A review by questingnotcoasting
Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World by Leslie Kern

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

This is a very short book considering how many ideas are packed into it. If I'd heard the terms "feminist geography" and "urban sociology" before picking this up I would have assumed they'd be complicated theories but as I was reading, it just seemed like common sense. However at the same time it brought up a lot of issues I'd never considered before. It's fairly academic but also includes a lot of Kern's own experiences, which is something I really like in non-fiction. She's also careful to look at the issues from an intersectional perspective. Overall it's a great, concise analysis of gendered inequalities in urban environments and I'd recommend it alongside books like Feminism, Interrupted by Lola Olufemi and Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall. 
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