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Amy Hamm: Sydney Sweeney has troll appeal

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18.09.2026

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Amy Hamm: Sydney Sweeney has troll appeal

Some women, like Sweeney, have an excess of beauty. I don’t begrudge them for taking advantage of their natural assets

Sydney Sweeney is the most beautiful troll in the world.

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What did she do now? Her latest work was a nearly-nude appearance in an advertisement for sports betting app Novig. I won’t describe it, because we’ve all either seen it or heard others’ salacious descriptions about breasts and sports balls. Plus, I ran out of mammary puns in my third piece on the young actress, wherein I argued that Sweeney had come into her own and was now in charge of the discourse around her controversial career choices.

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As is the case when Sweeney does just about anything, she has provoked intense backlash. She currently stands accused of sexualizing sports, being a pawn of the patriarchy, and unrepentantly inviting the male gaze to do its thing.

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