Erin Monahan (she/her)

A lot of us can look back on our lives and see the turning point(s) when everything as we knew it completely altered. One of those such moments that changed my brain chemistry forever was when I published an essay that had been sitting in my drafts for a

The outdoor industry is a tool of ongoing colonization—a well oiled machine of exploitation of the Land, our bodies, and “resources,” complete with white nationalist propaganda that implies “this land is your land,” when in reality this land is stolen, Indigenous land. From pervasive microaggressions to colonial narratives embedded

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When I wrote Ambient Dominion: How ‘Free Solo’ Points to an Epidemic of Toxic Masculinity in December 2018, I received so many comments from women, queer folks, and nonbinary people who shared my shock, disgust, and isolation at watching “Free Solo.” Sitting in a McMenamins theater in so-called Portland,

My post-graduate journey centered on unlearning much of what I had absorbed during my undergraduate years. Taking up the mantle of "autodidact," I turned to educational YouTube content by cultural critics like Kat Blaque and Franchesca Ramsey. By the grace of Goddess, I came across Ericka Hart

The Case Against Marcellus Williams: A Pattern of White Supremacist Violence Marcellus ‘Khaliifa’ Williams, a 55-year-old, devout Muslim and father, was executed on September 24th, 2024. An imam for other incarcerated people, Williams was also an accomplished poet. Despite protests, national attention, more than a million signatures on