Amelia Parenteau

3 weeks ago | inthesetimes.com | Amelia Parenteau

Amelia Parenteau June 5, 2025 In Redeat Wondemu’s new handmade photographic print, ​“Ulim,” natural lighting kisses a woman whose face is free of makeup, her hair styled in traditional Albaso braids, and a small tattoo resting on her neck. Her regal pose reels viewers into a conversation about the often overlooked intersection of patriarchy, imperialism and religious culture that Ethiopian women manage.

Jan 30, 2025 | medium.com | Amelia Parenteau

Member-only storyAmelia Parenteau·Follow10 min read·--My next-door neighbor runs a construction and landscaping business. It appears to be thriving: I wake up six days a week to the sound of his trucks being loaded, and watch out the window every evening as his crew returns, sweaty and dirty from the day’s work.

Nov 12, 2024 | atlasobscura.com | Amelia Parenteau

Welcome to Where to Wander, our selection of the best under-the-radar destinations in 2025. To see more surprising sites around the world that have fewer tourists and more locals, check out all of Atlas Obscura’s favorite places to travel this year. There are some places in the world where you expect to see multiple colors together. Fields of wildflowers, for example, or the early stages of autumn. Otherwise, many of us expect nature to play by certain rules, where water is blue and dirt is brown.

Nov 5, 2024 | scalawagmagazine.org | Amelia Parenteau

When Katie Darling suggested Mel Manuel run against Steve Scalise in the 2024 congressional race for Louisiana's 1st District, Manuel laughed. They were standing outside the Covington Library in Covington, Louisiana, following a library board meeting. At that point, Manuel had been steadily expanding their reach as a progressive activist in St. Tammany Parish, a notoriously conservative region of the state, since moving back to their hometown in 2021.

Oct 21, 2024 | burnaway.org | Amelia Parenteau

On May 17, 2024, Rachel Parish and Sarah Cameron Sunde embarked on an epic journey from the Browns Mill Golf Course in Atlanta to the Atlantic Ocean at Sapelo Island—a kayak trip that spanned hundreds of miles and thirty-eight days on the water. Because Atlanta is landlocked, people tend to overlook how water flows from the city to the ocean.