Tanya Snyder: This is the third year you’re doing this tour. That drunken pledge has become her life’s work.Īside from her quarterly zines, Blue published her first book, “ Everyday Bicycling,” in December, 2012 and is eagerly awaiting the release of her second book, “Bikenomics: How Bicycling Will Save the Economy.” We caught up at her Dinner & Bikes event in DC this week, part of a month-long, 27-city tour through the Northeast and Midwest. Bush got re-elected, her friends all started threatening to move to Canada and she said, “Not me! I’m going to stay right here and be a bike activist.” She hadn’t really meant to say that, but then she realized it made sense. Actually, she moved there for college and didn’t really start riding much until her senior year (at the age of 27 - she started late). What could be better? Photo: #Įlly is such a fixture of the Portland biking (and blogging) scene that I always figured that she moved there specifically to be part of it. Elly Blue is currently on tour, feeding people a delicious vegan meal and talking about how biking will save the economy. The amazing truth is that she makes a living writing whatever strikes her fancy about the intersection between bicycling and feminism. “I realized that because I work for myself, I can do anything I want,” she says by way of explanation. Elly Blue’s latest publication, “Bikes in Space,” is a feminist sci-fi zine about her favorite mode of transportation.
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