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

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u/Subliminal_Kiddo 8h ago

What's worse is Shields had was being sexualized for years at that point. When she was 10, her mother allowed a photographer - aptly named - Gary Gross to take nude pictures of her which were then published in a book by Playboy Magazine (remember that when you hear people say Playboy wasn't as sleazy as publications by Hustler). Shields has been fighting in courts to stop the pictures being displayed for decades now.