Bike Talk: Women, Cycling, & The Media
As far as I have always known, the bicycle was a tool to liberate women. But what happens when you use something that has been liberating to reducing women to images that react to the...
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Bike Talk: Car Advertisements vs Bike Activism
photo In a recent media uproar from GM’s ad targeting college students to “stop pedaling…start driving,” GM got pretty whipped by the bicycle community and activists. As a backlash against the ad, I informed some...
Read MoreBike Talk: Thoughts on Bicycle Advocacy
Bike advocacy wasn’t something that I always imagined myself blogging about. There a ton of other things I love just as equally as my bike like books, my dog, coffee, music, architecture, politics, art, theories...
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There are always the good, the bad, and the ugly, of cycling, but this is a post about the bad and the ugly. As much as the bicycle has become romanticized in photography, blogs, magazines,...
Read MoreBike Talk: To Helmet Or Not To Helmet?
Every now and then I like to add a little controversial subject to the blog. I can’t be all pretty pictures and x’s and o’s, I’m a real person here with real thoughts and I like...
Read MoreBike Talk: Women and the Bicycle as an Accessory
A while back I encountered a group of cyclists on my commute who started talking to me and said “nice bike, do you just ride it for fun?” With furrowed eyebrows I said “No… I...
Read MoreBike Talk: The Skirt revolution
the new amsterdam bicycle show Yesterday there were circulating tweets about a female cyclist in New York who was pulled over by a cop for wearing a skirt that could distract drivers (the cyclist and...
Read MoreBike Talk: A Commentary On The Helmet Debate.
Before I start this commentary on the massive debate on helmets, I just want to say that I find it difficult to see how the cycling internet community will misread and tear each other to...
Read MoreBike Talk: Street Harassment
photo via life uncharted There are times when I absolutely love to talk about the joys of cycling but sometimes I feel the need to bring up topics about the issues of cycling. This is...
Read MoreBike Talk: Bike Shops. A Boys Only Club?
Rarely will I ever complain about my daily frustrations on bike but I seriously think that I need to start a section on the blog to rant about something issues every woman face when they...
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