Magazine Antiques columnist. Author of Ours to Explore: Privilege, Power, and the Paradox of Voluntourism. Working on: a true crime pod Repp'd @cbucci_bookman
My debut book, Ours to Explore: Privilege, Power, and the Paradox of Voluntourism — an exposé of the combination of volunteering and travel — is officially in the world. You can order it from any major bookseller, local bookstore, or from my publisher: https://t.co/9juOfoAm1i
I was today years old when I realized that my credit card points are financed by people who are trapped in credit card debt. That makes "free" flights a hell of a lot less appetizing.
@PhilippaBiddle has devoted herself to understanding the origins, intentions, and outcomes of the voluntourism industry built on the premise of doing good, and she tracks that investigation in OURS TO EXPLORE.
Explore during our summer sale https://t.co/5ikysx3lrD
Honored that student Ketong Li cited my, @PhilippaBiddle & @sarika008's reporting in her award-winning @nytimes essay. https://t.co/BGvhGE7NRA @missporters The Voluntourist’s Dilemma: https://t.co/Y9xsgkVD9D
The Problem With Little White Girls (and Boys): Why I Stopped Being a Voluntourist https://t.co/aKAv8eYlXL a través de @philippabiddle
Oldie but goldie
At least once each day I reflect on how fashion and media have moved eerily close to the Capitol in The Hunger Games — and that doesn’t seem to alarm anyone. Like…#TheMaskedSinger exists.
WE Charity, which Canadians were told would no longer exist by now here, has retained Harvey Weinstein's law firm to sue the CBC.
Lawsuit filed in U.S. courts.
"Expecting change—simply because we’ve had time to reflect—is extremely optimistic. " - my thoughts on voluntourism and #OurstoExploreBook in the new issue of @VergeMagOnline https://t.co/RNv8JsSe4s
"Travellers are beginning to recognize privilege; a huge step forward in conversations about voluntourism. A Q&A with author Pippa Biddle." https://t.co/RNv8JsSe4s