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

  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    30 days ago

    It was only a nod in the brains of people looking for shit.

    The “good jeans” joke has been a thing for numerous decades.

    You’re only reading into it because you want to be offended.

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      30 days ago

      You’re only reading into it because you want to be offended

      I feel like you have misunderstood what I said quite severely if this was your takeaway about me.