“Both women and nature are protected, restricted, objectified, idealized, and made passive.”
― When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild: Being a Woman Outdoors in America
― When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild: Being a Woman Outdoors in America
“But by the time you get far enough north to the coastal county marked in gray on the map—Washington County—you’re universally acknowledged to have arrived Downeast.”
― Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America
― Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America
“Had he not been so obsessed with his own heart, perhaps he would have noticed his father’s was failing.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“For most American women, culture has defined anything beyond walls and social protections as wild and dangerous.”
― When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild: Being a Woman Outdoors in America
― When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild: Being a Woman Outdoors in America
“these were the experiences I wanted my son to remember. The mother I wanted him to know. The mother I wanted to be.”
― When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild: Being a Woman Outdoors in America
― When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild: Being a Woman Outdoors in America
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