YouTube 'vanlifer' Jennelle Eliana blazes trail for solo female travellers
by Lanre Bakare from on (#4Q9NK)
Lo-fi videos about life on the road also fill blindspot travel industry has in catering for women of colour
The YouTube channel of a 21-year-old woman who lives in a van with her pet snake Alfredo is at the centre of a debate about race, travel and gender in the online world.
Jennelle Eliana's channel, which documents her day-to-day existence as a "vanlifer", has become an internet phenomenon after gaining 1.9 million subscribers since June.
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