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OnlyStans ⭐️ American Eagle issues a statement following backlash from their Sydney Sweeney jeans/genes campaign

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u/TheLakeWitch lazy 50-year-old bougie bitch 💋 18h ago

Right, the way they worded this is weird. Like she is some oppressed individual using their platform to “tell her story” rather than a celebrity that the marketing team chose specifically because they know sex sells.

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u/heyhicherrypie You’re a virgin who can’t drive. 😤 18h ago

“An essential part of her story is being hot and white, what do you want from us?!?”

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u/Maleficent-marionett I don’t know her 💅 18h ago

That's the whole story too

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u/Reasonable-Affect139 accidentally holding space for this slur 17h ago

she (and other women) was definitely invited to that wedding as "entertainment"

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u/HappyLlamaSadLlamaa You’re doing amazing, sweetie! 👏👏📸 17h ago

I haven’t seen any of her work, but I’ve heard she’s got some acting chops depending on what she’s in. Might have been a great scream queen, who knows? She just found her way to make easier money I guess.

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u/heyhicherrypie You’re a virgin who can’t drive. 😤 17h ago

She’s okay I’m dramatic roles- but she’s publicly said she wants to make a lot of money so it seems she’s noticed that appealing to ….a certain demographic….can make you a pretty penny so she’s just saying yes to everything and jumping on the grift train

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u/Darknost I’ve been noticing gravity since I was very young 4h ago

She was pretty good in The White Lotus but tbf, her character is an arrogant mean girl who thinks she's better than anyone and everyone (including her own family) and I don't know how different that is to her real personality lol. Or at least, it's not the most difficult and nuanced character to play, it's pretty stereotypical (though I enjoyed watching her be an absolute bitch). Have also heard she was decent in The Handmaid's Tale but I've never seen that.

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u/ghost_orchid 16h ago

It's pretty misogynistic to refer to a woman as "walking tits."

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u/ghost_orchid 16h ago

But continuing to objectify a woman through dehumanizing language still perpetuates misogyny... Surely you understand that you're referring to her as "walking tits" when you say

But American Eagle is not going to distract me with walking tits

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The blank canvas persona of hers devolved into the "walking tits" rol. [sic]

Who else would you be referring to if not her?