The privilege of place: diversity and cultural representation in travel writing
Hey folks. Yesterday, a discussion on race, place, power and privilege and how they affect travel writing started on Outdbounding.org. I’m one of the panelists in the discussion and I have *lots to...
View ArticleThe Grand Canyon on Acid and What’s What in Quito
hey people, thanks to everyone who participated in Outbounding’s discussion on race and travel writing last week, even the ones who were annoying as hell. faithful readers of this site will probably...
View ArticleEcuador Time is Like…Whatever
hey peeps, so unless you’ve stumbled onto this blog for the first time today it’s news to no one that i’m an Ecuadorian-American living in Ecuador and have been for the last few years. my latest for...
View ArticleDisrupting the Dominant Voice of Travel Writing #Dispatch: Brian Kamanzi
Dispatches: Conversations with Writers of Color on Race, Place & Adventure is a series of interviews with travelers and travel writers of color where we discuss writing, identity and travel...
View ArticleWe Are Everywhere – Imagining Diverse Travel Communities #Dispatch: Nomadness
Dispatches: Conversations with Writers of Color on Race, Place & Adventure is a series of interviews with travel writers and personalities of color where we discuss navigating the writing industry...
View ArticleYour Body Is a Foreign Country #Dispatch: Paula Young Lee
Dispatches: Conversations with Writers of Color on Race, Place & Adventure is a series of interviews with travel writers and personalities of color where we discuss writing, identity and travel...
View ArticleI, Too, Am B-CC
hey people, i’ve been in reverse culture shock for the past two weeks that i’ve been back in nyc from ecuador and time just flies here. i’ve been eating everything i could get my hands on and partying...
View ArticleWATCH: Teaser for Doc on Decolonizing Travel Media
Directed by Bruno Brothers Media wth the help of Queens Nation Films, this teaser for a mini-doc about my work as a diasporic writer, photographer and activist exploring the decolonization of travel...
View ArticleLISTEN: What Does It Mean to Decolonize Travel Culture?
hey people. I hope you’re enjoying your summers as much as possible because #2k16Problems are real as fuck. I especially hope that, if you’re non-Black like me, you’re working on ensuring that...
View ArticlePray For [Blank]: Climate Disasters & The Narrative of Place
I can hear the water trickling back up through the pipes. It’s been off all day, probably ‘cause it rained like a motherfucker last night. They don’t call it a rain forest for nothing. We generally...
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