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Seeing Myself in “Girls Trip”

Why I loved watching carefree Black women out on a weekend adventure

Jagger Blaec

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Learning How to Travel after Trauma

An adventurous globe-trotter rediscovers how to travel with confidence again

Clarissa Wei

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Lost in the Sky: A Pilot’s First Solo Flight

Was I afraid? Of course.

Susan Ekpoh

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Finding Abuela’s Arepas in the American Southwest

We found comfort food far from home.

Christine Kandic Torres

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The Solo Woman’s Guide to the Ultimate Southwest Road Trip

Get behind the wheel to explore the American Southwest.

Melissa Mesku

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Seeing Myself: Traveling, Home & Self Identity

I am both Latina and American; my experiences are shaped by one another.

Stephanie Morillo

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Gynopedia: Women’s Health Care Resources Wherever You Travel

Know where you can get sexual and reproductive health care on the road.

Aisha Ali

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Being an Expat Made Me Reexamine Identity Politics

Who gets to claim American?

Priscilla Totiyapungprasert

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Reconnecting with Nature on Cayo Costa

Finding refuge on a small island off the Florida coast.

Simone Martin-Newberry

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How Writing about My Homeland Brought Me Home After Moving Abroad

After a self-exile from Sri Lanka, I was able to find my own belonging and return to my homeland.

Nayomi Munaweera

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How I Managed Travel Anxiety on My First International Trip

As a chubby Black girl with severe anxiety, I didn’t think I could manage international travel.

Jagger Blaec

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My Tokyo Travel Experience

I was thrilled to make Japan the 30th country I visited before turning 30.

Mary Alice Daniel

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Heartbreak & Self-Deportation

From the beginning of our uncommon romance, I always knew that Rodolfo’s self-deportation to Mexico was inevitable.

Dao Ling

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Travel Guide to Lisbon

Portugal’s coastal capital, Lisbon, is a sun-drenched Mediterranean city that still retains the charm of being a little off the beaten path.

Nneya Richards

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In All Ways but One: An Undocumented Immigrant’s American Experience

When DACA changed my immigrant status, I was finally able to travel.

Aline Mello

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Oh, the Places You Will Pee!

Don’t Let Locating the Nearest Public Bathroom Spoil Your Travel.

Nanjala Nyabola

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Biking through Small-Town USA as a Brown Woman

As a queer brown woman and the daughter of immigrants, how would I be treated biking across Small Town, America?

Mary Ann Thomas

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Finding a Little Piece of Home in Puerto Vallarta

As a Vietnamese American in Mexico, I’m finding comfort dish by dish in Asian restaurants

Soleil Ho

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Travel 101 for Fat Babes

Yes, there are unique challenges to navigating travel when you’re fat.

Virgie Tovar

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Black Remigration in the South

Lots of Black folks have been heading South, enough to call it the Great Remigration.

Minda Honey

Why Travel Needs Women Of Color

We're telling the world, We Belong Here!

On She Goes

Podcasts

Episode 1: We Belong Here

Aminatou Sow talks to Virgie Tovar, Melissa Valle, and Jenna Wortham about what the sentiment "We Belong Here" means when traveling as a woman of color. Ashley Mosley and Rosie Dickens take us to Paris, and Nneya Richards takes us to Lisbon, Portugal. We also hear exclusive travel tips from Crissle West, Roxane Gay, Saada Ahmed, Thao Nguyen, and more.

On She Goes

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Going Solo: My European Traveling Experience

When none of my tried-and-true travel companions could join me, I decided to embark on my first solo travel experience.

Mary Alice Daniel

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Queer Dating while Traveling Abroad Is Possible

I was certain that international dating would be a horrible experience, filled with people I wouldn’t be able to connect with who didn’t match what I wanted in a partner.