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I know we can not see it anymore, but I have to get upset again: the thing with the so -called “space travel” by Katy Perry and Co. We have seen all the memes and maybe some of us have now read how “sources in the area of Katy Perry” write that she is very sad about the nasty, nasty comments on the Internet (and by actress Olivia Munn and Model and Model. Ratajkowski).
The PR machine is in full swing. Men would definitely never be criticized! In cracking costumes and flying in full make-up to the edge of the space, this is definitely exemplary for all women! You just meant it well! In addition, she still sees herself as an environmentalist, the British newspaper writes “Daily Mail”. Finally, a flight with the rockets by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos’ “Blue Origin” room trip company will take few resources! I don’t know now whether our ecosystem also sees it that way.
Katy Perry and the fat pots
I don’t want to hang myself up to Katy Perry again – previous year her music video for “Woman’s World” was completely enough for me. But unfortunately I have to go again, it doesn’t help. About such known PR stunts like this eleven-minute flight just over the edge of the atmosphere and back, because we cannot do enough about them. Because the memes that show us all in the garbage and use paper straws, while Katy Perry and Co. simply fly out of jux, dollery and promo and thus fried a lot more resources in eleven minutes than many others in one year (or ten). Even if I would always advocate not individualizing global challenges such as the climate academa, but always to be regarded as a structural problem, when the individual waiver does little or nothing, I am clearly in favor of making an exception here. I think Katy Perry and the other Celebrity miters can be found individually and personally on this topic. And be a little bit grateful to them. Why? Well, you got the whole drama of the present wonderfully to the point: No matter what you do, no matter what you do, performance is irrelevant when public editions for research, culture and equal opportunities are trimmed and abolished. To fly into this, you have to be friends with Millardär: friends or at least useful them.
Space travel as a promomove
For the small jaunt organized by Jeff Bezos’ fiance Lauren Sanchez, namely two trained scientists, Aisha Bowe and Amanda Nguyen were also useful. Their presence was the perfect pretext for the trip: it was important as a symbol, but also relevant for science! Aisha Bowe wore a device that helps to explore how women’s bodies react (fair) and carried out an experiment that researched how sweet potatoes and chickpeas can grow in space (as can be studied in eleven minutes, a mystery). The findings that their presence may or may not have brought, certainly weigh it up that Katy Perry used the trip to promote her tour.
Really? Oh yes: The singer used her short time in weightlessness to keep the setlist of her upcoming concerts in the camera. Somehow you have to get the tickets sold, don’t you? Everything is performance, everything is promo. Some scratch their last few cents to switch on tikok and insta, beg for timely ticket purchases to be able to plan tours and fight for their existence – the others fly into weightlessness. How do you say on the Internet? We live in a simulation.