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All I’m gonna say about the jeans commercial is too many people are focusing on Sydney Sweeney’s role in this and not enough on American Eagle for greenlighting the commercial in the first place
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Anonymous 7w

this part. they saw that she was already dealing with controversy, and STILL hired her. that makes me think they just wanted people to talk about their brand, good or bad. so weird.

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Anonymous 7w

AE’s CEO is very openly pro-Israel and donated lots of money to trump’s campaign in 2024 so this tracks

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Anonymous 7w

which sucks cuz they had good 20 dollar jeans💔

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Anonymous 7w

And what about Huda beauty ceo blaming Jews for ww1, ww2, 9/11, and 10/07 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

In the long run bad publicity is better than no publicity and frankly this is the first AE Ad I’ve seen in like a year so it’s even made it’s way into more offline / not main media content

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

i hate that saying, like i know you’re right but damn, we really do just keep buying from all these problematic brands nmw, bc atp they’re all problematic 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

My fav pants are literally from target or tjs please just get the “cheap” clothes atp they are the same (if you have a good tjs supplier. Not all tjs are made the same and I hate that.)

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

that’s what i’m saying tho, even target is problematic now, tj maxx treats their workers like shit (former employee), like there’s no affordable ethical brands, even goodwill takes advantage of disabled employees

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 7w

I’ll take “whataboutism” for 300

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 7w

So real and direct antisemitism isn’t an issue but talking about jeans is? Yeah okay

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 7w

No, they’re saying that you’re bringing in an entirely different topic than what my post is about

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