From Dmae Roberts
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Producers: Dmae Roberts and the Breast Cancer Radio Arts Project, Dmae Roberts

Debut - Not aired nationally
THE BREAST CANCER MONOLOGUES
Dmae: Dmae Roberts here in my kitchen and I'm making my own face lotion from a recipe I downloaded off the web. Pretty simple...an egg yolk, beaten... two tablespoons of lemon juice,, a half cup of olive oil... and a a half cup of vegetable...and then you add your own essential oils for smell...
I'm doing this cos I just found out that all my "natural" face creams and lotions have parabens..methyl, propyl, butyl parabens...they're used as preservatives and are enodcrine disruptors that mimic estrogen. Increased estrogen exposure over a lifetime is a risk factor for breast cancer. Thalates are worse...those weren't in my creams, but are in many non-natural ones... thalates ingredients were phased out of baby toys cos they were associated with birth defects and developmental disabilities in kids.
It's pretty frustrating, thinking you're doing somet...
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THE BREAST CANCER MONOLOGUES
TRACK LIST:
1) Billboard 1:00
5) Music Break 5:00
2) 1st Half, Part One 9:17
3) Music Break 1:00
4) 1st Half, Part Two 13:40
6) Music Break 1:00 (29:00 after the hour)
7) 2nd Half, Part, One 22.24
8) Music Break 1:00 (52:00 after the hour)
9) 2nd Half, Part Two 4:37
END OF SHOW
9) Promo 1 - 30 seconds
Original Music was composed and performed by Maria de los Angeles Esteves
Transom Editors
Posted on February 02, 2004 at 02:02 PM | Permalink
Review of The Breast Cancer Monologues
The statistics are oft-reported, but people tend to shy away or plain old flee from hearing about it. It’s breasts, it’s private, it’s happening to someone you know and you’d rather it wasn’t, hadn’t, won’t. This work gently takes you by the hand in a calm, reflective manner, and offers you a chance to listen to people who speak from experience. Myriad concerns are shared, addressed, imagined by a broad ethnic mix of women. How it feels to have a breast exam, to be diagnosed, to find a healing path, to have misplaced a prosthetic breast are only some of the subjects addressed through interviews and readings. The pacing and musical interludes work well. Good general information is offered for women facing or afraid of facing breast cancer, and for caregivers, family members, and even medical folk. This sensitively produced documentary is variously intimate, informative, even ironic, and given the statistics, it should be heard by us all.
Can be aired during women’s history month, at a time of legislative, medical, or environmental news related to breast cancer, as part of public health programming. It is an act of public service in and of itself. sl