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By: BeingGirl Article Removed Due to Concerned Blogs « Kiss My Assets: The Body Image Resource Blog

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:09:23 +0000

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By: Corporate Babysitter » Blog Archive » P & G removes eating disorder how-to article from beinggirl.com

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:13:38 +0000

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By: BigLiberty

BigLiberty — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:43:36 +0000

For those who want to email me about a ‘fat libertarian’ feed, I just set up the account:

big.liberty at gmail dot com.

I think this is something we could get going.

By: beckduer

beckduer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:27:31 +0000

BL and anniemcphee, I’m with you. I also remember the “coming ice age” warnings of my younger days. This is madness. My younger brother has been ranting about the “hole in the ozone layer” theories for years. (His take? It grows and shrinks. It’s a cycle. It’s supposed to be. Check the science/history research on it.)

This P&G website made me physically ill when I read it. I also am going to stop using their products, as much I know how, and I’m going to let them know why. As soon as I find a phone # or e-mail address to send my concerns to, I’ll post it here, so if anyone else wants to “talk” to them, they may.

By: Corporate Babysitter » Blog Archive » Beinggirl.com promotes eating-disordered behavior, isn’t so safe or credible

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:10:36 +0000

[...] Big Liberty takes a closer look at other sections of Beinggirl.com and finds even more! misinformation to confuse young girls on health and diet. [...]

By: anniemcphee

anniemcphee — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:36:15 +0000

BL, I don’t know how else to get in touch with you, but we really DO need a feed for libertarian fatties - I see that Junkfoodscience’s Sandy takes some heat for her stance on “universal healthcare” and “global warming” (Jesus how short people’s memories are - when I was a kid they were constantly warning us of the coming f***ing ICE AGE and being buried in garbage…now it’s global warming - and “free universal healthcare” - Uh, hasn’t anyone got the hint that the government is the LEAST responsible or capable to handle ANYTHING much less our personal health? ARGH!

If you have any ideas on getting a feed going, let me know because I have NO idea how that works or what it really means, but I know it’s a lacking spot and I have heard now that there are more than just a few interested parties. Or hell, maybe there are only a few, but they need it as much as anyone else.

If we could keep linking to one another, it could be a great help to the non-leftist (and to a lesser degree non-rightist) crowds out there. I KNOW they exist and I know they can be won over where they don’t exist now. We need it.

Lemme know what you find out. Thanks.

By: emmysr18

emmysr18 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:38:38 +0000

my comment is as posted on my blog: http://www.frozenoranges.com

By: anniemcphee

anniemcphee — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:42:34 +0000

Oh. my. God. This is madness. Thanks for commenting on it (ergh - I haven’t finished reading it yet but I read about it at the F-Word and I’m already suitably horrified.

“osteoporosis, anemia, obesity and cardiovascular disease that might be made worse by eating certain foods”

The first time I read this sentence, I skipped over the word obesity for some reason and was SURE she was talking about anorexia! Because…um…food causing anemia and osteoporosis? Wtf? Starving does that, and causes heart attacks. 19 year old girls seldom drop dead of heart attacks…unless they’re anorexic. Well I’m going to read more but on a “as-can-handle” basis because this one is making me really mad.

By: meowser

meowser — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:53:14 +0000

I don’t want to “tear into it.” I want to find a hacker who can WIPE IT OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH. What food “causes” anemia? It’s a lack of certain foods, if anything, that can foster it. And if I’ve heard of anything causing osteoporosis, it’s DIETING (although too much protein has also been implicated by certain researchers).

How can people live with themselves doing this shit? Lying to adults is one thing — nasty, yes, but adults have more truth-finding tools at their disposal. Lying to impressionable young girls? DIAF, you money-grubbing sociopaths.

And I’m NEVER buying a Tampax or any other P&G product again, and I will tell them so.

By: The Disordered Times » Call for action: Site for adolescent teens promotes eating disorders

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:23:19 +0000

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