’t think they have the right take on the whole thing. Even so, you should only confiscate them if the kids are screaming boobies and acting inappropriate and abusing it.
YOU CAN’T TAKE SOMETHING OF A STUDENT”S BECAUSE YOU
THINK
THEY DON’t HAVE THE RIGHT IDEALS!
Just let people go about their business and let them think about it for themselves.
If you want these to be a positive influence teach about the braclets meanings more than “its a good thing to wear them.”
Thank you for your time!
December 4th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Its pretty funny my history teacher actually asked me where i bought mine
i hate how people buy these bracelets just because they think its funny 
but anyway YEAH my grandma bought one cuz she had breast cancer im like WHOOOO GRANDMA…!
December 11th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
They were banned from my school!
December 16th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
This is ridiculous that people are so upset. I work in a school and if were in a classroom or heard at lunch that teachers were having a contest on collecting these I would rip them new one and report them to the school board. I think that the bracelets are great! yeah boobies, big deal. I think that society has taught children to be embarressed of their bodies, thus the increase in teen suicide, so going after a bracelet that supports a good cause?? great, now we are telling them they should be embarressed or hide if they have breast cancer or breast cancer survivors in their families? Boobs, yep they are there..ok call them breasts if it eases your concious!! Thank god I work at the school district I do and the kids can wear these bracelets…and for all the teachers who say they are a “distraction”,they really are not you are just having issues that you can’t control everything. You are there to teach and mold young minds, not control who they are and what they believe…check yourself at the door when you enter the school, if you are there to be cool, or to control, or to be harsh with children, go home!!
December 22nd, 2010 at 11:30 am
Honestly a lot of people in my schhool wear them because they think its cool, I had cancer so I feel for everyone who gets it. BUT the “I love BOOBIES” braclets are to BIG for a lot of people, like me, their should be DIFFERENT sizes that would be awesom.
December 26th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
While I applaud your effort, the message is lost on a lot of my students, esp. the boys, who like the bracelets and wear them but don’t do anything else to help with your cause. Why not come out with a bracelet, I (heart) balls! for testicular cancer? Not offensive, surely.
December 26th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
these bracelets arent allowed in school.. but us kids wear them anyway! I think that kids wear them only because there “in style” and stuff. But most of the kids dont even care about the whole breast cancer thing. They just wear them cuz everyone has a bracelet
December 30th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
I wear one and i get in trouble daily, do i care? no!
it doesn’t matter if kids wear them for what they say, they are buying them and it supports the movement.
January 5th, 2011 at 10:48 am
As a breast cancer surviver I am deeply offended by the “boobie” bracelets. There are so many ways to support breast cancer instead of using a slang term on a bracelet. I work in a school and these kids are wearing a fashion statement. I’ve exchanged their boobie bracelets for pink cancer bracelets or ribbons and not one student has returned to school the second day wearing them. I hope this is a sick fad that ends soon. As for talking to young people in terms they use; there’s the problem.
January 6th, 2011 at 8:35 am
guess im not the only one who feels these bracelets are highly inappropriate for school. Iwork in a middle school and have confiscated several of these bracelets from my students (after giving them many chances to not wear them in class) Every one of these kids admit they dont care about breast cancer, they wear them for the effect. Everything has a place.. School is not the place to wear these. It is distracting to the learning environment.
January 18th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
So i live in Wisconsin and these got banned from my school. Personality i think this is wrong! They have no right to take these away and if they try to take mine i will stand up for what i believe in. I don’t care if i get a detention. These are for a good cause and my grandma died from cancer. These bracelets are a good cause. Personality, i don’t think our principle should be allowed to take away our i<3boobie bracelets. they ARE for a good cause and most of us ARE straight and who cares if the guys wear them just cause of what they say. At least money is still going toward cancer research and its getting advertised. That's what I think about these bracelets:] If you get offended by this, Something is wrong with you. Do you want people to die because there is no money for research?
January 19th, 2011 at 8:13 pm
My friend REALLY wants a bright yellow bracelet for his birthday, but I haven’t found one anywhere. Do yall make them?
January 24th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Not yet!
January 30th, 2011 at 11:44 am
I’ve had my bracelet the entire school year &no one has ever gotten mad at me for it. They all like it,
February 5th, 2011 at 11:10 am
they do have purple bracelets look them up on google
February 7th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Hey guys,
i love your bracelets almost as i love boobies =]
I have a question, does the money from the each 5$ bracelet go towards finding a cure for breast cancer or any type of prevention for it ?
February 12th, 2011 at 7:33 am
In regards to school administrations having a fit over the arm bands, I recommend anyone to read about the 1969 Supreme Court Case Tinker Vs. Des Moines School District. Similar circumstances, only that instead of supporting a cause they were protesting the Vietnam war. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the students.
Link to case: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/studentspeech.htm
February 17th, 2011 at 9:39 am
The funds raised from donations go to support Keep A Breast education and awareness programs. These unique programs use art and artistic expression to inform young people about methods of prevention, early detection, coping and support. Through these programs Keep A Breast strives to eradicate breast cancer by inspiring young people to adopt lifestyle choices that have long-term health benefits.
Through this support we were able to have our grassroots Traveling Educational Booth on the road for over 250 days in 2010. Due to the tremendous support we have seen in 2010 we are excited to announce a launch of The Keep A Breast Non Toxic Revolution Program in April of 2011 as well as expanding all of our prevention, education and support programs domestically and internationally. You can learn more about all of our programs here on our programs page.
The Keep A Breast Foundation awards grants to leaders and organizations that are taking a stand to make the world a better, healthier place for future generations through alternative care, environmental effects or cutting edge research. In 2010 over $100,000 dollars was donated to research and environmental programs including: The University of California San Diego, California State University -Fresno, Essentially Pink, Bloom Natural Health, The Rack Pack, Teens Turning Green, Environmental Working Group and a unique Green Janitorial Program for schools. Learn more about our 2010 grant winners on our site!
February 17th, 2011 at 9:39 am
We made limited edition ones for last years Zumiez Couch Tour.. but no worries they are coming back soon!!
March 1st, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Hi, I am wondering if there is any way I can convince my parents that I can wear one of the “I heart Boobies” bracelets, because I have the “Check Yourself” ones, but I want a different kind as well. I am a mature kid and I get straight A’s. I feel that I heart Boobies is okay to wear, considering that breast cancer is such a threat. Can someone help me please?
Thank you!
March 3rd, 2011 at 2:18 pm
at my school, if you wear them they have to be inside out or hidden by your sleeve
March 3rd, 2011 at 6:22 pm
Hello! I’m 13 yrs old and everyone at my school wears these. At first when I saw this boy named Mike wearing it, I thought he was being dirty. But then I saw a girl named Carol wearing it and some other girls wearing them and I thought they were lesbos. But FINALLY during theatre rehearsal there was a girl named Meloney wearing it and I got what it was about. Now i’m hooked on them! They go great with my style and the white and pink ones are reallly cute. My school aproves of them! And I even see my mom trying to steal them of my wrist! So that’s my story of me going from a hater to a lover!
Byee
March 5th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
I wear my bracelets PROUDLY everyday!! It is not offensive or negative unless someone wants it to be!! So iLOVE BOOBiES!! (Keep A Breast)
March 7th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
For all of you people who are hating on this, all you school teachers and principals who think this is a bad idea…
I’m one of those people who believes that if it’s killing people constantly, and ruining the lives of thousands of people every year, anyone has the right to do whatever they want to fix it.
So you idiots who think it’s offensive and all that crap, shut the hell up. Because nobody cares what you think, they aren’t going to stop making them, and people aren’t going to stop wearing them. Its called free speech, and although you’re expressing yourselves as well, be quiet. Please.
Furthermore, teachers and Administrators out there, you are so blatantly ignorant that you make me so embarrassed to know that I live in a country with you.
With love,
Ryan
March 9th, 2011 at 7:36 am
I had a ten year old boy wearing a braclet in my class, two girls told me that the message made them feel uncomfortable. I think the bracelt takes the focus off cancer and turns it into a free speech issue. I think most kids are wearing it for shock value and not to help with cancer.
March 20th, 2011 at 2:31 pm
i think they are only about cancer
April 10th, 2011 at 11:15 pm
LOL WHO CARES.
were in high school for one so most of the students and teachers have heard the word boobies before. some of my teachers dont care and are like ok its fine as long as it’s supporting breast cancer.
AND EVEN IF THE BOYS ARE ONLY WEARING IT TO BE ALL “HAHA I LIKE BOOBIES LOL IM A BOY” or students are just doing it to cause a ruckus, it doesnt matter! everyone buys it for different reasons. but all the money goes to a cause.
and i think its funny. keep making a big deal about it teachers, parents. because we’re teenagers and we’re just going to be more tempted to buy it and upset you more.
this whole thing is getting so trendy and its initial reason for buying is going away more, yeah but its still giving money to the cause!
i wear mine proudly everyday. and i love this company’s way of targetting customers! genius!
but really. “omg they have a bracelet that says boobies! bad bad bad” thats about as mature as you think that person is. who cares i see things other people do that upset me but i dont do anything about it. that’s their life and choices.
April 12th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
I have sat here for the past half hour reading through these comments and I just watched the news where it caused a “controversy”. I can honestly say I’m ashamed to be living in the ‘wonderful’ state of MA. We find a reason to ban everything. From the whole situation in Danvers with the word “meep” that originated from an old child’s television show. And now this? Really?
Parents who are protesting these bracelets are probably the same parents who sheltered their children from sexual education class. What? Is your child not good enough to learn the human anatomy? Are you so uptight that you feel the need to hide the truth from your children? Seriously, grow up. Teachers who are protesting against these bracelets obviously care more about the money in their back pockets or they’re extremely feminist and feel the need to belittle everyone around them because their lives are just that boring. Look around you people, times are changing and so aren’t peoples ways of expressing themselves.
My family has a long history of breast cancer. My grandmother on my father’s side had to have a breast removed and it pained me to know that one day that could be me or my children. We are here to search for a cure, people! Get over yourselves. I understand they can be a little offensive but what isn’t now a days? Video games? Magazines? Oh…I don’t know…THE INTERNET?! Are you going to ban that too? Really? It hurts to know that we live in a society so…uptight, so full of themselves, so driven by the need to make everyone else feel bad about what they’re doing or what they’re supporting or the way they support it.
Now we’re banning jewelry. We’ve all sunk to a whole new low…
Where to next?
April 14th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
I thought America encouraged freedom of speech
April 20th, 2011 at 10:20 am
Hey my friend and I are doing a report on these famous bracelets. We are thinking on doing a walkathon , but we our doing for breast cancer.
April 20th, 2011 at 10:21 am
not just the money for us
April 20th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
I have recently bought 30 of them and given them to my friends I Think teachers should calm down. None of my friends are just wearing them to wear them all ppl I gave them to did the 3 day challenge and support it
April 25th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
ok so i understand how they could be offensive but also some people dont like it that we dont have slaves anymore!!! i think that some kids are wearing them just to be cool but that dosent stop them from also helping awerness! its not like guys are getting sexually stimulated or anything! plus it dose help to find the cure for breast cancer! like if you donate to the raptor center your not nessicarily going to donate again….OMG people!!!
May 4th, 2011 at 7:06 pm
new hampshire : our teachers take them also. or we get suspended. Reading through the comments, i want all the kids in the school so wear them and REFUSE to take them off. I do it for a cause, my mom has cancer and shes FINE w. it. Thats all that matters. Older people, stop being little bitches because it says “boobies.” You sound like your five years old. wether or not people get them for that reason, IT ALL GOES TO A CAUSE! Some of you teachers are so simple minded its ridiculous. -___-
May 5th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
This is to SUPPORT breast cancer. Anybody that heard of the kids that decided to put this legal?
They won, its against the first amendment Freedom of SPEECH which makes america great
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/12/i-heart-boobies-bracelets_n_848208.html
May 9th, 2011 at 8:11 pm
Hello, I am just writing to give two thumbs up for this cause. My son is a 7th grader here, and the kids were having their braclets confiscated and being given detention for wearing them. So he and a handful of friends decided to get organized and see what could be done to allow them to express themselves freely at school. After a few days of detention, and a few visits by myself to the superintendent and school board members, the entire school is now allowed to wear their bands with pride!!
May 11th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
I am a mother, a teacher, and the daughter of a woman who died of breast cancer.
In all honesty, I find it offensive, and I flat out refuse to allow my son to wear one. He asked. I said absolutely not. He brought one home, and I cut it up. He brought another one home, and it got cut up and tossed as well. He has since stopped bringing them home. Period.
As far as I’m concerned, he can support breast cancer via the American Cancer Society. They are a wonderful organization that helped my family out alot when my mother became bedridden so that we could keep her at home instead of a hospice or hospital. I told him that he is more than welcome to support that organization.
I will NEVER support the wearing of these bracelets. The children that wear them for the true reason are few and far between. I’m not buying it. I may have been born at night, but it wasn’t last night.
May 12th, 2011 at 11:53 am
my son is in 9th grade at wright city oklahoma he has the bracelet on account of me i have breast issues and one teacher keeps taking his bracelet says its not appropriate i have talked to the teacher and principal they are not budging at all on the bracelet being worn at school.so here is what i said…. it just shows ignorance and disrespect TO ME that my son cant show his respect for me and other women that have breast issues and they have a teacher at wright city that is very active in the breast cancer fight mrs.price and she isnt even defending these kids what is up folks get over it already!!!! i am wearing the bracelet every where i dare someone to come at me with a smart ass comment!!! wake up OKLAHOMA and support!!!!
May 24th, 2011 at 7:21 am
What’s our society saying when they suspend a student for wearing “I Love Boobies” bracelet? The same board that governs this school of Grade 6-8students governs the grade 9-12 school whom hands out Trojan Fire & Ice condoms! Breast feeding in public is supported. The radio is full of commercials for colon rectal cancer screaming. Perhaps instead of energy spent squashing the right to free speech and awareness the energy would be better spent teaching maturity and tolerance. Who knows the students might learn it too.
May 27th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
So my friend just got me one of these bracelets and i ADORE it <3 its for a great cause too. Almost every kid at my school wears these bracelets and i think its great! Im going to buy tons more! cause there suporting breast cancer and there super cute on girls and guys! I was reading the comments and i completely disagree with what some of them are saying! they are not inaproppriate! and the fact that teachers are taking them away and punishing the students for wearing them is quite stupid! Luckily at my school the teachers really dont care! But hearing that they do at other schools is very sad! Please dont listen to the other comments and please keep making them oh and get some new colors too
I LOVE BOOBIES! 
May 29th, 2011 at 10:51 am
My beautiful 32 yr old daughter was just diagnosed with breast cancer. She has a 3 yr old little boy. Would never have imagined that she would have cancer at her age. I applaud these kids for standing up. The message that it can happen to young women and men too needs to be heard. I am proud to wear “I Love Boobies” bracelet!! Whatever it takes to get the message to these young people!!
May 30th, 2011 at 6:32 am
I’m 11 and going to be 12 next week. I think your doing a great thing.My friends mom recently dies from breast cancer and I don’t think there offended at allabout these braclets. I don’t see why somemany women are offended by kids wanting help a cause. also my others friends mom had breast cancer and is now cancer free.I think alot of teacher think all Kids have it just as a joke but don’t relize how many kids have actually been affected by breast cancer or actually knows why it does to a women. Most of them do! I Also think teachers are worrying about this way too much when there are way bigger topics then the word boobies! Lastly my mom said not to wear it to school but it’s protected by the first amendment. Also a federal judge rules it unconstitutional to take this away from a student. with all that said I’m proud to love boobies and stand up for what I believe in I will continue to buy the braclets to gel educate and end breast cancer.
p.s I read earlier that we can email you and you can send us one I would really like that!
June 10th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
I HEART BOOBIES ! I HAVE TWO BRACELETS AND I WER THEM EVERYDAY . THATS HOW I SUPPRT BOOBIES!
June 16th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
I wear mine proudly because it’s something everyone can wear. Kids to adults. It’s supporting breast cancer- and maybe some people don’t wear them for that reason- IT DOESN’T MATTER. By banning them, people might buy less, therefor less money for a cure!
June 21st, 2011 at 10:17 am
uuummm hey would it be possible that you guys had a purple and black i heart boobies bracelet? i looked everywhere and cant find it. but im positive i saw one somewhere im not questioning that part. but if you could then could you like pplllleeeaaasssseeeee make one? but yeah currently i have 4 of them. i have a black/white, green/white, and blue/white i heart boobies, and i have the glamour kills one with the pink back round. im proud to wear them.
July 14th, 2011 at 8:13 am
Hi at my school I haven’t been in her class yet but next year I might but she has a fit about the whole thing and takes them up so I bought three so if she takes one bring out the other but I have pink, black and I really like the new ones the I <3 ta-tas and the ta-ta stuff that's neat but that teacher would like go crazy on us but hey stand up for it if she takes mine up I'll go principal I think she doesn't mind them but if she doesn't I'll go to parents and they'll go head of school and from there
July 18th, 2011 at 10:08 pm
Hello, Im an in-going Sophomore at a public highschool, and in my previous freshman year the ‘Boobies’ bracelets were just coming up to be really popular, and our teachers shat there pants, they took them up, our whole school was like wtf??? soo i was wondering, if they take them, and they are on our wrist, and we are minding our own business, wouldnt that be like taking the Freedom of Speech Amendment and throwing it out the door? and in turn, isnt that kind of like wiping your ass with the american flag? isnt that like a federal offense of somesort? Treason even? im not saying you know “eff what teachers think” its just really stupid how something sooo small can cause such an uproar. they are accessories on our wrist with a message to spread awareness. theres already enough tension between teachers and students with out them riding us about more stuff. sooooooooooo will some one please end all this dumb fueding over the word “boobies”?
sincerely
July 24th, 2011 at 3:43 pm
I find it very offensive . These bracelets are being worn as a sexual thing. I have never seen a bracelet that says i love dicks for men who have prostate cancer. If i was a woman who had one of my breasts removed because of cancer and i seen someone wearing this bracelet i would be pissed and probally start some shit. I asked a freind today who has had a breast removed how she felt about it and she said she was very upset. Lets face it a womans breast is a body image and losing one would bring down your self esteem totally so by people wearing these bracelets /shirts it makes her feel like less of a woman. As for it promoting breast awareness what the hell is the differance you have to have it already or be 40 to even get checked so…. don’t use that for a making money. What ever happened to the pretty ribbons
July 26th, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Keep A Breast has a Survivor Advisory Board of young breast cancer survivors (diagnosed from ages 23-32). Keep A Breast passes all of our messaging through them before it goes out to the public and they love to chime in with feedback and make sure phrases/concepts are aligned with the mission of exposing young people to methods of prevention, early detection and support as well as making sure we always provide tools about lowering their risk of developing this dreadful disease. Each of the survivor board members having mastectomies have all learned to love their new bodies with much effort and a new found determination to help others from ever having to go through what they have experienced. We agree and stand by the messaging and feel that a positive relationship with ones breasts is a healthy approach. We proudly wear our I love boobies tee shirts while speaking at schools – aware that light pink ribbons and images of grandmothers with disease sometimes do not effect young people as much as a 23 year old looking them in the face wearing an I love boobies tee does. Keep A Breast is prevention centered and offers us the opportunity to educate young people and feel this is sooo very important (especially knowing that many women develop a negative attitude towards their breasts.)- we have our work cut out for us. We encourage people to love and respect their breasts (or chest wall in some cases). And we completely understand that our organization is not a good fit for everyone.We have never felt the wording we use is inappropriate as for young people it is a everyday word, and one that resonates with our target demographic.
July 26th, 2011 at 12:26 pm
Check out http://www.keep-a-breast.org/braceletbanletter/ for help on how you can support KAB in your school.
July 30th, 2011 at 12:05 am
Hey me and my friends wear em! I think there a fun way to spread awareness! All these teachers are just over looking the situation. Like seriously its a BRACELET! If you cant handle “Boobies” you should realize, were in the 21st Century! Anyways I <3 BOOBIES
August 1st, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Let me get this straight, you teachers are so concerned with “distractions”.
Distractions come from bored kids, and kids become bored when their teacher is a FAILURE!.
All the effort you expend trying to control the “distractions” would be better spent on your teaching!
Maybe if you were good teachers your kids would not be so bored and maybe THEN they would be less concerned about bringing things to school that may or may not “distracting” .
We allow you to teach our children , yet you prove everyday that you are nothing short of ignorant and childish your self.
Maybe you should be ashamed of your selves for hating on a non profit for cancer awareness.
If you ask me what i think, ill tell you. Your teachers unions ARE the problem! You have become so content in your “job security” that you feel empowered to put your teaching responsibilities aside in order to pursue you own personal intellectual battle with the children in you care.
This is why your unions are being busted, you are losers who don’t deserve the jobs you have been so fortunate to have, for every employed teacher there are dozens standing by, waiting for their opportunity to teach.
How many of your children failed to get a passing grade while you sat and typed out your opinion of breast cancer awareness? 3? 5? 10?
you should be fired for simply wasting your time making yourself look stupid and id be willing to bet you did it on the schools time and money.
The first time my children’s teachers take away their bracelets i will MAKE their teacher return them personally AND apologize directly, just to be demeaning to the teacher. So they can feel how they make our children feel every day.
I have no RESPECT for school teachers anymore, you are all scum!
August 12th, 2011 at 8:54 am
I have a boobies braclet and I wear it because my friends mom has it And the comment way up there near the top if there was balls cancer I would wear them are school is fine with them. You people that think these are wrong to wear you guys should just freaking calm down, this foundation is excellent.
P.S, keep selling more of these
so they get the message 
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August 28th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
These bracelets DO raise awareness, and that’s AWESOME. I don’t wear them though…not because they’re offensive, but because I know most other kids my age only wear them because they can have “BOOBIES” written on their arm without getting in trouble. My school doesn’t take them up or anything. BUT I wrote “I <3 balls" on my hand to raise awareness for testicular cancer…and I got called a whore.
I don't understand why it's super cool to wear the word boobies but any other cancer is just gross. I asked other kids in my school and they all had the same answer. Because boobs are "sexy" and everyone wants to get that image…but no one wants to imagine testes or lungs. So that's what it comes down to.
Congrats on that. Will you be making an "I love vagina" bracelet? For ovarian cancer? That's feminist enough…
So while I commend what you're doing, and I think that it's wonderful to raise awareness…I dislike that I've only found ONE website that sells bracelets for something other than breast cancer. iheartballs.org
No one believes that I would wear a bracelet that says that…because I'm one of those quiet kids. They say that the bracelet is "too dirty" for someone like me. Too. dirty. Because to them it doesn't MATTER if the money I was spending was going to help find a cure to testicular cancer…
I'm a 17 year old girl, by the way. Not an offended girl. Just a confused one…
September 1st, 2011 at 4:26 am
Hi, I noticed that the majority of people are posting from the USA so though I would write a little something. I recently purchased my band from a festival in Leeds (UK), although I admit my first impression wasn’t the charity side of it I still love the band and happy in the fact I know the money it cost me will be put to an amazing use. As a keen supporter of charities like your band I also were a Help for Heroes and a Livestong band. The I <3 boobies bands are not very well known where I'm from I have had several people ask me about it, if you ask me that's raising awareness. The slogan is eye catching, thats what makes it so good and useful. The fact so many people are complaining and commending this bands means they are dong their job in raising awareness. Many members of my family had survived and sadly passed due to this awful disease, I think any awareness and help is fantastic. Something so simple as a band that people can wear is a great idea.
As for the I <3 Balls idea, I think it's a spot on idea and I would happily wear one! I am a 26 year old male and fail to see how things such as this can offend anyone. I wonder what other things offend you? You need to lighten up! Life is too precious and short to be upest by the word boobies. Look at the bigger picture and what they represent. The teachers need to spend less time worrying about a band someone is wearing and more time teaching that person so that they can manage in a world that can be cruel and a sad place.
With all my support from over here in the UK keep up the good work!
Ryan (Sheffield, England, UK)
September 3rd, 2011 at 4:40 pm
I think that raising awareness is awesome and talking about prevention is great. I have had several relatives and friends who have been fighting breast cancer. My issue is when my 13 year old BOY walks in the door wearing an I heart Boobies braclet and the only reason he is wearing it is becasue it says boobies. I asked him how much he was going to donate towards breast cancer, and i got “nothing it is just a funny bracelet”. I checked in with all his bro’s and they all said the same thing. I am not sure where everyone here is getting them, but most are wearing them for fashion and not for there purpose. I am glad that you are trying to help, but really all you are is another tool for rebellious teens.
September 5th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
I think the boobies braclets are fine to wear in school as long as they don’t cause a destruction to the kids like messing around with them in class but if people have problems with boobies then they need a wake up call!:)
September 8th, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Hi Tracie,
Please take a look at our facebook page or flickr site – there are SO many young boys that participate in our Imagine If campaign at our eduation booths. Young boys are touched by breast cancer just as much as others. I hope you took the time to really educate these young boys about Keep A Breast as well as how prevention and living a healthy lifestyle really can save their lives.
September 10th, 2011 at 8:58 am
i wear my bracelet everyday at school and have never gotten into trouble and i go to a catholic school i really dont see what the big deal is its a bracelet supporting breast cancer and they wont let you guys wear it i mean that bs i bet they would see it differently if they have had family members with breast cancer like i have
September 10th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
as a fourteen year old girl in middle school, i have seen that most of the students have these bracelets.. i personally love them for their background, but i’ve noticed the stir that it caused so everytime i saw someone with the bracelet at school, i would ask the person, “why do you wear it?” both guys and girls answered, “to support breast cancer awareness.” it’s not the same in all schools, but i don’t see how they are offensive. i know some of you are feminist and stuff, but really? saying “boobies” is not offensive actually. most of the wearers are teens and “breast” is just an awkward word to use so everyone says boobs or boobies. no one really goes around showing off their bracelet so why would you confiscate them?
September 20th, 2011 at 7:53 pm
Is it a big deal???? No!!! Ask your self what is… U got it! Drugs, alcohol teenage pregnancy or back to the teen basics pot, sex, drinking and driving or even texting and driving…. I think we all have bigger fish to fry other then some wristbands that say I love boobs come on now
September 24th, 2011 at 2:52 pm
I’m a 14 year student. Just because we’re kids doesn’t mean we only wear something because it says “boobies” on it. All the adults who think this need to grow up, and stop blaming us for their mistakes at raising us.
October 2nd, 2011 at 3:12 pm
I heart boobies bracelets do not get bought for another reason to bring something that has a inappropriate saying so all the people who think that they are inappropriate are wrong.it is for a founder of breast cancer
October 2nd, 2011 at 3:19 pm
The bracelets are for a cause now I’m telling the people who think that they are inappropriate are assholes there for breast cancer.
October 2nd, 2011 at 3:20 pm
They are a good idea they are used for people who care about breast cancer
October 2nd, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Admin you rock
October 2nd, 2011 at 3:23 pm
This argument is stupid cus there are people who care and have died from breast cancer and I will fight until there are aloud anywhere
October 3rd, 2011 at 10:10 am
Just ot the glamour kills bracelet and was wondering exactly what that means. @ Jules: thank u. We understand and support the cause. And to all who disagree I say……..WHATEVER! You’re the one who doesn’t understand. =p
October 3rd, 2011 at 7:55 pm
I know your idea as a company is to reach young people but as an educator you are going about it the wrong way, the kids are not wearing these bracelets in order to support breast cancer and as a survivor I find them offensive. “I Love Boobies” is not appropriate for teens to be wearing to school or anywhere else, they are wearing them because they think it’s funny not because they want to learn about breast cancer prevention. You really need to learn how to teach and educate children. They wear them to school and then they are taken from them because they are inappropriate for school.
Now I do have a student today who came in with a pink ribbon as someone in her family had breast cancer, the pink ribbon is appropriate. “I love boobies” is not it is a distraction in the school environment.
October 4th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
By buying them they are supporting the cause though. I don’t see why the word boobies is such a touchy subject I don’t think they should be taken away from students they are not a distraction either, I have never seen a student be so distracted by a bracelet he/she or another student is wearing that they can’t pay attention, that makes no sense.
October 4th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
i wore a boobies braclet to school and my sub told me to put my braclet inside out and i told him it freedom of spech
October 5th, 2011 at 9:23 pm
What percent of the purchase price goes to support breast cancer research?
October 7th, 2011 at 9:57 pm
I think whoever came up with this idea is an idiot. I have family members who have had breast cancer and had both breasts removed and it was a very traumatic experience for them. I think it is very offensive to make a mockery out of something so traumatic to someone. It is more of a joke than anything else to the teenagers. You have the boys wearing the bracelets and making a mockery out of something that should be taken very seriously. I think your company is more interested in gaining attention for itself than supporting the cause for breast cancer.
October 9th, 2011 at 6:46 pm
Your slogan on the bracelet “I love Boobies” seems to be popular amongst kids with their defiance for wearing them to school. Your campaign seems to not be against breast cancer at all, but to provide a sneaky method of getting kids to wear something with obscene overtones instead. While you may believe this is a clever way to fight breast cancer, it’s providing a negative air not only about your bracelets but your organization as well. Never even heard of your organization until now but be rest assured I won’t be putting out anything positive about your group. Stop distributing these bracelets. My wife is a schoolteacher and has already had three students suspended for wearing them in her classroom. Profanity does not belong in the classroom and neither does bracelets that say “I LOVE BOOBIES.” I hope your organization gets shut down over this.
October 10th, 2011 at 5:40 am
I am an educator and don’t go out of my way to see what my students are wearing. When apparel becomes a distraction then we discuss it. Lately, we have many students who are wearing the “i love boobies” bracelet. Some are low key about it, but most (in middle school) are using it as a distraction in class. They no more care about your “cause” or should I say money maker, than they do their homework. How is your organization associated with the American Breast Cancer Association exactly?
October 12th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
The only reason teachers in k-12 schools are against kab foundation / movement, is because if the kids enjoy it, it must be banned. It goes to prove that our nations teachers are against anything and everything kids do that doesn’t involve their school. Breast cancer is serious and to ban this movement is telling us supporting breast cancer is bad. Well stand up to your teachers and principles, you all have the right to speak your mind and because your school doesn’t support a SERIOUS life threatening disease doesn’t mean you can’t. I say keep kab alive and forever ongoing. The youth will have a big impact and when we all voice our opinions/facts, it will prove we have the power to change breast cancer awareness forever!
October 15th, 2011 at 9:34 am
To all of the principales and teachers who think this is a distraction, the only reason it might be one is because you take the time out of your day to sit there and for people wearing these awesome braclets so you can take them away. For the people who dont like these, thats your opinion. No one is telling you that you need to go buy one, different people have different opinions and belifes.
October 15th, 2011 at 9:36 am
To all of the principales and teachers who think this is a distraction, the only reason it might be one is because you take the time out of your day to sit there and look for people wearing these awesome braclets so you can take them away. For the people who dont like these, thats your opinion. No one is telling you that you need to go buy one, different people have different opinions and belifes.
October 15th, 2011 at 10:08 am
Where can i buy boobie braclets?
October 21st, 2011 at 7:13 pm
To the people who do not approve of students wearing these bracelets,
Shut your stupid mouth up. Your decision to prevent people, especially students from wearing these is a violation of our right to express ourselves. Who cares if people decide to buy it just for style, it supports breast cancer anyways. You are obviously still thinking as if you were in a more conservative time period, but listen dumb bitches, WE ARE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. The word “boobies” is not offensive. YOU ARE.
October 23rd, 2011 at 8:17 pm
I am in full support of the i love boobies campaign. I dont think its wrong or offensive. My grandmother who is very close to my heart is a breast cancer survivor. This is why i support tha
October 23rd, 2011 at 8:20 pm
I am in full support of the i love boobies campaign. I dont think its wrong or offensive. My grandmother who is very close to my heart is a breast cancer survivor. This is why i support this campaign. I have 2 bracelets and my principal took them away but i got them back and still wear them because i respect what i believe in.
October 28th, 2011 at 2:15 pm
I find the offense that is being taken to these in itself offensive.
I know so many people who have lost mothers, sisters, aunts and friends to breast cancer, and to deny kids the opportunity to show support and wear their hearts on their wrists is just plain cruel.
People don’t wear these because they could be misconstrued. They wear them because they care. I have a friend who wears them who is openly gay. Do you honestly think he “loves boobies” in that kind of a way? Do you think half of the girls that wear them do? One of my best friends lost his mother to cancer in the ninth grade. Do you think that if he were to wear one, that it would be a sexual message? What about the guy I sat next to in math class last year, who I know absolutely that any teacher would assume is wearing it because he’s a masculine guy. He lost his mother too, and if I saw a teacher take his bracelet from him I’d probably end up in detention for shouting him or her down.
Furthermore, how is the word “boobies” offensive in the least? Even in the conservative context of the southern united states, how is that offensive? It’s not even vulgar, in fact I think I’ve heard most little girls refer to breasts as “boobies.” It’s the female equivalent of saying “pee-pee.” I go to school in a Catholic board, where the administrators literally send students home for the smallest uniform infractions. Nobody has even mentioned the bracelets.
And guess what? THESE ARE TEENAGERS. Biologically speaking, this was the time when, in primitive societies, most childbearing occurred. If we keep pretending that, “according to natural order,” teens are supposed to pretend sex doesn’t exist, you’re either A) Insane, or B)
October 28th, 2011 at 2:31 pm
(continued from above) Kidding yourself.
Kids know what sex is. We shouldn’t pretend we don’t, and not talking about it is just ridiculous. If these so called “shy girls” are coming to teachers and saying they’re offended, i have 3 short, simple words for them: GET. OVER. IT. Ever heard of a little thing called “freedom of expression?” no? how about “freedom of speech?”
Do you think I would comply if a teacher asked me for my “LGBTQ POSITIVE SPACE” rainbow colored bracelet that I wear? Absolutely not. I’d probably spit in the teacher’s face.
Kids are definitely supporting the cause, there’s no question about it. The only reason they don’t actually act on the cause in any other way is because if there’s anything I’ve learned from Media Lit courses, it’s that the media tells us that that is enough. And hey, maybe peace of mind is all kids need. The satisfaction. Or, here’s a funny suggestion, maybe that’s not the only thing the bracelets are for. Ever heard of awareness? it’s what gets people to support these causes in the first place. Teachers are taking away the awareness of the kids by taking the bracelets, and that’s why none of them respond when you ask them what else they’ve done.
The key concept is that AWARENESS DEFINITELY WORKS. Almost all the girls and a good chunk of guys at my school wear them, and I bet its no coincidence that we consistently place within the top 10 highest school donors to the Terry Fox Foundation for cancer research in the country.
Cancer is not a joke. Depriving kids of their freedom of expression for positive causes that they support, however, is. And it’s not a very funny one at that.
October 29th, 2011 at 1:11 am
KAB, PLEASE
Make some sort of comment to all those TEACHERS out there that they are MISSING THE POINT. Of >COURSE< 12 year old kids are wearing these bracelets just to look cool, but that's what's so ingenious about the idea! It's spreading a COOL message that kids LIKE to wear and sport all the while promoting a GOOD cause.
I went through some 20 comments, a few of which were from concerned principals about "well they wouldn't wear pink ribbons" and "i see how many of them I can take" and "they don't say 'I love testicles'"
OF COURSE THEY DON'T
And that's exactly why this process works
Don't you keep up on politics?
this has been through litigation AND
The courts ruled in KAB's favor, declaring not only that KAB's use of "boobies" was a clever way to reach young minds but also that denying them in schools is a VIOLATION OF YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT
Freedom of speech (expression)
October 29th, 2011 at 5:29 pm
I really think the ppl who think this is offensive has tO open his/her eyes and see that the word boobies is not an offensive word were in the 21 century
November 17th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
When I was 15 I lost my mother to breast cancer. All of my friends and family wear these bracelets to support the cause and to help find a cure so other daughters won’t lose their mothers at 15. Everyone who thinks that the bracelets and shirt have a “sexual” meaning is completely bogus. I can proudly say that yes I love my boobies and my friends will agree that they love theirs and they saw what my mother went thru and their other family members went thru and they dont want to go thru it. So all of you teachers and other parents that don’t like these bracelets just deal with it. They are supporting a cause that actually means something to them and you should be proud because they actually care and not just blowing it off and being naive about this.
December 3rd, 2011 at 1:05 pm
I love boobies bracelets aren’t offensive. As a student I see more than half the kids at my school wearing them. They’re for a good cause! The only thing that’s keeping me from getting one is I don’t know where to go. Help?!
January 6th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
As a man who once had a breast cancer scare, I do not like your campaign. If you were trying to raise awareness about testicular cancer, what would your slogan be? Would you cast testicles and make them into art? What if it were pancreatic cancer? Or lung cancer? Where do we draw the line? I understand you are trying to educate, but you are also alienating many of those who would otherwise be sympathetic to your cause.
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January 12th, 2012 at 5:01 pm
I heart boobies, but I hate this statement being used as a slogan for breast cancer awareness. I am very sorry to hear that thousands of women who have struggled with cancer and lost breasts have to see this terribly insensitive slogan worn on bracelets and t-shirts, most prevalently by young men and boys. of course, “the cause” is good, but the means of supporting breast cancer awareness must first “do no harm” to the very people it claims to help. I would not support the idea of having bracelets that say “I heart hard ons” to support prostate cancer research, because that type of slogan would HURT men. let’s raise sensitivity and awareness, and find ways to combat ignorance. let’s be clever, and promote hope. I applaud the teachers and classrooms that are discussing this….and am thankful to those that saw to ban this on school grounds.