Opinion: Lauren Snchez in Space Was Marie Antoinette in a Penis-Shaped Rocket - Joanna Coles

In a week where most Americans are trying to figure out whether they can retire before 87—given the latest implosion of their 401(k)s—Lauren Sánchez and her sisterhood of the traveling space pants blasted off to explore the vast unknown. For 11 whole minutes.

This is not, repeat not, a giant leap for womankind. This is an intergalactic episode of Real Housewives meets The Kardashians Go to The Moon. It’s a quick “getaway” for the billionaire set as six gal pals cosplay astronauts in tight blue Star Trek at their very own CosmicCon.

The Blue Origin mission included helicopter pilot/children’s book author Sánchez, pop star Katy Perry and CBS Mornings anchor Gayle King who gets credit for going literally to the ends of the earth to stop her show’s flagging ratings. And while it’s being packaged as a historic “first all-female spaceflight,” let’s call it what it is: rich women showing off.

Jeff Bezos, who is sponsoring the flight to gain publicity for his orbital space company Blue Origin, would like us to applaud this flight as an empowering moment for women everywhere. As if his fiancée sitting in a penis-shaped rocket for the length that it takes to use a Bioré strip will somehow solve the maternal mortality crisis in America…the pay gap..or the fact that women in science still face more scrutiny than support…and the repeal of reproductive choice.

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If Sánchez wanted to rescue someone, she could have skipped space and gone to El Salvador to speak up for Kilmar Abrego García who was mistakenly deported from Maryland and ripped from his family, including a son with special needs. As a third-generation Latina, her high profile and influence could make a difference.

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