Women in travel advertisements and in social media tend to be a certain style, a certain race and a certain body type, and it’s very nonindicative of real women who travel. It makes it look like women in travel are all white, blond and young. What do women bring to travel writing that’s unique? Travel ultimately should be a vehicle to larger issues because when you travel, you’re connecting to another culture. We’re trying to get to the realness of travel, and that’s the good and bad and that’s beauty in the hard parts of travel.

Source: New York Times September 11, 2018 09:00 UTC