trail 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……


You can click on the different pictures, to get and idea how solitary hiking and feminism resembles with each other.



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


….. 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
  • Arnold, S. Copland (1994):Transforming Body Image Through Women’s Wilderness Experiences.P. 43-54. In:Cole, Ellen; Rothblum, Esther D; Tallman, Eve M. Wilderness Therapy for Women: The Power of Adventure
  • Cixous, Helene (2013): Medusan Nauru ja muita ironisia kirjoituksia
  • Cole, Ellen 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.
  • Fike, Ashley (2026): Scientists Say This Solo Outdoor Habit Can Cure Your Loneliness (https://www.vice.com/en/article/scientists-say-this-solo-outdoor-habit-can-cure-your-loneliness/)
  • 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)
  • Kilpi, Eva (2001): Rajattomuuden aika
  • Kivilä, Saonegin (2023): Hillasuolla kaikki on toisin.
  • Lechner, Elisabeth (2021 ): Riot don’t diet. Aufstand der widerspenstigen Körper
  • Limburg, Joanne (2022): Letters to my weird sisters. On Autism, Feminism and Motherhood
  • Lubkowitz, Anneke (2025): Rebellinen zu Fuss. Auf den Spuren von elf literarischen Wanderinnen
  • 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.
  • Nicol, Robbie (2020): Deepening our attachment to nature through place-based education. In: Karppinen, Marttila, Saaranen-Kauppinen (2020): Seikkailukasvatusta Suomessa – pedagogisia ja didaktisia näkökulmia
  • Räinä, Jenni (2021): Kulkijat. Naisia metsissä, soilla ja tuntureilla.
  • 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.
  • Straub, Gale (2019): She explores. Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild.
  • Summer Michaud Skod (2022): Fat Girls Hiking. An inclusive guide to getting outdoors at any size or ability
  • Tolu, Mina (2020): In: Nonbinary Lives. An Anthology of intersecting identities, p. 73
  • Woolf, Virginia (2023): Ein Zimmer für sich allein.