La città femminista. La lotta per lo spazio in un mondo disegnato da uomini

My very first realisation about how gendered inequities are built into urban landscapes came with a strong urge to pee–and no public restrooms for women in sight. Granted, sanitation isn't India's strong suit by a long shot, but that only 8% of all public toilets in New Delhi–the national capital–ca Leggi tutto

This is not the book that it advertises itself to be. In fact, if I were to rate it based on what it says on the cover, this would receive 1 star. This is not about reimagining spaces in light of women's needs, not at all. Rather, most of this book is about women's experiences in the here and now, w Leggi tutto

The whole argument of this book is based on personal experiences. Unfortunately, there is very little data to support the author's claims (unlike in Invisible Women, by Caroline Criado Perez). I don't mind a personal perspective in this kind of writing, but you'll need more than assertions like "eve Leggi tutto

Świetna, bardzo wiele oczekiwałam od tej książki i się nie zawiodłam. Feministyczna geografka Leslie Kern przygląda się nie tylko miastom, ale także przestrzeniom prywatnym i zastanawia się, jak te przestrzenie się przenikają, jednocześnie zwracając uwagę na intersekcjonalność zagadnień, które należ Leggi tutto

Kern has a really clear view on any approach having to be intersectional and how a feminist city needs to be liberating for all. A lot of other works on gender and urbanism don't acknowledge other identities past cis-women so this was refreshing. The arguments made in this book are based in feminist Leggi tutto

Geography is about the human relationship to our environment, both human-built and natural. A geographic perspective on gender offers a way of understanding how sexism functions on the ground. Women's second-class status is enforced not just through an actual, material geography of exclusion