Feminist City: Leslie Kern in conversation with Yẹmí Àlàdérun & Zöe Berman

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 a place of threats rather than community. Gentrification has made the everyday lives of women even more difficult. What would a metropolis for working women look like? A city of friendships beyond Sex and the City. A transit system that accommodates mothers with strollers on the school run. A public space with enough toilets. A place where women can walk without harassment. In a conversation with Part W members Yẹmí Àlàdérun and Zöe Berman, Leslie Kern, the author of Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World (Verso) explores the social inequalities hidden in plain sight in our cities, homes, and neighborhoods. It is time to dismantle what we take for granted about cities and to ask how we can build more just, sustainable, and women-friendly cities together.