‘This is the hardest I’ve ever lived’: meet the US cowgirls making it as ranchers More women are entering the US ranching and agriculture field. Their struggles – and aspirations – defy the traditional Marlboro cowboy stereotype

This, in the US @us.theguardian.com today is extraordinarily good, pertinent & hopeful. What women! #TheVelvetSpur & others are on Insta. Horses, ranching, farming, community, it chimes HARD with my cowgirl past & farming attempts & what women are doing now. Would love to connect! #GhostsoftheFarm

Boots drag. Spurs click. Denim stretches. And somewhere in that saloon haze, you remember what it feels like to be wanted just right.

Reposting soon on Fanvue www.fanvue.com/landofaimen

#LustAndLeather #TheVelvetSpur