Melissa A. Fabello, PhD is a feminist educator whose work focuses on body politics, beauty culture, and eating disorders. She holds a PhD in Human Sexuality Studies from Widener University, where her research focuses on how women with eating disorders make meaning of their sexual experiences. Previously, Melissa worked as a Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, Continue Reading…

Our guest today is Tom Grossmith—known to me, and to many of you, by his trail name, Gent. Gent and I met while hiking the PCT last year, and wound up covering over 1,300 miles together. We hiked together, we quit the trail together, and next week we’ll be heading back to the PCT together, joined Continue Reading…

Amy Gahran is a journalist based in Boulder, Colorado. She's the author of "Stepping Off the Relationship Escalator: Uncommon Love and Life" -- a research-based book about all kinds of unconventional intimate relationships. It covers consensual nonmonogamy, solohood, and much more. For several years, Amy also wrote (under the pen name Aggie Sez) the blog Continue Reading…

Noël Russell is a first generation American, born and raised in California, and ever since she could walk, she’s spent every second of her free time romping in the mountains. These days, you'll often find her camped in the backcountry, hiking along a trail, or traveling around the Sierra Nevada in a converted campervan with Continue Reading…

Nick North is a husband, a dad to 5 kids, and a branding strategist. He also has a history of living as a woman, a wife, a mom, a photographer, a corporate type, and even an Emergency Medical Responder. When he embraced his identity and came out as transgender, he realized just how much gender Continue Reading…