The Weight I Still Carry

I had a different post all ready to go this week, something deeper that I've been contemplating for a while.

You’ll still get that.

But first, this, because I can’t say something about what just happened.  

Yesterday morning, a rocket full of celebrities took a ride to the edge of space, floated around for a few minutes, and came back calling themselves astronauts.

Astronauts.

Now, one of them actually is, but for the rest, it was just a very expensive field trip, but it's being called a "win".

For who, exactly?

Because from where I'm sitting, it looked like a multi-million dollar vanity stunt, and I am so tired of things like this being framed as historic, especially for women.

The only women it elevated were the ones on board.

So yeah, thanks for that.