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Riding motorcycles and the culture around it, with the talk of “bitch seats” and women as “property”, have seldom seemed very conducive to the empowerment of women.
But, organically and spontaneously through social media – especially Instagram – a new generation of female bikers is finding and inspiring each other with a shared set of ideals: adventure, companionship and the freedom of the road.
“I think we’re seeing a kind of onset of a kind of powerful women being trendy,” said Lanakila “Lana” MacNaughton. She and four more female riders were handpicked by Harley-Davidson and given motorcycles to ride 9,000 miles across the country, re-creating a 1915 ride pioneered by the mother and daughter team Avis and Effie Hotchkiss.
Read the full article here - Women shift gears in motorcycle culture: 'It's about being on the front of the bike'
Riding motorcycles and the culture around it, with the talk of “bitch seats” and women as “property”, have seldom seemed very conducive to the empowerment of women.
But, organically and spontaneously through social media – especially Instagram – a new generation of female bikers is finding and inspiring each other with a shared set of ideals: adventure, companionship and the freedom of the road.
“I think we’re seeing a kind of onset of a kind of powerful women being trendy,” said Lanakila “Lana” MacNaughton. She and four more female riders were handpicked by Harley-Davidson and given motorcycles to ride 9,000 miles across the country, re-creating a 1915 ride pioneered by the mother and daughter team Avis and Effie Hotchkiss.
Read the full article here - Women shift gears in motorcycle culture: 'It's about being on the front of the bike'
