2 weeks Ago
Dear Katy Perry and the women aboard Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight, You said you were “taking one for the women’s team.” Others called it “a feminist milestone.” But let’s not sugarcoat this — what we witnessed wasn’t a mission for women everywhere.
It was a luxury joyride, dressed up as empowerment. I interview celebrities for a living. I speak to them often — and what continues to amaze me is how deeply insular and out of touch their lives can be.
So many are quick to jump on these glossy, branded spectacles, convinced they’re contributing to progress. But calling a $450,000 suborbital trip a “feminist mission” is not just tone-deaf — it’s an insult to our collective intelligence. This wasn’t about opening doors.
It was about posting content. Let’s be honest — no woman struggling to pay rent or raise her children is dreaming of space travel. For many, a peaceful solo trip to our neigbourhood supermarket is the kind of escape they hope for.
That’s the real, grounded reality of womanhood — not floating in zero gravity for 11 minutes while cameras roll and hashtags trend. This kind of performative wokeness — with its environmental cost, exclusivity, and self-congratulation — has nothing to do with equality and everything to do with ego. It’s a vanity exercise, not a victory for women.
Progress for women isn’t made on luxury rockets. It’s made on the ground — through policy, safety, access, and opportunity. Until then, no amount of designer space suits can make this trip anything more than what it truly was: a tone-deaf publicity stunt.
Sincerely, A working woman with twins and a teenager, bracing for school runs, deadlines, and DIP traffic — all without zero gravity privileges. Also In This Package Watch: Dubai-based first Pakistani woman to go to space Katy Perry set to roar into space on all-female flight.
