Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World

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This book is really just what it promises: a feminist look at the city, how it is now and what can change and what history can push us forward to better alternatives. They "ask us to think about new ways to organize paid work, care work, and social relations…They invite solidarity from everyone who wants to feel safe in their homes, on the streets, in the bathroom, at work, and at school.

The author talks a lot about intersectional identities as well and how it comes to play in navigating spaces. analiza miasta, tego, czym miasto jest, jak je interpretujemy, czego możemy od niego wymagać i jak możemy je zmieniać. Ia pun mengkritisi bahwa kehadiran ahli tata kota, arsitek, dan ahli geografi di luar gender laki-laki, berkulit putih, dan cis masih sangat sedikit. In turn, cities become the major spheres of inequality and oppression that further shape the ways in which these groups experience public and private life.This suggests that forging alliances across communities, activism, and collective action represent the drivers to realize the aspiration of feminist cities. For instance, increasing police control to improve women’s safety in the streets would probably fail in making a black woman or a homeless person feel safe. At the same time, however, I police my own clothing, posture, facial expressions, and other cues to avoid male harassment" (114). They recognize the intersections of gendered concerns with multiple other systems of privilege and oppression, refusing a feminism where raising the status of privileged white women is the marker of success. Having lived and worked in many international cities, she developed a strong interest in how people shape their own environment and vice versa.

Taking on fear, motherhood, friendship, activism, and the joys and perils of being alone, Kern maps the city from new vantage points, laying out an intersectional feminist approach to urban histories and proposes that the city is perhaps also our best hope for shaping a new urban future.While she is very right to point out the gendered structures that can harm protest movements, this inability to see the very direct and often difficult consequences of meaningful protest robs the idea of its history.