So, the 27 year old actress, Sydney Sweeney, writhes alluringly through an American Eagle ad for blue jeans, and rasps out in a voice which sounds almost post coital, or possibly pre-coital, "My jeans are blue," and the internet erupts that she is now advocating for eugenics (blue eyes good/brown eyes bad) and "Nazi propaganda!"
Mad Dog had never heard of the fetching Ms. Sweeney, but very much enjoyed the ad, and having nothing in particular against blue eyes, or genes for blue eyes, was gobsmacked that anyone could possibly see this arousing ad in any way political.
But, then again, we have a lunatic fringe of easily offended and shocked people who have access to the internet in this country. Apparently, this crowd is a powder keg waiting to explode with any spark, or simply, to embrace another metaphor, living on the edge of a cliff where even mild breezes may push them off.
But, after all, the ad WAS NOT inclusive (no brown eyes shown) nor was it equitable (no Black or Brown actresses) nor was it diverse (only one actress.)
Not only that, because it focused on, or at least gave a glimpse of Ms. Sweeney's decolletage, it was anti-feminist, as it objectified woman as simply mammary delights for unenlightened men who see women simply as sex objects.
AND she is blonde! (How Third Reich-ian!)
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| An Affront to DEI! But Gotta Love Her |
Everyone knows blue eyed blondes are simply, ipso facto, Nazis!
Anyone who has ever read about the eugenics advocates of the 1920's would have to laugh at the outrage from those who find subtle messages in what was in, and what was not in, this commercial. If there was one thing eugenicists were not, they were not subtle.
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| New Hampshire (Blonde) Howl |
Breeding human beings for the best traits to breed a population with superior traits was very much what eugenicists and their crowd (which included Theodore Roosevelt and Oliver Wendel Holmes) were all about.
They had "most beautiful baby" contests at town fairs to celebrate the best traits in babies--blonde blue eyed would not have been a disqualifier.
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| Blonde with a Cross |
Google Francis Galton and J.H. Kellogg (yes, THAT Kellogg) and the Race Betterment Foundation--which, spoiler alert was not about improving the race by eating better cereals.
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| Blonde By Choice |
So, once again, we have a whacko element on the left, well not really on the left because it is so far off the spectrum it has circled around to what might be called the space cadet rim, which only makes Trump and the rabid MAGA crowd look less extreme.
Here's the ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzVYyDehMUY
