Sydney Sweeney / American Eagle Controversy

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Anonymous wrote: Man! This forum isn't usually where I end up when I'm on dcum.But, as a heterosexual man, can someone..anyone, tell me why this woman is supposed to be the 'it girl' when it comes to looks. Is this supposed to be some kind of parody ? Can this Sweeney chick get more than one look from most boys on an American college campus ? Certainly not where I went to school. If she's what passes for hot these days,God help us all.

As for the ad, its very much in line with what a certain of this country believes in. There's an unmistakable double entendre there unless, of course, you CHOOSE to put on your blinders.

Oh please. She’d be the hot “it” girl on any campus. She is obviously gorgeous by any metric and what puts her over the top is her doe eyes, it factor and charm. She has a magnetic personality.

That’s not to say I think she’s an incredible actress. I honestly haven’t watched anything she’s in but she does pop on camera and she’s very charming.

As another straight man, I had the same thought as PP. Her doe eyes are weird. She's got big boobs but big boobs aren't hard to come by. I probably see a woman as hot as her any time I go to the mall.

It’s AE. It’s not some luxury aspirational brand. They sell $40 jeans.

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I 100% do not believe normal heterosexual men are posting on DC Urban Moms about how how Sydney Sweeney is. There is no way.

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Apparently there was a 15-minute stretch in which progressives didn’t have anything to blow out of proportion & whine about, & their bylaws required them to pick some random issue to fill the void.

Ergo, American Eagle is a Nazi front. It could just as easily been Froot Loops cereal is anti-gay or Hush Puppies shoes are cruel to dogs.

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Anonymous wrote:I 100% do not believe normal heterosexual men are posting on DC Urban Moms about how how Sydney Sweeney is. There is no way.

How how what?

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently there was a 15-minute stretch in which progressives didn’t have anything to blow out of proportion & whine about, & their bylaws required them to pick some random issue to fill the void.

Ergo, American Eagle is a Nazi front. It could just as easily been Froot Loops cereal is anti-gay or Hush Puppies shoes are cruel to dogs.

You would think they could have picked someone a little more Nordic looking than a short busty Irish girl for this diabolical plan.

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Anonymous wrote:DCUM showing how out of touch it is once again.

I don't know which side you're talking about. I hope it isn't the ones complaining about the ad. Sydney is getting absolutely roasted on TikTok by the exact target demo AE wants.

No, not really. This is a giant win for AE.

How so?

Weeds out the annoying demographic AE doesn’t want, new consumer association with hotness, seen as standing up to schoolmarm scolds, brand now being talked about in socials (remember, the woke scolding helps their brand, doesn’t hurt it, they want those TikToks), free publicity.

I actually agree that the controversy is probably been fanned by AE itself but no matter what, no consumer brand for teens wants “endorsed by DCUMs” as a selling point. So, DCUMs scolding is only good for them.

The average teen does not even know what DCUM is for it to care whether a brand was endorsed by it or not, lol.

You sound like an out-of-touch anti-woke Boomer/Gen-Xer who thinks they know about marketing. Women/young girls are not getting excited about those jeans.

Their audience for this is men. Not women/young girls. They are targeting men. The fact you don’t understand this disqualifies you immediately from any analysis. Go back to scolding.

They are not buying AE jeans either omg

Dear God. You really don’t understand how marketing works, do you?

Np. Can you explain??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently there was a 15-minute stretch in which progressives didn’t have anything to blow out of proportion & whine about, & their bylaws required them to pick some random issue to fill the void.

Ergo, American Eagle is a Nazi front. It could just as easily been Froot Loops cereal is anti-gay or Hush Puppies shoes are cruel to dogs.

You would think they could have picked someone a little more Nordic looking than a short busty Irish girl for this diabolical plan.

Well, they aren’t really known for their brainpower…they bought the Joe-is-sharp and the border-is-closed lies, hook, line, & sinker.

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Anonymous wrote: Man! This forum isn't usually where I end up when I'm on dcum.But, as a heterosexual man, can someone..anyone, tell me why this woman is supposed to be the 'it girl' when it comes to looks. Is this supposed to be some kind of parody ? Can this Sweeney chick get more than one look from most boys on an American college campus ? Certainly not where I went to school. If she's what passes for hot these days,God help us all.

As for the ad, its very much in line with what a certain of this country believes in. There's an unmistakable double entendre there unless, of course, you CHOOSE to put on your blinders.

Oh please. She’d be the hot “it” girl on any campus. She is obviously gorgeous by any metric and what puts her over the top is her doe eyes, it factor and charm. She has a magnetic personality.

That’s not to say I think she’s an incredible actress. I honestly haven’t watched anything she’s in but she does pop on camera and she’s very charming.

As another straight man, I had the same thought as PP. Her doe eyes are weird. She's got big boobs but big boobs aren't hard to come by. I probably see a woman as hot as her any time I go to the mall.

Her body is slammin' but her face reads as "FAS." Look at her in the Handmaid's Tale not all made up.

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Anonymous wrote:I think this ad is a bit tone deaf, but not actually offensive. They could easily just add a couple more pairs of jeans/spokespeople and defuse all of this, so they may go that route.

But people don’t necessarily want that. A lot of people are tired of every add featuring an interracial couple.

Who cares what race she is? She’s objectively hot.

I always figured this was marketing trying to reach a broad audience. I personally don’t even notice it

Wow, you are such a GOOD person!

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a punny ad with a sexy blond woman.

She’s their spokesperson, so that’s why it’s about her?

So if it was a black woman it would be fine?

If Halle Berry was in the ad, anyone who criticizes it would be racist.

They would never have a Halle Berry in an ad like this.

Hence, the word “if.”

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If the idea was to promote white, blue-eyed, blonde beauty ..it is not SS. There are better choices out there.

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How about some woke clothing company puts Lena Dunham in some denim & see if their sales rise?

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Anonymous wrote: Man! This forum isn't usually where I end up when I'm on dcum.But, as a heterosexual man, can someone..anyone, tell me why this woman is supposed to be the 'it girl' when it comes to looks. Is this supposed to be some kind of parody ? Can this Sweeney chick get more than one look from most boys on an American college campus ? Certainly not where I went to school. If she's what passes for hot these days,God help us all.

As for the ad, its very much in line with what a certain of this country believes in. There's an unmistakable double entendre there unless, of course, you CHOOSE to put on your blinders.

Oh please. She’d be the hot “it” girl on any campus. She is obviously gorgeous by any metric and what puts her over the top is her doe eyes, it factor and charm. She has a magnetic personality.

That’s not to say I think she’s an incredible actress. I honestly haven’t watched anything she’s in but she does pop on camera and she’s very charming.

You can tell how many posters on DCUM were nerds when they were growing up if they claim they can't see the sexual allure in Sydney Sweeney. Those who are nitpicking her appearance or eyes are missing the forest for the trees. The overall appearance of Sydney Sweeney is one of sexual allure. I'm a 40-something gay dude and even I recognize how sexy she is. To a typical hormonal teen or 20-something this is a sexy girl. Guys on college campuses all over the US would be turning heads at her. Except those in the library, I suppose.

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Sanity is making a comeback.

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't think there's a serious judgment lapse with an ad campaign extolling the "great genes" of a blonde haired blue eyed white woman and literally no one else, I'm not sure what to tell you. There are political figures sieg heiling on stage at political conventions, now is not the time to pretend we've never heard of Nazis.

Sure if they had done it about different women or a lot of random beautiful women it would read differently. Because there wouldn't be a history of violent eugenics behind the message.

Did you know that lots of Jews have blue eyes??

Saying blue eyes are pretty doesn’t mean brown eyes are not.

The problem is that everyone is so sensitive these days.

THIS. It's usually on the rich people who are uptight and sensitive also.