Literature

Here you will find soon a list of books, articles, podcasts, research papers etc. what are connected to solitary hiking as a feminist practice.


As long as this page is still in progress, you can……

…..1. click on the different pictures, where you will find some quotes, to get and idea how solitary hiking and feminism resembles with each other.


……. 2. click through this gallery for first reading inspirations….


…..3. check the literature list of the trail-guide (also still in progress, but maybe you can still find already things to read :))

Literature list of the trailguide
  • Andrews, Kerri (2020): Wanderers – A history of women walking
  • Andrews, Kerri (2021): Way makers – An Anthology on women’s writing about walking
  • Cixous, Helene (2013): Medusan Nauru ja muita ironisia kirjoituksia
  • Cole, Elen jne (1994): Wilderness Therapy for women. The power of adventure
  • Cracknell, Linda (2023):Writing Landscape
  • Diehl, Sarah (2023): Die Freiheit allein zu sein. Eine Ermutigung
  • Febos, Melissa (2025): The Dry Season. Finding pleasure in a year without sex.
  • Frasl, Beatrice (2025): Entromantisiert euch! Ein Weckruf zur Abschaffung der Liebe
  • Goldberg, Natalie (2014): The true secret of writing. Connection life with language
  • Jamie, Kathleen (2022): Foreword in: Andrews, Kerri (2020): Wanderers – A history of women walking, page 9-10
  • Khajave,i Naiyear (2017): Women and the Wilderness: a Review of Barriers to Participation, Current Coping Strategies, and Guidance for Future Programs
  • Jokiranta, Juntti, Ruohonen, Räinä (2019): Metsä meidän jälkemme
  • Killingbeck, Laura (2024): A Woman Who Left Society to Live With Bears Weighs in on “Man or Bear” (online article)
  • Kivilä, Saonegin (2023): Hillasuolla kaikki on toisin.
  • Lechner, Elisabeth (2021 ): Riot don’t diet. Aufstand der widerspenstigen Körper
  • Maitland, Sara (2008): A Book of Silence.
  • Maitland, Sara (2014): How to be alone.
  • Mattila, Päivi; Saloriutta, Teemu (2023): Retki suolle
  • Meyer, Angela Marie (2010): Gender, Body, and Wilderness: searching for refuge, connection, and ecological belonging.
  • Mina Tolu (Book: Nonbinary Lives)
  • Nicol, Robbie (2020): Deepening our attachment to nature through place-based education. In: Karppinen, Marttila, Saaranen-Kauppinen (2020): Seikkailukasvatusta Suomessa – pedagogisia ja didaktisia näkökulmia
  • Ritter, Susanne (2024): Regimenting Bodies, Regulating Lives. Fatness, gender, and relationships of power in makeover television shows from Finland and the United States
  • Salonen, Kirsi (2010): Mielen luonto. Eko- ja ympäristöpsykologian näkökulma
  • 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 (2023): Ein Zimmer für sich allein.