Tag: solo female travel
How to Fall in Love with Portland, Maine
How to Fall in Love with Portland, Maine On an early May morning, I stepped off a Greyhound bus and onto a foggy street. A heavy carpet of mist blanketed the city that I had just arrived in as I inhaled the frosty air. This was probably the last spot in America that was still…
“Where’s Your Boyfriend?” and other Microagressions Solo-Female Travelers Face
New Year, new Dame Traveler post! This time I dissect all of the unintentionally rude microaggressions solo female travelers face. Here is a snippet and here is the link to the full article! Micro-aggressions are “brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative prejudicial…