Palmateer: the ad is "hypersexualized content," not what sport looks like
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“Don't know what Sydney thinks sport looks like, but THIS is what sport looks like... not hypersexualized content designed to sell a gambling app.”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)Felicity Palmateer condemns the Sydney Sweeney/Novig ad
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Felicity Palmateer condemns the Sydney Sweeney/Novig ad (opens in a new tab)
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CNN report and Felicity Palmateer's own Instagram post condemning the Novig ad.
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CNN interview and Instagram post.
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No further public follow-up had been reported as of this writing.
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Condemned
Case context: Sydney Sweeney’s Novig "Just Sports" ad draws backlash over sexualizing women’s sport
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Palmateer directly condemns the ad as hypersexualized content misrepresenting what sport looks like, calling it damaging for young women in sport.
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Sydney Sweeney’s Novig "Just Sports" ad draws backlash over sexualizing women’s sport
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