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Meet the Leaders Making Nature More Accessible
“How can we challenge [and obliterate] the notion of public lands? These are seized lands; these are colonized lands.” → Read More
Harriet A. Washington’s New Book Reveals the Racism within IQ Tests
Harriet A. Washington argues that intelligence is malleable rather than fixed or inherited. → Read More
A New Generation of Asian American Authors Are Changing Travel Writing
Literature about traveling and adventure has a long history of evoking an Orientalist imaginary of Asia as perpetually exotic and dominable. → Read More
Birdwatching Is the Outdoors’ Most Accessible Adventure
From books to social media to IRL meetups, and now TV, BIPOC birders are using varied mediums to get their communities outside. → Read More
Overwhelming Tourism on Mount Everest Has Devastating Consequences
How much more life, both human and environmental, must be sacrificed to satiate the Western adventurer’s unending thirst to check another box on a bucket list? → Read More
7 Lessons “Pose” Teaches Us about Survival
“Pose” exists in a New York that is long gone, but it sometimes feels like our queer and transcestors are using the show to send us messages across time. → Read More
Spiritual Tourism is Harming the Amazonian Practice of Ayahuasca
Only in our current capitalist system is wellness considered a luxury. → Read More
“Profiled” Shines Light on Forgotten Police Brutality Victims
Profiled follows families of victims of police violence in New York as they fight for justice for their loved ones. → Read More
The Fragility of the Western Traveler
Before you pack you bags, unpack your colonial privilege. → Read More
A Feminist Guide to Decolonizing Travel this Summer
Too often, tourists engage in gross practices and act a mess. Here's what to avoid. → Read More
Tiny Massacres: Remembering Pulse One Year Later
The most privileged among the LGBTQIA+ community have not only forgotten the forebearers of our movement, but just a year later, so many have forgotten about Pulse. → Read More
When the Church Shuns Its Own
Wilhemina’s War follows Wilhemina Dixon, an elderly woman living in rural South Carolina who has HIV, after her church shuns her. → Read More
Ride or Die: Documentary "Ovarian Psycos" Paints a Complex Portrait of a Badass Latinx Bicycle Gang
Ovarian Psycos provides an intimate look inside contemporary East Los Angeles. → Read More
The Least Convenient Truth
While we must talk about the ways global warming triggers natural hazards, we must also confront what turns those hazards into full-scale disasters: racism. → Read More
A Vacation is Not Activism
Not only do post-disaster tourism profits seldom reach those in need, the industry also contributes to climate change by weakening natural shore protection and depleting desperately needed resources in vulnerable communities. → Read More
A Country Within A Country
In times of disaster and uprising the exported American fairy tale is exposed for what it is: bullshit. → Read More
The Least Convenient Truth
While we must talk about the ways global warming triggers natural hazards, we must also confront what turns those hazards into full-scale disasters: racism. → Read More
Spend & Save: The Narrative of Fair Trade and White Saviorism
You know the saying: One woman’s day-to-day struggle is another woman’s passion project. → Read More
Check Yourself Before You Wreck Someplace Else: A Guide to Responsible Summer Travel
Too often, tourists engage in gross practices and act a mess. Here's what to avoid. → Read More