17. MECO or time to cut the rope

I know I took my time to read and let **The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts** by Loren Grush sink in, but I had good reasons to do so. Now, I am somewhat at a loss of words - what am I to say about this book? This being a piece of history presented in a very detailed, almost cinematic way. Am I to talk about the fact that it looks like it took years and years before women were even considered for jobs that required their brain activity? I don’t want to do that and add to the acidic soup the current culture is turning into. Do I think that women are still somehow taken advantage of, being put on the back seat and told to be cute and silent? Yes and No. Yes - I live in a world where some women cannot set themselves free from the chains they are born into. Or they lock themselves in those chains, by choosing to present themselves as sexual objects or victims. No - I live in a world where women can say and do almost anything, if they really wanted and thought necessary. Of course, some countries are still existing in a bubble created by their impressions, but I am not here to make justice in any way. I'm here to simply share my thoughts, while having in mind this book. You can see how reading this book in 2024 - a year out of a series of similar ones, when people of all possible shapes and sexes, feel free to share their deepest thoughts and feeling, letting their hearts burst open, jumping out of closets and asking to be seen, respected and understood no matter what-can be alienating. These six women did not only show that a woman can think and have “important” jobs, they burst the bubble open and set a new precedent. Nonetheless, the reality we live in is spectral. Everybody believes what they can see or understand. What we see or understand is limited to our screens most often. Women who now are defining themselves by the shape of their bodies exclusively or the things they poses are populating the Blue Planet, but still are asleep in a strange amniotic substance. They are not born yet to reality. These are some of the thoughts I have while thinking about The Six. We are tied to a short rope culturally.