Rituals: Poems and research inspired by the mundane, the maddening & the wild, for the athlete & advocate.

The follow up to Run Wild and Be, Rituals builds on the whimsical poems and prose found in Zester’s first collection, by exploring gender norms, social constructs, and the culture of violence as it relates to female athletes. Between gender pay and coverage gap, exposure to sexual assault risk, implications of violence, and treatment of womxn seeking medical care, she approaches these complicated and deep rooted issues with the same witty and poetic tone she’s built her following on. Rituals explores the daily meditation an endurance practice brings and how it ultimately translates into strength for womxn to advocate for their rights.