American Eagle is in full-on crisis mode after their “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans” campaign was met by swift public backlash as critics accused the ad of invoking eugenics. Today, the clothing company finally put out a statement explaining the campaign’s original aim: American Eagle is clarifying that their Sydney Sweeney ad was only intended to make people masturbate. […]


Context: https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/why-sydney-sweeney-s-good-jeans-campaign-is-being-compared-to-nazism-20250729-p5mikz.html

  • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    No, it’s not based on her being just white. It’s like you decided to ignore almost everything I said. There’s some important historical context about white, blond, blue-eyed people saying they have superior genes.

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      8 days ago

      So, it is about her being white…and the additional context you are reading into it, because she’s white.