Editor’s Note: Monthly Ticket is a CNN Travel series that spotlights some of the most fascinating topics in the travel world. In July, we’re hitting the trails to explore the world’s greatest hikes.

The F Word is a series celebrating what it means to be fat — from destigmatizing the word to taking stock of the discrimination fat people face. In this installment, the group Fat Girls Hiking ...

When she first started hiking, Summer Michaud-Skog wasn’t a fan of hitting the trails, or the outdoors in general. But after finding some beauty in nature, she took to social media to find other ...

Fat Girls Hiking is a body-positive outdoors community co-created by adventurous friends Summer and Lezley, who prefer not to share their full names to avoid internet harassment. While you might say ...

"I was uncomfortable and sweaty, breathing loudly, and feeling like everyone on the trail was looking at me like, 'What is she doing here?' " That's how Summer Michaud-Skog, founder of the ...

In 2011, Beyonce created the coveted women’s empowerment anthem “Run The World (Girls).” Under the syncopated drums and blaring background vocals, the Houston native put everyone on notice that the ...

In 2016, Playboy Playmate Dani Mathers was at a Los Angeles gym when she Snapchatted a picture in the locker room, of herself pointing and laughing at an older woman. Mathers shared a photo of the ...