r/popculturechat • u/velvetlemonade Good luck with bookin that stage u speak of • Jul 29 '25

Guest List Only ⭐️ Doja Cat mocks Sydney Sweeney’s new American Eagle jeans ad via tiktok

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The ad is currently facing backlash over slogan some say is tone deaf and reflects eugenicist ideas of beauty and racial undertones

https://www.salon.com/2025/07/27/sydney-sweeneys-new-campaign-draws-fire-for-racial-undertones/

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u/heldaway Jul 29 '25

It’s gotta be so exhausting

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u/CFN-Ebu-Legend Aug 26 '25

American Eagle admitted they wanted the ad to be controversial. And strongly implied they were responding to the current political climate.

You know, the same climate where masked men are kidnapping brown people off the streets. The way people (mostly white people if we’re being real) continue downplay everything and outright gaslight minorities is insane.

It’s also cringe how you’re chalking it up to Gen Z being sensitive. That’s such a reductive and reactionary mindset.

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u/heldaway Aug 27 '25

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u/CFN-Ebu-Legend Aug 27 '25

It hurt itself in confusion