At the age of 35, Kate Bowler was diagnosed with stage IV cancer. Doctors predicted that at best she had two years to live — essentially handing the Duke Divinity School professor a death sentence. Since then, she’s been on the receiving end of a maddening collection of cringey cliches presumably meant to encourage her, but which have only made her already terrifying situation more difficult, writes Kirsten Powers.
Source: Opinion: Cancer survivor blows the whistle on ‘toxic positivity’ – CNN
