Wanderlust

15 weeks on my bicycle. 4600 miles across the country. 19 states. 2 massive dog bites. Wrong turns, dazzling vistas, bears, moose, and midwestern misadventures, plus enough stories about sex, politics and culture to tease your brain and challenge all the things you thought you knew about the politics of sexual freedom in America.

From April to July of 2007, I rode my bicycle from New York to San Francisco to meet with and listen to advocates, sexuality educators, and other folks who are working for reproductive autonomy, increased access to health care, and combating negative images of female sexuality.

BACKGROUND
	What is Wanderlust, anyway? Why did I ride my bike across the country? About the trip The route
PREPARATION
	Prologue Princeton NJ - Interview with Hi-Tops Departure The official launch announcement
WEEK 1
	West Orange, NJ, exploring polyamory Greenwich CT: Wild Pumas and snow in April New Haven CT and Female Sexuality Providence, RI - Porn Nation, Driving Right, and Tailwinds
Week 2
	New Haven to Boston - Interview with Megan Andalloux from Miko and Brown Femsex Thoughts on Riding and the Journey Boston - Taking Back the Night and Pornography Boston - Megara Bell, Sex Education Classes, and Pleasure Parties
Week 3
	Amherst - Civil Liberties and Public Policy at Hampshire, and inspirational hosts Pittsfield, MA - Casa Tierra Comun and my radio debut Albany, NY - The Albany Free School, amazing midwives, and Family Planning Advocates of NY
Week 4
	Riding along the Erie Canal Syracuse, NY - PP Syracuse, Matilda Joselyn Gage, and talking about pleasure in the clinic Ithaca, NY and Sex Positive Sex Ed Binghamton, NY - Notes and Errata from the road
Week 5
	Philadelphia, PA - Riding down the Delaware and what home means. The parameters of traveling by bicycle Philadelphia interviews - Sex Ed year round and the problem of religion
Week 6
	Baltimore, MD and Washington DC - the end of the first leg of Wanderlust The Choice USA Generation Awards
Week 7
	Bloomington, IN - The Kinsey Institute and sex research Chicago, IL - Elizabeth Sy joins the trip Erring on the side of corsets - sex positivity and adolescent health Sistersong Conference - On being an ally and the politics of skin color Elizabeth’s thoughts on sex work and cultural identity
Week 8
	Kenosha, WI - On the road again, in the rain Deerfield, WI - Update from the land of suicidal bunnies Elizabeth on riding bikes and the Young Women’s Empowerment Project Sistersong and Sistas on the Rise - what does teen pregnancy mean? Madison, WI - A Woman’s Touch and a revolutionary approach to sex education
Week 9
	A record of how I lost all my stuff, and how it was all okay in the end Iowa - the land of retreads and roadkill Sioux Falls, SD - random notes on mid-trip refueling Bans on abortion and wellness on the reservation
Week 10
	Rapid City, SD - Tornadoes, politics, and abstinence-only education Spearfish, SD - Building a movement for reproductive freedom Basin, WY - Over the Bighorn mountains and into rebel country
Week 11
	Yellowstone, MT - National parks and long, lonely roads Missoula, MT - Dog bites, raft rides, and the continental divide
Week 12
	Heading into Glacier National Park Seattle, WA - The report from the glaciers, scintillating train rides, and Babeland
Week 13
	Seattle, WA - Inga Muscio and the Politics of Compromise Olympic Peninsula, WA - Nudity is not condoned by Olympic National Park
Week 14
	Portland, OR - Judith Arcana and the Jane Collective Sunset Bay, OR - 4,000 miles and my comeuppance from the universe
Week 15
	Arcata, CA - Killer trees, invisible hills, and still I ride Garberville, CA - the story of ourselves My love affair with the Department of Transportation Gualala, CA - Gratitude and the end of wanderlust