Give a girl a motorcycle
Story by Clara Applegarth and Photo provided by Kimmie Herrera
May 12, 2020
“My excitement for moto comes from the adrenaline,” said Tish Yodatee, co-founder of the all-female motorcycle collective Bay Area chapter “The Litas.” “The power, the freedom. Being in the open. Feeling the wind push against my body. Being able to crank the throttle and take off.” Th...
Tips on how to work from home and shelter-in-place with kids
Clara Applegarth
April 20, 2020
While cities across the globe continue to shelter in place to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, parents and childcare workers are essentially working overtime and, if attending school or working from home, their duties have doubled (Life During Quarantine podcast). For over a year, I have been working as a childcare professional for a single m...
Remaining body positive in isolation
Story by Clara Applegarth
April 13, 2020
I was struck by an eating disorder at a young age without fully being aware. Being a ballet dancer for several years of my childhood, the way your body formed certain lines when you moved was all but secondary. This fate was also brought on by genetics, with family members suffering from the same disorde...
Honey, let’s not shrink the bee population
by Clara Applegarth
March 18, 2020
The honey bee is the glue that holds ecosystems together through pollination. An insect so small, but so gargantuan in its purpose. But honey bees are being threatened as the climate grows more extreme and human interaction, in the form of deadly pesticides, harms them. In July, President Trump pu...
Fertility Awareness Method?…Bueller?
Story by Clara Applegarth, Illustration by Paige Acosta
February 25, 2020
While women continue to make impactful changes in 2020, with more females getting elected into Congress and having better representation of bodily anatomy prompted by protests, many women continue to stick with the pill as their choice of hormonal birth control. If we can break the glass ceiling in ...
The rules of the road
by Clara Applegarth and photo by Kimberly Herrera
December 9, 2019
One, make a staggered formation. Two, watch for the pacemaker’s hand signal. And three: ride your own ride. These are the rules of the road. “I think it’s not so much about doing it because only men do it,” said Katya Velichansky, founding member of the Bay Area chapter of The Litas motorcy...
