one of the strangest things about her is that she somehow became a culture war symbol without really saying much politically herself.
first there was the controversy over her mother’s birthday party, where guests wore blue lives matter imagery and red “make sixty great again” hats. then came the american eagle “great jeans” campaign, with the obvious jeans and genes wordplay, which somehow turned a denim ad into a national argument about beauty standards, race, eugenics, and politics.
at this point sydney sweeney could probably post a picture of a sandwich and half the internet would spend three days arguing about what it means for america.
what does sydney sweeney mean to you?
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