Among the varied significations circulating around the petroleum-powered car, the commodity has operated as a salient vehicle for expressions and tools of hetero-masculinity.
A Platform on Representation, Engagement, and Community
Author: Amelia Diehl
Amelia Diehl (she/her) is a writer living in Salt Lake City, Utah, interested in climate justice, queer ecology, social movements, and cultural commentary. She holds an MS in Environmental Humanities from the University of Utah. Her master's thesis explored the rhetoric of the energy transition, centered on the first new lithium mine in the US for electric vehicles, Thacker Pass in Nevada. Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, she is passionate about journalistic and academic research as a way to archive social movements.