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    BADDIE BLOGS

    Our mission is to empower women of color affected by breast cancer to make the rest of their lives the best of their lives through education, advocacy and community.

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New Normal
Aryana Hadjimohammadi

2025: A Year that tested all of us— and Our Hopes for 2026

For the Breast of Us is stepping into one of our toughest seasons yet. With nationwide cuts to DEI funding, the programs that hold our community together are at risk. From Baddie Boost and our quarterly meetups to the Baddie Ambassador Program, Baddie2Baddie Podcast, and even BaddieCon — everything we’ve built for Black and Brown women facing breast cancer needs your support to survive. This Giving Tuesday, we’re asking our community to help us hold this space up and hold it together. Your donation keeps our programs alive, our stories seen, and our sisterhood protected.

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December 19, 2025 No Comments
Mental & Emotional Health
Dr. Cynthia Johnson

Walking That Tightrope Between Faith and Fear

These days, life feels like walking a tightrope between faith and fear. And when I say faith, I’m not talking about religion. I mean that deep-down belief that somehow, I’ll keep finding my way through. That I’ve made it through every hard day before this one, so I probably can handle this one too. But fear? Oh, she still pops up. Loud and uninvited.

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October 13, 2025 12 Comments
New Normal
Marissa Thomas

Soft Girl Era, Hard Truths: When Advocacy Drains You as Much as Cancer

“They told me breast cancer would make me stronger, but nobody warned me it could make me softer, too. Not weak-soft…sacred-soft. The kind of softness that wears silk robes, sets boundaries like a boss, and still shows up to fight for Black and Brown bodies in this messy political climate. My soft-girl era isn’t canceled, sis… it’s thriving.”

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August 12, 2025 4 Comments
Relationships
For the Breast of Us

Queer, Brown & Still Here: Finding My Pride in the Breast Cancer Space

What happens when you show up to the breast cancer world as a queer woman of color—and no one looks like you? In this powerful reflection, one Baddie shares her journey of reclaiming space, visibility, and Pride in a community that wasn’t built with her in mind. This is survivorship, reimagined. 🌈💖

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June 2, 2025 No Comments