Travel writing is still dominated by male voices. Alice got to have an adventure, so why can’t we all?

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Of all genres, travel writing has remained predominantly male – and aimed at men Women are underrepresented in travel writing (Photo: Westend61/Kike Arnaiz/Getty) I always longed for adventure, to go on trips to far-flung places and nearby wonders and capture my journey through the world in words. I yearned to climb mountains, to swim in the sea and the world’s great pathways. I devoured adventure stories in my. Yet in all the great travel stories, it was the boys having the adventures. Gulliver’s Travels , Robinson Crusoe , Boys’ Own Adventure stories. How many girls got to have adventures? Well, there was Alice who got to . Travel writing is still a genre dominated by male voices chronicling real life adventures – you only need to go into a and amid hundreds of books in the Travel Writing section could tot up the amount of female authors on a […]

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