feminist solitary hiking project

In my literature list (books, articles, links) you will find reading inspiration about the benefits of hiking and what makes it a feminist practice. I focused on women* writing about: Walking/hiking, silence, being alone, nature and body-liberation. I started now adding some books, but want to add soon more books/informations and structured categories.

Research papers

• Khajave,i Naiyear (2017): Women and the Wilderness: a Review of Barriers to Participation, Current Coping Strategies, and Guidance for Future Programs
• Meyer, Angela (2010): Gender, Body, and Wilderness: searching for refuge, connection, and ecological belonging

Online material / Projects

• Black Canary (Black FLINTA outdoors club, Berlin + Munich)
• Fat Girls Hiking (fat activism, body liberation & outdoor community, USA)
• Feminist Hiking Collective and their Booklet: “Feminist Hiking Healing Retreat” (Italy)
• Toinen jalka ulkona (writes about her hiking experience as a disabled person, Finland)

Trail stories

• Curtis, Shiletta (2024): Pack light. A black queer journey to find myself
• Kari, Kaarina (1978): Haltin valloitus
• McNuff, Anna (2017): The pants of perspective
• Strayed, Cheryl (2013): Wild – a journey from lost to found
• Thürmer, Christine (2016): Laufen. Essen. Schlafen. – Eine Frau, drei Trails und 12.700km Wildnis
• Tough, Jenny (2020): Tough Women adventure stories
• Tough, Jenny (2023): Solo. A true story of spirit, adventure. The life-changing power of running alone

About walking/writing/solitude/body (+ in nature)

• Andrews, Kerri (2020): Wanderers – A history of women walking
• Andrews, Kerri (2023): Way makers – An Anthology on women’s writing about walking
• Ellen Cole & Esther D Rothblum & Eve M Tallman(1994): Wilderness Therapy for women. The power of adventure
• Dillard, Annie (2022): Pilgrim at tinker creek
• Diehl, Sarah (2023): Die Freiheit allein zu sein. Eine Ermutigung
• Lechner, Elisabeth (2021 ): Riot don’t diet. Aufstand der widerspenstigen Körper
• Maitland, Sara (2008): A book of silence
• Maitland, Sara (2023:) How to be alone
• Meskanen, Katarina & Heidi Strengell (2019): Rakas keho
• Riikonen, Marika (2023): Yksin, kiitos.
• Räinä, Jenni (2021): Kulkijat – Naisia metsissä soilla ja tuntureilla
• Solnit, Rebecca (2022): Wanderlust. A history of Walking.
• Summer Michaud Skod (2022): Fat Girls Hiking. An inclusive guide to getting outdoors at any size or ability
• Woolf, Virginia (2020): A Room of Own’s Own

Hiking skills

• Laaksonen, Jouni (2022): Talviretkeilijän opas
• Laaksonen, Jouni & Päivi Mattila (2024): Pitkät vaellukset – Kuukausiksi retkelle
• Määttä, Ossi (2020): Kevyt-retkeilijän opas
• Määttä, Ossi (2022): Vaellusvarusteet
• Mattila, Päivi & Teemu Saloriutta (2023): Retki suolle
• Thürmer, Christine (2020): Weite Wege Wandern