The author and feminist urban geographer Leslie Kern discusses her new book Feminist City: A Field Guide (Between the Lines, 2019), with Joseph Planta.

Feminist City: A Field Guide by Leslie Kern (Between the Lines, 2019). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Feminist City

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

A new book that is a combination of memoir, feminist theory, as well as an engaging look at geography and popular culture is Feminist City: A Field Guide by Leslie Kern, who joins me now. The book tackles the challenge of claiming urban space from barriers designed to keep women “in their place.” Professor Kern also looks at friendship and its place in urban centres, and how it might be different than say in suburbs. We’ll also discuss accessibility, not just for women, but all minorities. Leslie Kern is the author of Sex and the Revitalized City: Gender, Condominium Development, and Urban Citizenship. She is associate professor of geography and environment, and director of women’s and gender studies at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, where I reached her last week. She will be in Vancouver, this Wednesday, 27 November 2019 at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, 580 West Hastings, as part of a panel on how to build a more just, sustainable Vancouver, moderated by Ellen Woodsworth. That’s at 7.00pm. Visit the SFU Institute of the Humanities for more, as they are co-hosting the event. This new book is published by Between the Lines. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Leslie Kern; Professor Kern, good morning.

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