Nicole Blades
Nicole Blades is a novelist, speaker, and freelance journalist who covers women's health, race and culture, books and publishing, and stories of reinvention for various national print and digital magazines. She lives in New England with her husband, son, dog, and a sky-high stack of books by her bedside that she calls Mount Nightstand. Find out more about her at NicoleBlades.com.
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Curran Swint: Bringing Black Cyclists Together
After a routine visit to a barbershop in 2017, this rider went on to create KRT Cycling—a vibrant, necessary community made by and for Black cyclists.
Dec 19, 2023
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We Dare You: Break the Rules
Sometimes, rules are meant to be ignored—as in the case of Kittie Knox, a racial pioneer in the sport of cycling
Dec 16, 2015