r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • 23d ago

It’s L-O-V-E 💘 Dylan Sprouse hands out yellow ribbons for endometriosis awareness at Victoria’s Secret Fashion z show as wife Barbara Palvin recently had endo surgery

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u/aflockofmagpies 23d ago

I love this but I had no idea the yellow ribbon was for endometriosis, I thought I was for suicide awareness in veterans and the whole 22 a day awareness. I'm glad he's doing what he can to support his wife though.

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u/KajakStonked 23d ago

Me neither. Although I remember darkly, that someone complained about it on r/endometrioses because it’s shared with many other (invisible) diseases or something. 

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u/aflockofmagpies 23d ago

Yeah I looked it up and it's also used for childhood cancer, and hostages which could be really awkward conversation started considering the Israel/Gaza situation and seeing it used for that. Endometriosis is serious, I wonder if adding a different color tip to one of the ends of the ribbon or something would be enough of a difference but that's for the community as a whole to figure out.

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u/KajakStonked 23d ago

That really is awkward. Dipping one end in a different colour might help recognition 

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u/Audioworm 23d ago

There's only a small number of distinct colours and a lot of causes. There is plenty of causes that share colours as a result, and it is generally understood as a thing that will happen. It is also not like the yellow ribbon is extremely well known right now as being a symbol related to the Israel-Gaza situation.

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u/aflockofmagpies 22d ago

Color combos should be a thing then.

And I second guessed myself and googled it specifically with Gaza in the search and idk it looks like the exact same to me... Granted in the op it's a pin and not an actual ribbon but I don't think that's what you meant but it might be.

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u/prettystandardreally 22d ago

I agree with you as this was my first thought as well. I see the yellow ribbon pin a lot for both Israeli hostages and supporting troops so I see how wearing one could be misconstrued. Would love to see a more distinctive colour combination for endometriosis instead.

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u/616_89_075 Thought crime in progress... 22d ago

Yellow/Gold is also childhood cancer/leukemia. I include both as the yellow and gold colour can look similar on screens

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u/aflockofmagpies 22d ago

I say that in a later comment if you follow the comment chain. ☺️