Bezos’ all-female space squad

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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

There is a lot of beauty in deep space. You only have to look at the Hubble and JWST images to see it.

But it isn't alive. And you aren't going to see it looking out the windows of a capsule a few tens of miles above the earth.

Women as props: Tale as old as time

Jeff seems to be living the dream of every 12 year old boy right now. It’s amazing what money can buy you.

The good thing to come out of this is Jeff’s ex wife did walk away with a huge sum of her well earned money and by all accounts is doing lots of good with it.