Feminist city /

Feminist City is an ongoing experiment in living differently, living better, and living more justly in an urban world. We live in the city of men. Our public spaces are not designed for female bodies. There is little consideration for women as mothers, workers or carers. The urban streets often are...

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Main Author: Kern, Leslie, 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Verso, 2020
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Table of Contents:
  • City of men. Disorderly women
  • Who writes the city?
  • Freedom and fear
  • Feminist geography
  • City of moms. The flâneuse
  • A public body
  • A woman's place
  • The city fix
  • Gentrifying motherhood
  • The non-sexist city
  • City of friends. Friendship as a way of life
  • Girls town
  • Friendships and freedom
  • Queer women's spaces
  • Friends 'til the end
  • City of one. Personal space
  • Table for one
  • The right to be alone
  • Women in public
  • Toilet talk
  • Women taking up space
  • City of protest. Right to the city
  • DIY safety
  • Gendered activist labour
  • Activist tourism
  • Protest lessons
  • City of fear. The female fear
  • Mapping danger
  • The cost of fear
  • Pushing back
  • Bold women
  • Intersectionality and violence