I’m sick of Katy Perry pretending her space trip was a feminist win
Why on earth would I be inspired by this charade of female empowerment?
‘All for the benefit of Earth.’
Of all the reactions to Katy Perry going into space, perhaps the woman herself had the most preposterous.
Perry, 40, was one of the six women on board during the all-female Blue Origin 10-minute space trip to the Kármán line, considered by many to be the edge of space.
The trip, the first all-female space team in 60 years, was apparently supposed to inspire young women to love science and see that women really can do anything.
Perry said she ‘hopes her journey encourages her daughter and others to reach for the stars, literally and figuratively’.
While this surface-level message is positive, it’s difficult to understand why this mission would inspire anyone.
Attempting to boost her vanity trip, Perry said in an interview: ‘It’s about making space for future women, and taking up space, and belonging.
Well, sorry to bring Katy back to Earth, but what a load of tosh.
While this surface-level message is positive, it’s difficult to understand why this mission would inspire anyone (Picture: HANDOUT/BLUE ORIGIN/AFP via Getty Images)Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, is the billionaire tech oligarch behind Blue Origin, and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez was part of the ‘crew’, as they were called, even though they were more like passengers.
But I can’t work out how rich people going on a jolly to space is for the ‘benefit of Earth?’
I am not inspired by the ultra-wealthy spending time in mansions or on private yachts, so why on earth would I be inspired by this charade of female empowerment?
To be clear, nothing has been achieved.
Katy Perry is not a trailblazing astronaut, she is a space-tourist, which is not a title that needs to exist or be praised or emulated.
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Previous Page Next PageEmily Ratajkowski may have said it best as she told her TikTok followers she was ‘disgusted’ by the space trip.
She isn’t alone in her thoughts as celebrities and members of the public have united in their hatred for this horrifically misjudged launch.
But it points at a wider issue with Katy Perry in particular.
It seems as if The Dark Horse singer has wanted to be thought of as a feminist icon for years.
The star has aimed to project surface-level empowerment as best highlighted by her most recent hit, Woman’s World.
All the while the video cut to shots of Katy pouring whiskey on herself, holding a vibrator, and pushing her breasts together (Picture: Vevo/Youtube)The song was filled with bland, generic lyrics such as: ‘It’s a woman’s world
‘And you’re lucky to be living in it. Sexy, confident, so intelligent, she is heaven-sent, so soft, so strong.’
The music video accompanying the song was even worse than the lyrics and showed sexualised scantily-clad women taking on typically male construction jobs while holding sparkly hammers.
All the while the video cut to shots of Katy pouring whiskey on herself, holding a vibrator, and pushing her breasts together.
Like yesterday’s foray into space, it didn’t feel to me like I was watching a new wave of feminism.
