PHS Speaks Out: What is your opinion on the online discourse about Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle Jeans ad and KATSEYE’s GAP jeans ad?

Lilly Ludewig ’26: “Clearly when they were designing the ad it might seem like a cool thing on the drawing board, but … you can kind of interpret it in a very controversial way. They should’ve been a little more sensitive."

Aarav Upadhyay ’27: “the Sydney Sweeney ad perpetuated this idea [that] some people have better genes than others. And I feel like the KATSEYE [ad] was a good response … it just showed that … we’re all people in America who should be represented."

Anaya sinha ’28: “I think that the Sydney Sweeney ad ... showed how the creative choice by the people made there be a bigger debate about the ad. I think the focus on one beauty ideal ... didn’t really help the ad.”

Rebecca Zhang ’26: “I think on a surface level, it’s just a really fun … back and forth kind of competition between two companies, and I think it’s really fun to see how two big fashion companies … use different creative ways to advertise themselves."