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Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle ad


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Zombiecat
6 minutes ago, Madame Goo Goo said:

I think American Eagle could solve this by making it an ad campaign featuring different celebrities of different races with great genes too.

 

that's the whole point

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timdrake
1 minute ago, Debithius said:

Girl she has every Aryan feature there is except for the bleach blonde hair. I would know what someone with aryan features looks like since I am from Scandinavia.

the person I was responding to was specifically making reference to me mentioning her blonde hair, that's why I was talking about her hair. hope that helps 

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Ladle Ghoulash
1 minute ago, timdrake said:

Luxury brands do gross f*cked up stuff like that at fashion shows all the time, you won't see me defending that. Absolutely hideous 

And they’re doing it for what purpose? To generate controversy and get eyes on the brand. You’re so close, diva. Keep going!

We have forgotten our public MANNERS
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Roughhouse Dandy
2 minutes ago, timdrake said:

1. Jeffree Star is a trash nazi imo, so that checks out

2. the hoodie didn't show monkeys, it said "Coolest Monkey in the Jungle".

3. the Heinz ad with the ketchup on the actor's mouth was for the Joker 2 movie

The latter 2 could potentially have been prevented (Jeffree is hopeless) with a more diverse team to notice such illusions (which they should have!), but I don't think either of them were ~intentional sprinkles of nazism.~

The Heinz campaign also included an ad with racial undertones unrelated to the movie. The point was that companies will not hesitate to sprinkle in bullsh*t if they think it will move product. 

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Cavadour

On my side, the ad is dubbed in french by AI. She saying 'mon jean est bleu' where 'jean' is pronounced like in the name i.e. Jean-Jacques Rousseau...

'My John is blue'

Happy to know it, Syd ! :yay:

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timdrake
1 minute ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

And they’re doing it for what purpose? To generate controversy and get eyes on the brand. You’re so close, diva. Keep going!

Dude. being the most condescending asshole doesn't make you right, dear.

Do some brands hope to create cash with controversy? YES, of course! No sh!t sherlock. That's not what I'm debating. I'm not sorry I look at issues on a case-by-case basis, and in this case, no, I don't think intentional illusions to nazism were used for marketing. I don't understand why this is so hard for you to grasp. 

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Bronco
1 minute ago, timdrake said:

the person I was responding to was specifically making reference to me mentioning her blonde hair, that's why I was talking about her hair. hope that helps 

You realise the rise of the "gentlemen prefer blondes" stereotype in popular culture in the west coincides with the take off of racial eugenics in western society?

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timdrake
4 minutes ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

The point was that companies will not hesitate to sprinkle in bullsh*t if they think it will move product. 

I don't disagree with this at all! Companies can do this. I just don't think that was the though behind the American Eagle ad.

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Bronco
1 minute ago, timdrake said:

I look at issues on a case-by-case basis,

And here in lies the issue. 

Nothing in this world exists independently of the world around it. 

Pattern and trend analysis are a fundamental part of how the biological life survives for a reason. 
 

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Roughhouse Dandy
27 minutes ago, timdrake said:

Dude. being the most condescending asshole doesn't make you right, dear.

Do some brands hope to create cash with controversy? YES, of course! No sh!t sherlock. That's not what I'm debating. I'm not sorry I look at issues on a case-by-case basis, and in this case, no, I don't think intentional illusions to nazism were used for marketing. I don't understand why this is so hard for you to grasp. 

Looking at everything case-by-case is part of the issue, babes. These things don't happen in a vacuum. They're seeing what's popular and trending on a macro scale and using it to their advantage. Like I said earlier, dogwhistles don't amount to much on its face; its the context they are surrounded by that shows you what's really going on. And the context that this ad  dropped into is painting a gross picture. 

Take it from Mrs. Kamala:

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timdrake
3 minutes ago, Bronco said:

You realise the rise of the "gentlemen prefer blondes" stereotype in popular culture in the west coincides with the take off of racial eugenics in western society?

Do you have any sources for this? (genuinely. I'm not being condescending. because it doesn't line up with historical research I've done)

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Lemon Blood
2 hours ago, Mirrion Rizzons said:

The tagline is ‘Sydney sweeney has good genes’ but then it’s crossed off with ‘jeans’ instead. Feels very eugenics/N*zi rhetoric screenshot_2025-07-29_214519.png?w=608&a

I’m sorry but this is not racism or N*zi rhetoric. It is simply pointing out that she is a beautiful woman which is due to her genetic history. You could easily say the same about a woman of colour. People who are calling others N*zis for simply having blonde hair and blue eyes are the racist ones.

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Zombiecat
1 minute ago, Lemon Blood said:

I’m sorry but this is not racism or N*zi rhetoric. It is simply pointing out that she is a beautiful woman which is due to her genetic history. You could easily say the same about a woman of colour. People who are calling others N*zis for simply having blonde hair and blue eyes are the racist ones.

they should of just put "sydney sweeney has great jeans"

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timdrake
Just now, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Looking at everything case-by-case is part of the issue, babes.

I understand societal shifts and general public feeling, I really do, and how that can weaken or strengthen over time given different happenings. But I can't give up looking at things case-by-case, because not everything is the same, and not every person is the same. I think it would be dangerous to start painting things with broad paintbrushes. I mean, this is why we have court hearings, because "eh it's probably true" isn't enough- things need to be examined thoroughly. 

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