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Our Solution to Climate Crisis Is Each Other

When we gather together, we don’t need to arrive with hope, because we have the power to create it. We will dictate the future.

Allyson Woodard —

Jun 11, 2019

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On the Trail of the Quaker Aunts

The Quaker Aunts were the stuff of family legend, fearsome women in sensible shoes. Did one of them really smuggle Jewish children across the Alps before World War II?

Elinor Rooks —

Jun 10, 2019

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Going Back Outside After the Streetlights Come On

When you’re little, the backyard of your grandma’s house is an entire universe. Growing up is finding the kid in you and being brave enough to take them outside again…

A. Tony Jerome —

Jun 5, 2019

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Don’t Ask Me About the Veil: A Queer Rock Climber’s First Time In Iran

I am a first generation Iranian-Canadian queer on their first trip to Iran at the age of twenty-seven, forming connections to the land.

Anaheed Saatchi —

Jun 3, 2019

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The Great Angling Lesbian Society: A History of Chicago’s Lesbian Fishing Club

For one group of Chicago lesbians in the mid-1990s, building a queer community meant sitting around a barrel fire in the freezing, rainy April night, casting smelting nets and awaiting…

Lindsay Eanet —

May 29, 2019

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On the Hunt

My hunting experiences from youth to adulthood, in relation to my life as a black, queer woman of color.

Taylor M. —

May 28, 2019

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How to Pay Attention

I take photos because they are true, whether they are true or not.

taylor —

May 24, 2019

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Meet the Great Old Broads Saving the Wilderness and Having Fun Doing It

Great Old Broads for Wilderness is a national grassroots organization, led by women, that engages and inspires activism to preserve and protect wilderness and wild lands.

Vanessa —

May 23, 2019

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The Look We Give

There’s a look I get from black and biracial women on the trail. And there’s a look I give black and biracial women. It’s recognition: “I see you. We’re the…

Lindi von Mutius —

May 22, 2019

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Appalachian Farm Girl in the Pacific Northwest

“For all its vastness, rural life had no room for me.”

Ren Strapp —

May 20, 2019

Monday Roundtable

Roundtables

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Monday Roundtable: Survival Stories

Sometimes when you go outside, things don’t go according to plan.

the team —

May 20, 2019

body positivity

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When Climbing Mental Mountains Becomes Literal

Twenty plus-size women climbed Kilimanjaro in March 2019. They call themselves the Curvy Kili Crew. This is their story.

Jenny Bruso —

May 17, 2019