Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World

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Thus, while I understand that the book is centred around self-reflection, the incorporation of urban feminist knowledge from the Global South would make the analysis more convincing and generalisable. And I choose to do so because of the lived example of Jesus, dignifying and empowering women despite the cultural norms of the time. At the same time, however, I police my own clothing, posture, facial expressions, and other cues to avoid male harassment" (114). The experience of the city cannot be synthesized in absolute terms, yet urbanism and spatial planning have taken men’s needs as the norm, for centuries. She is critical, but hopeful—the last chapter, 'City of Possibility', affirms that there is so, so much potential in our cities.

There were some interesting bits in about the use of fear and and the design of suburbs to keep women in the domestic sphere, and the lack of lesbian spaces in cities being a result of the gender pay gap. On average, women rely on public transport more than men, but they are less served by it and tend to spend more on multiple trips especially when living in the suburbs and having to access different transit systems. The extent to which anyone can simply 'be' in an urban space tells a lot about who has power, who feels their right to the city is a natural entitlement, and who will always be considered out of place. This dearth of places for to relieve oneself is, both literally and figuratively of course, just the tiny, pointed tip of the iceberg that is the patriarchal city.Laddove si parla di intensificare le politiche securitarie, di maggiore militarizzazione e sorveglianza non si sta costruendo una città femminista, ma soprattutto non si sta in alcun modo tentando di sradicare la cultura dello stupro e combattere una violenza sistemica, che si manifesta in misura maggiore negli spazi privati.

For example, cities are not designed in ways to facilitate mothers with babies from no elevator access at some subway stations to few childcare centers near centers of work. Mengenai penataan kota yang selama ini masih bias gender tertentu: laki-laki, cis, dan berkulit putih. And you might love it too, if you: believe in valuing and celebrating care work; joke about (or sincerely dream of) living in a commune with all your dearest friends someday; want a book on urbanism that isn't all about America, for once!However, as also acknowledged by Kern, such solutions unfortunately did not last very long as they have been quickly replaced by neoliberal housing environments that rely on the underpaid labour of others as well as the ability to pay more for facilities and services, especially in the areas of care work and cleaning. There's a lot about this book that is fascinating and seeing the dots being connected just continues to show how strongly patriarchal values are embedded in our system. Kern [wants] to envi­sion a more inclu­sive city that con­sid­ers the phys­i­cal and cul­tur­al needs of its most mar­gin­al­ized mem­bers.