Harrods Removes Sexist Children’s Books In Response to Tweets

Written by Imran Siddiquee on Feb 8, 2013
Posted in #notbuyingit

In a show of the increasing ability of social media to create real change, on Friday morning Harrod’s in London removed two children’s books from their children’s reading room after users on Twitter, with the help of the #NotBuyingIt hashtag, let the store know that the items promoted gender stereotypes.

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