Diagnosing Bias: Eugenics and the American Eagle Jeans Campaign
UNITED STATES, AUG 5 – American Eagle rejects claims of eugenic and white supremacist messaging in Sydney Sweeney ad amid political praise and widespread public debate.
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Sydney Sweeney’s Gun Skills Go Viral After American Eagle Ad
A resurfaced 2019 video of actress Sydney Sweeney demonstrating expert marksmanship at the Taran Tactical Innovations gun range captivated social media this week. The clip gained fresh attention following widespread criticism of her American Eagle ad campaign, which critics claim carried eugenic undertones. The ad campaign, titled “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans,” played on the similarity between “genes” and “jeans,” showcasing Sweeney discussin…
Why the Right Is So Giddy About Sydney Sweeney’s Blue Jeans Campaign
Joan Walsh At first, the right wanted to claim progressives were delusional for seeing a slide back into white supremacy in the American Eagle ad. Now they’re boasting about it. The post Why the Right Is So Giddy About Sydney Sweeney’s Blue Jeans Campaign appeared first on The Nation.
Can’t we say ‘good genes’ anymore? The backlash to the Sydney Sweeney jeans ad explained
The phrase 'good genes' is used today often to compliment someone’s physical attributes. However, it has a complicated history with direct ties to eugenics and white supremacist propaganda.


Diagnosing Bias: Eugenics and the American Eagle Jeans Campaign
(MedPage Today) -- It's just a jeans ad. It's not that deep. It's just social media outrage. Should physicians care about the recent American Eagle "Sydney Sweeney Has Good Genes Jeans" controversy? What, if anything, does the provocative campaign...
How a denim pun turned Sydney Sweeney into Trump’s Republican muse
Highlights Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad sparked backlash over a “genes/jeans” pun Critics accused it of echoing eugenics and white supremacist rhetoric Public records revealed Sweeney is a registered Republican Donald Trump praised her and attacked Taylor Swift in the same post American Eagle stock soared as the ad became a right-wing rallying pointLet’s be honest: no one expected a jeans ad to spiral into this. Not Sydney Sweeney, not Ame…
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