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Addressing the backlash: American Eagle is clarifying that their Sydney Sweeney ad was only intended to make people masturbate (clickhole.com)

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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

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[–] Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Your interpretation is absolutely not a nod to anything negative. The point I was driving at is that it's very possible that people fully understood that pun and believed that wasn't the only message being delivered. It absolutely was nod to horrific shit if there really was an intended extra undertone of, the blond haired blue eyed white woman has good genes. I am not arguing it's intentional, but I can see how some would look at that sideways.

Being ambiguous is kind of how dog whistles work and I can see why people would be on edge in current America about that specific flavor of whistle. I'm personally more concerned with the open rooftop screaming though.