The War on Cars

Episode 101: Feminist City with Leslie Kern

Added 2023-03-07 11:01:01 +0000 UTC

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In our latest episode, we shift the paradigm and ask what it would mean to live in a "feminist city" — and whether that is a goal policymakers should pursue.

Cities have almost always been designed by men, prioritizing men’s needs as defined by the traditional male-female binary. But as scholar and author Leslie Kern writes in her book, Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World, a truly feminist city could be, “an ongoing experiment in living differently, living better, and living more justly in an urban world.”

I talk with Dr. Kern about how gender influences the way we move through our streets, how to navigate confrontations without turning into a jerk, and how adopting a feminist perspective could make our cities more humane and livable for everyone, regardless of gender identity.

Thank you so much for making it all possible!

—Sarah

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This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Goodyear. Our theme music is by Nathaniel Goodyear.

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