Soaring through the cosmos yesterday, a plucky team of trailblazing pioneers shattered the surly bonds of Earth’s Y-chromosomes, reaching the realm of Heaven itself — and in the process, they gave the evil, sexist, no-good Patriarchy the middle finger.
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More importantly, they also inspired a generation of young girls to toss aside their insidious Barbies and reject society’s gender-imposed shackles: You too can be just like us! You too can do anything you want!*
*Just as long as a rich guy buys it for you. C’mon, ladies, y’gotta be realistic.
Yesterday, Blue Origin sent an all-female crew of six beyond the Kármán line (which is the internationally recognized boundary of space) that included such scientific geniuses as Oprah’s buddy Gayle King, singer Katy Perry,
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