All for women breaking boundaries, representation matters, and all that.
But why for the love of god are all the publicity pictures showing these women in pancake makeup and bouffy blow dries, with the commitment shared that they will fly to space in “full glam”?
I’m really uncomfortable with the message this is partially sending. Yes women can go to space, but only if they look perfectly groomed?
Personally, I would have loved to see publicity pictures that focused on these women being serious and capable, not that their highest endeavour was bloody full glam.
And yes I know people can look nice and be clever, that’s not the point I’m making. Something about this feels regressive.
YABU = let them fly as high as their hair, I’m sure there are plugs for their straighteners aboard the Bezos rocket
YANBU = perfect looks don’t inspire future generations, surely there are better things to focus on than maintaining full glam in space