Those of us fortunate enough to be working from home during the pandemic have likely participated in more Zoom calls than we can count. We may have hoped that as we settled into our WFH routines, the eagerness to Zoom would disappear as quickly as our stimulus checks did. But alas, many of us still find our calendars scattered with Zoom calls that feel more burdensome than in-person meetings—a burden that may be heavier for women.
Catherine dreamed of stretching her wings, but could she move from CA to DC and leave her parents, refugees from Vietnam who gave her everything?
Ambreen Tariq first explored U.S. public lands after she and her family immigrated to Minnesota from India when she was 8 years old. Camping with her family, Tariq found solace from the challenges of growing up as an immigrant in a place where so few of her classmates looked like her and where even simple tasks, like doing laundry, had to be relearned in the so-called American way.
Yasmin Radbod of Femme Fatale on H Street sums up her view of feminism succinctly: “action, not words.”
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