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yesterdayiwrote · 3 months

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Can we discuss the way that after a really promising start, it's taken about 3 months for the promotion around F1 Academy to become a bit of a reductive mess?

Susie, I love you, and I appreciate that it's an unnecessarily difficult task that hasn't been entirely supported to its fullest by the male counterparts, but what are we aiming for here? Why is every race suddenly turning into a Charlotte Tilbury influencer event?

I can understand there's probably a necessity to 'sell out' while it's still in its early stages, and fairplay to a brand like CT who at least do seem to be investing and commiting and reaping the benefits in #ads, but is it going to benefit F1A in the long term to just be seen as the place where the wags go to get a make up session and a goodie bag each week? Is that going to help these girls get taken seriously as racing prospects?

#f1 academy #Like yes I appreciate on the one hand normalise that girls can like racing and make up #On the other hand it's incredibly reductive to assume that you need to use make up to tempt female fans in #When there's so many who are interested purely in the sport #And you're increasing the risk of this just becoming yet another 'girls novelty class'#Rather than providing a platform to show that girls racing can be as engaging as boys racing and therefore more girls should be given a cha

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