P & G removes eating disorder how-to article from beinggirl.com
As of Saturday morning, the article promoting eating-disordered behaviors at beinggirl.com had been removed.
Thanks to everyone who blogged about this (especially Rachel, where I first read about it) and to those who took the time to write or to call.
I had received an email from Procter & Gamble after I complained and, as noncommital as it was, at least they responded to me (yes, I’m looking at you, Target):
Thanks for contacting us.
We appreciate your taking the time to let us know how you feel. Please be assured I’m sharing all of your comments with our P&G Management Team.
Thanks again for writing!
P&G Team
Did P & G recognize the error they made by publishing the article? Or did they receive a significant amount of complaints from customers? Does it matter?
As we’ve seen before, some companies do listen. Although I still wouldn’t recommend the site to anyone’s daughter, I give P & G some credit for pulling the article.
Onward and upward!
March 24th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
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March 24th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Well done…And Lisa, Dr. Robyn (from Kiss my Assets) and I are meeting on 4/3 before the CCFC summit if you want to join us for a F2F howdy-doo! :-) When do you fly into town?
March 24th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Amy, I’d love to, but will be getting in around 4:00 and connecting with my sister-in-law before the get-together that evening — thanks for the invite though!
March 25th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Hi Lisa, thanks for the tip! I did a little bit of sleuthing and discovered that the disordered eating article is still up on the Canadian site, goshdarnit! I blogged about it here if you want to spread the news around: http://www.shamelessmag.com/blog/2008/03/beinggirlca-advocates-disordered-eating-bringing-/
March 25th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Actually, I was able to see the article…
I don’t think that they took it down yet.
I was able to access it through the canadian site
March 25th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Unbelievable. Thanks Thea and Brianne for letting me know.
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