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In reply to the discussion: Sydney Sweeney Blue Jean Ad Sparks Controversy, but Eugenics in Fashion is nothing new. [View all]Celerity
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It's just like when somebody massively famous is mentioned here and a bunch of posters chime in "Never heard of them" as if that's something to be proud of. Obviously, the more famous somebody is (i.e., Sidney Sweeney), the greater the self-own of what is actually a pretty petulant move, "I don't know who that is, harrumph!" I suppose this is fine enough for internet posters who stopped paying attention to culture in 1978, but being out of touch is not a selling point when you're doing cultural criticism.
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Sydney Sweeney Blue Jean Ad Sparks Controversy, but Eugenics in Fashion is nothing new. [View all]
ihaveaquestion
Jul 2025
OP
Another one of American Eagle's main spokespeople is Coco Gauff, so there is that
Celerity
Jul 2025
#12
Apparently for some, i.e. those who look for fault in everyone. Why, it's 1930's Germany all over again!
Abolishinist
Jul 2025
#24
I prefer to focus on truly dangerous people who are in actual positions of power to pursue horrific racist/christofash
Celerity
Aug 2025
#47
Starting off with "I don't know who Sydney Sweeney is" was a bad rhetorical choice
Prairie Gates
Jul 2025
#9
I don't know what else she's done but she was in Season 2 of The Handmaid's Tale.
Crunchy Frog
Jul 2025
#26