Travel
New Canon: A Roundtable about Travel Writing without the Other
Literature about traveling and adventure has a long history of evoking an Orientalist imaginary of Asia as perpetually exotic and dominable.
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Jennelle Eliana Is Changing the #VanLife Movement
I felt like my family and I could go anywhere in our van. White supremacy complicated that freedom, but it didn’t take it away completely.
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Climbing Everest Isn’t a Bucket List Dream—It’s a Crisis of Overtourism
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?
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Cabin Fever: The New Luxury of Adult Summer Camp
Scroll through the websites of most of the adult summer camps and look at the founders, counselors, and instructors. You’ll rarely see a Black person or person of color.
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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.
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The Heart of Whiteness: On Spiritual Tourism and the Colonization of Ayahuasca
Only in our current capitalist system is wellness considered a luxury.
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No Innocent Dance: The Casual Imperialism of the American Tourist
Every Western tourist is a capitalist, exploiting the world with every step of their beaded thong sandal.
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Traveling Lite: Why Women’s Travel Memoirs Get Sold Short
Men’s stories are seen as universal, women’s as particular.
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The Fragility of the Western Traveler: Time to (Un)pack the Colonial Baggage
Before you pack your bags, unpack your colonial privilege.
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