Holy crap i forgot about this! Now this should be brought to kids attention and shown what a good roll model is. Instead of the tixtoc and mr.beast crap
They don't want to inspire women to be scientists or astronauts, they want to inspire them to be a bimbo who one day can get lucky enough to marry an oligarch that could spend $30 million to get her to space for 10 minutes.
I know this is just supposed to be a joke, but I'm pretty sure that the ven diagram of people who called this inspirational and people who support what the Trump administration is doing is just two completely separate circles.
It's the woo girl type of feminism. Simulacra of accomplishments are used as simulacra of performative progress. The real issues are glossed over and everyone can cheer for rich women.
There was a story I read about the first woman either going up in space. Basically NASA scientists were all excited but it occurred to them that they needed to ask her how many pads and tampons she needed in a cycle.
She answered the question honestly and the scientist did the math. Accounting for backups and "in case something goes wrong" they calculated something like 5 times what she requested for what was essentially a short mission.
Iirc she found it endearing because they cared enough about her welfare (and to ensure mission success) that the scientist devoted time and resources to make sure that she had something that only she would need.
We've gone from that to not wanting people to even know she existed.
Quick side note: I did a quick search and apparently there are parts of the story that have been exaggerated and changed and the details have been lost to history. However, the care, and humor, are true and still makes the point.
that is just Jeff winking at the democrats and hedging his bets just in case Trump goes later and he can say "dont forget I sent a bunch of females to space"
Imagine if it had been like the highest scoring girls on the math ACT or something. These billionaire autocrats can’t even optics with their philanthropic pseudo feminism.
I can be mad about dishonoring women astronauts while not especially caring one way or another about Katy Perry going to space.
I want more people to go to space. And I think it's good when more than one organization has the capacity to send them. I don't think billionaires should exist.
21 Comments
negativenull@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 1y
How about Mae Jemison: NASA Astronaut and Star Fleet Officer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison
SneakyWeasel@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 1y
Holy crap i forgot about this! Now this should be brought to kids attention and shown what a good roll model is. Instead of the tixtoc and mr.beast crap
negativenull@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
She's a legit badass and a highly worthy role model
takeda@lemm.ee · 29 pts · 1y
They don't want to inspire women to be scientists or astronauts, they want to inspire them to be a bimbo who one day can get lucky enough to marry an oligarch that could spend $30 million to get her to space for 10 minutes.
Aviandelight@mander.xyz · 8 pts · 1y
"Remember men, if you can't get them off, you can always get them into space."
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 1y
I know this is just supposed to be a joke, but I'm pretty sure that the ven diagram of people who called this inspirational and people who support what the Trump administration is doing is just two completely separate circles.
takeda@lemm.ee · 30 pts · 1y
I actually think they overlap.
Women at NASA already accomplished far more than spending $30m for 10 minutes in space. Frankly, calling this inspirational feels insulting.
leisesprecher@feddit.org · 19 pts · 1y
It's the woo girl type of feminism. Simulacra of accomplishments are used as simulacra of performative progress. The real issues are glossed over and everyone can cheer for rich women.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
The overlap is "stupid people who fawn over the rich". There's a LOT of those
IonAddis@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
andros_rex@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Or sending up teachers.
NASA did amazing things for teachers. Those are the parts I don’t think this administration wants.
uberdroog@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/women-of-nasa-21312
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Retired Product :(
Due to DEI /s
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 1y
There was a story I read about the first woman either going up in space. Basically NASA scientists were all excited but it occurred to them that they needed to ask her how many pads and tampons she needed in a cycle.
She answered the question honestly and the scientist did the math. Accounting for backups and "in case something goes wrong" they calculated something like 5 times what she requested for what was essentially a short mission.
Iirc she found it endearing because they cared enough about her welfare (and to ensure mission success) that the scientist devoted time and resources to make sure that she had something that only she would need.
We've gone from that to not wanting people to even know she existed.
Quick side note: I did a quick search and apparently there are parts of the story that have been exaggerated and changed and the details have been lost to history. However, the care, and humor, are true and still makes the point.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
that is just Jeff winking at the democrats and hedging his bets just in case Trump goes later and he can say "dont forget I sent a bunch of females to space"
andros_rex@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
It’s so gross. He sent his wife up there too.
Imagine if it had been like the highest scoring girls on the math ACT or something. These billionaire autocrats can’t even optics with their philanthropic pseudo feminism.
LesserAbe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I can be mad about dishonoring women astronauts while not especially caring one way or another about Katy Perry going to space.
I want more people to go to space. And I think it's good when more than one organization has the capacity to send them. I don't think billionaires should exist.
Trees@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
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neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
It took me way too long to figure out what anti-DEI firings had to do with BIOS bricking.
multifariace@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Ah, celebritocracy at its best.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
This picture looks very 70s.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
That’s because social media algorithms don’t care about those women, and the others' profession is literally to work the algorithms.
There is a reason for this! It’s not just people being people, it is the design of the internet, with clear culprits one can point to.