I’m finding it really difficult to understand why anyone thinks the American Eagle ad was problematic. I thought we were over this era of unnecessary outrage.

look into united states history of eugenics programs

technology is the ideology —

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i am aware

i also think anyone can look at that ad and understand that it was about the fact that she’s attractive and wearing jeans

what if it was a light-skinned israeli woman in the ad, same tagline, and I told you "anyone can look at that ad and understand that it was about the fact that she’s attractive and wearing jeans"

why would i have a problem with an israeli woman being promoted as attractive

that on its own isn't problematic, it's problematic when paired with the pun on "good genes" and mass-broadcast by a major global brand and contextualized to historical and current events