USA: Astronaut reveals depression after an 'avalanche of misogyny' following Blue Origin all-female space flight. OP: Any criticism is labelled misogyny. Is she an astronaut or a PR stunt?

furchfur · 2025-12-30T10:04:25+00:00

I suppose Katy Perry is also an astronaut. The skill involved in getting there is mind boggling. What she must have had to endure to get there is beyond imagination.

Which_Ad_3917 · 2025-12-30T10:07:12+00:00

There are countless women working at NASA whose names don’t come up nearly as often as these people’s

Lucretius · 2025-12-30T12:57:49+00:00

'I felt like collateral damage, my moment of justice mutilated.'

It's amazingly hard to take a person seriously who would call participating in this expedition a "moment of justice." Leaving aside the question of whether the mission was itself worth doing... we'll just assume it was worthy, and that this woman was in fact taking advantage of her participation to perform legitimate scientific research in space… that still makes thinking of it as a 'moment of justice' incoherent. Science is about objective results. If her experiment caused her to feel vindicated or justified then it should have done, so because the results of the, experiment were valuable and the methodology correct. Other people reacting negatively to it or not should have had the same impact as the gender of the investigator… which is to say none at all.

Melohdy · 2025-12-30T10:43:48+00:00

I think the point was that such a big deal was made of it being a female crew. If we do not start thinking of equity as normal procedure and continue to give it significance, you are basically throwing in the face of people.

The old Sloan. "a woman can do anything a man can, and better", comes to mind. It's not just equity, it's a middle finger.

ZombieCzar · 2025-12-30T13:00:04+00:00

Astronaut? So anyone that gets off the ground is an astronaut now?

Guys, I flew in a plane once. Astronaut. I've used a trampoline. Astronaut. Hey, I jumped earlier. Fucking Astronaut.

_WutzInAName_ · 2025-12-30T13:03:27+00:00

Any kind of criticism or negative outcome for any woman is often mislabeled as “misogyny” in liberal circles. Promoting equal rights for men is also often mislabeled as “misogyny.” Liberal feminists love to redefine and misuse words to suit their agendas.

leethelegend698 · 2025-12-30T13:30:55+00:00

This is offensive to people like tim peake and Neil Armstrong who went to space and went to either the moon or the iss

SidewaysGiraffe · 2025-12-30T15:46:06+00:00

The whole thing was a PR stunt; why do you think so much was made of them being women?

Speedy_KQ · 2025-12-30T16:06:29+00:00

Anyone who takes part in any kind of "girl power" women-only program should anticipate getting both strong positive and strong negative reactions to it.

GregsFiction · 2025-12-30T16:57:45+00:00

Amanda Nguyen is an astronaut? What are her specialties: astronavigation, flight engineering, orbital mechanics, EVA piloting .. (checks notes) .. nonprofit organizing.

wordjedi · 2025-12-30T18:51:35+00:00

'It amounted to billions of hostile impressions - an onslaught no human brain has evolved to endure,' Nguyen said.

She was unable to leave Texas for a week after the flight, as she struggled to get out of bed.

So she laid around in her hotel bed eating room service and searching her name social media. Reminds me of Kelly Tran. They want to be public figures and they know randoms say literally anything on social media, but they couldn't imagine any criticism coming their way, no matter what

Nerd77777 · 2025-12-30T12:06:32+00:00

As far as I know it was mostly Feminist woman not man who critiqued it. So no it was not misogyny.

Present_Cable5477 · 2025-12-30T17:55:13+00:00

PR stunt of course.

brainhack3r · 2025-12-30T18:00:59+00:00

She's anti-semitic-lighting.

I need to come up with a better name for it, but it's a combination of anti-semitic and gaslighting (if that wasn't clear)

It's exactly the same strategy that Israel is doing when they do messed up shit like do double-tap a hospital filled with children.

And then when you say, "Hey, maybe you shouldn't bomb a hospital twice that's filled with children," then they attack you and say you're anti-semitic.

Which obviously isn't true. You don't care that they're Jewish. You care that they're killing children.

Every time we place some criticism on women, instead of accepting the criticism and accepting responsibility, which women hate doing, what they do is they say, "Oh, you're a misogynist."

To deflect the blame legitimately placed on them, and now I'm the criminal.

So they're gaslighting people to believe that the men are the problem, when in reality all we're doing is pointing out a legitimate flaw in feminism.

Unique_Magician6323 · 2025-12-31T06:06:05+00:00

If they were astronauts, does that make me a pilot for being a passenger on a plane?

63daddy · 2025-12-30T15:31:31+00:00

This reminds me of celebrities who purposely do outlandish things to get attention only to then complain about being hounded by the press.

These women made a conscious, purposeful effort to misrepresent the nature of their brief, expensive space trip. Calling them on it isn’t misogyny. If you can’t handle the blowback from your own propaganda, then don’t create the propaganda. They could have just enjoyed the experience and left it at that but chose not to.

It’s the same with feeling depressed: If such antics result in depression then refrain from such antics.

JimmyB264 · 2025-12-30T14:01:07+00:00

The whole thing was a stunt to promote Bezo’s soon to be wife. She has noting going for except the fake bowling balls on her chest.

RealStarkey · 2025-12-31T22:03:10+00:00

I didn’t know anything about this until women at work were talking about it, sorry, laughing at the stunt. The vast majority of the comments, all negative, came from women of various ages, and educational backgrounds. I can’t say one was positive, or affirming for women.

So why misogyny??

Soulful_Sadist · 2025-12-31T07:20:38+00:00

NOT an astronaut. At best, they were orbital tourists.

If they want to be strong, independent women equal with Men, then they should learn to take criticism just like Men have to... every hour of every day. So, ladies... cry Me a river... especially since you're all predominantly A-C-grade celebrities.

ky420 · 2026-01-01T12:48:52+00:00

Did they not like my opinions on girlbosses ride dickrocket and fake open door

Odd-Luck7658 · 2025-12-30T13:39:04+00:00

Criticize them because some are unqualified: legitimate.

Criticize them simply and only because the are women: misogyny.

killermicrobe · 2025-12-30T15:55:04+00:00

Space is fake.

Youcantkillme11 · 2025-12-30T21:34:47+00:00

Did they do a scene up there?? I’d watch

Carbo-Raider · 2025-12-30T15:02:25+00:00

I'm a space enthusiast, and I watched that and heard a lot about it. On one hand, they should not have done this sexist mission (sexist simply because it was INTENDED to be all female; "NO MEN").

On the other hand, the criticism was over the top. It's just a cool event where people can experience space and a wild ride. Of course they're rich. Someone has to pay for it. But they didn't play up the gender aspect.

Title	USA: Astronaut reveals depression after an 'avalanche of misogyny' following Blue Origin all-female space flight. OP: Any criticism is labelled misogyny. Is she an astronaut or a PR stunt?
Author	furchfur
Upvotes	566
Comments	53
Date	December 30, 2025 10:01 AM UTC (6 months ago)
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