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To: National Eating Disorders Association

Ban Pro- Ana influencer Eugenia Cooney!!!

An influencer by the name of Eugenia Cooney has been on social media platforms for over a decade and she openly has been struggling with an eating disorder/anorexia. She gets on tiktok and Instagram live where she promotes makeup brands like Jeffree Star Cosmetics, Colourpop etc. and earns commissions by selling these products on her lives while doing a makeup look. Eugenia is clearly very unwell and in dire need of medical help. On a recent live stream Eugenia was seen struggling to keep down a sip of water and appeared very ill but still insist she is totally ok while actively letting her self succumb to her mental illness in front of thousands of people on the internet and normalizing it. She is being highly enabled by the people around her and her supporters who send her gifts and buy the products she is promoting. The public should not be subjected to this behavior and it should not be exploited by makeup companies because of the shock value it gains from the public. This influencer has children and others with active eating disorders under the impression that it's ok to succumb to their mental illness and that they can profit from it. This person should not be allowed to profit from her mental illness and encouraging pro-ana lifestyles. It is a danger to the public to allow active anorexia to be normalized and seen as profitable. Eugenia Cooney needs to be banned from all social media platforms unless she is willing to profit from a platform built on recovery and treating her mental illness.

Why is this important?

Because it is keeping social media free from encouraging pro-ana lifestyles that kill people. Anorexia is a serious mental illness and should not be normalized or seen as profitable. Companies should not be exploiting mentally ill individuals for shock value and recognition to sell their products. The people enabling should be held accountable for exploiting a mentally ill individual for financial gain as well.