Tag: backpacking
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The thing about starting a YouTube channel
….and why I postponed my documentary until further notice. In March 2018 I was earnest about filming my documentary, Stand Up, Take It Down. At the time, I was hellbent on being a serious director and somehow finding a way to make this my full-time job. My Kickstarter failed. I didn’t know what to do,…
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Machu Picchu while brown
I never really thought about traveling as something I could do. Like any woman of color, when you see blonde influencers and their green juices (I have nothing against the green juices), you start to believe you can’t do this. Even worse when you’re being a digital nomad with a precarious budget and almost…
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Know your history…
Every day, in every town I’ve been ever since leaving Argentina, whiteness lets me know that people who have its color only see me as a servant and free Spanish teacher. People will literally see me walk in with my heavy backpack and hiking boots and STILL think I’m an expert on Chile and…
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Backpacking as a person of color
In the scheme of things, being a person of color with an upbringing from a superpower like the United States means having to put things into perspective. We’re not in a country that refuses to talk about race, but as a backpacker of color you can never get rest from Eurocentric points of view. I…
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