AIBU to all the MNetters who were negative about make-up free selfies?

[Marylou62]

I read most of them and couldn't understand why some people were so negative about it. I didn't do one of myself as I never wear make-up so what would be the point! But just heard on the radio that over £1 million has been raised by this harmless, funny campaign. Well Done all of you. (maybe I should post one of myself IN make-up...that would be funny...and I have a S/O to a cancer charity and always take my used books to our local Cancer charity shop)

I know your story expat and its heartbreaking and very very wrong.

CRUK have basically cashed in, can't blame them but yet another point of how inane this was, posters didn't even specify a 'type' of cancer or charity, just bleating sheeplike about "raising awareness".

Of what exactly? My cousins daughter spent the day upset by all this as her mum is going through the mill at the moment, did it do anything to raise "awareness" or her specific type of tonsil cancer? No, no one has even heard of it.

Brain Tumour Trust, Pancreatic Cancer UK, Neuroblastoma Alliance, the Aila Coull Foundation.

I couldn't ignore your post Expat and am truly sorry for your loss. My friends DD died from a brain tumour and I support a charity of her choice. (not said for a pat on the back...just so ExPat knows someone cares.) I always ask my friend, an economist, which charity receives the most of the donated money.

My friend died of throat cancer and I donate to Marie Curie as he asked.

Our children are being massively failed when it comes to cancer, particularly solid tumours but those with AML as well.

Decades old treatment, parents begging money to go to the US or Germany for treat,net that is standard there.

And brain cancer, with it's OS of just 14% for the entire population.

Thanks for the list expat - I had never heard of the brain Tumour trust, I lost a relative to a brain tumour (my granddad) so I shall look in to that.
I also lost relatives to Lung cancer and bowel cancer, so I guess I just figured CRUK was a good place to donate as it encompasses it all. I see now that it is not as fair as they would have you believe.

my cousin died of brain cancer she originally had a malignant mole removed from her back at seventeen at 24 she started getting headaches and seeing flashing lights a scan revealed she had patches of cancer all over her brain there was nothing they could do very sad so sorry about your daughter expat all cancer is terrible.

I'm so sorry to hear all your sad stories.

Do you have a source that shows CRUK funding expat? I'd be interested in that. I completely agree that people are just donating like sheep. A few on my Facebook have donated to hospices but most are just posting screenshots of that 'beat' text to get a fuzzy feeling and some likes. Was it Cancer Research that started the fighting and beating cancer analogy? I've never been comfortable with that.

Go t their site on FB. There's another one I linked on mine today, but I'm on a phone just now and can't link.

I just hate selfies...

It's all to the good if they've donated to a cancer charity, or encouraged others to do so, but the majority I saw made no mention of where or how to donate, just 'I'm doing this for cancer because Betty and Jemima told me I had to, I'm curing cancer by posting a photo.' Which is of course pointless and no help to anybody.

I have no problem with it but everyone except one who has posted in on my timeline didn't even mention cancer in it. They just had something like 'aren't I brave' or 'look at me' or one had nothing. It seemed they were just fishing for compliments.

Now if they had all mentioned something to do with cancer I'd be more forthcoming with approval.

I also wonder what not wearing makeup has got to do with cancer?

If it's talking about going bare and trying to compare it to those who lose their skin/hair due to chemo/getting a cancerous tumour removed I feel like that's really insulting to those who have cancer as it's a lot more upsetting and hurtful than just posting a picture of someone without makeup on.

Now those pictures where people posted placards of donations and the like I did do a few likes on, because I'm so glad these donations have been forthcoming :)

I had a huge argument with a FB friend of a friend in the early hours of the morning because I added details of how to donate and a link to checking breasts. She took exception and maintained that posting her picture was her "contribution to fighting cancer", and what if people can't afford to donate? Well you can afford make up, you self indulgent wanker. After a while I let it go as I felt a bit bad about the mutual friend. But the fact remains that the donations are an incidental consequence of the campaign, brought about by the negative types.

I didn't donate to CRUK, I donated to Chelsea's Angels after seeing a post from Chelsea's mum. I normally donate to Camille's Appeal.

Anyone thinking of donating, please do a search on the charities I mentioned. They're both smallish charities and the donations go straight to the sick children and the families they're intended for.

YANBU - I felt obliged since I was nominated no biggie donated to Cancer research - didnt put a screen shot up - just said I did . I don't assume the worst of people that they are just doing it in a "look at me" way and forgetting to donate . I donate to a variety of cancer charities anyway.

It started off as a typical FB attention seeking vanity thing..until people were pulled up on it(due to there forever being these silly click/post for awarness stuff) then it turned into a fund raiser...

All well and good