Let’s be real: when Kara Del Toro and Abigail Ratchford are strutting their stuff on balconies in tight outfits, the mainstream media can’t help but fawn over them. But while entertainment sites drool, platforms like CNN and MSNBC are spraying out their generic narratives about women in the spotlight, reducing them to mere objects of admiration while pretending it’s about empowerment. This is the corporate media playbook at its best—distract the masses with eye candy while glossing over the real issues that plague our society. Their sugary spin reinforces an outdated model of femininity: look pretty and stay silent.

Meanwhile, Fox News offers a slightly different angle—moralizing with a touch of “family values.” They get all righteous about societal decay while simultaneously capitalizing on the same trends they condemn. It’s hypocritical to the core. If you’re not pushing the ‘This is your role as a woman’ narrative while profiting from it, are you even in the game? This type of coverage creates a cycle where women like Del Toro and Ratchford are trapped in a gilded cage, celebrated for their looks but sidelined for their voices.

The takeaway? We need to get beyond the glitz and glam and start asking serious questions about the representation of women in media. Are we celebrating them as powerful figures or just highlighting surface-level appeal? Until we flip the script, we’ll remain trapped in a shallow narrative that does everyone a disservice—especially those glamorous ladies up on that terrace.