Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

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

9 reviews

annainthebooks's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Classism, and Police brutality

griesgrau's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Spannendes Buch, jedoch zeigt es eher die Misstände auf und arbeitet dabei eher aus der eigenen Perspektive heraus. Interessant wäre eine Fortsetzung des Buches mit intersektionalen Lösungsansätzen.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Police brutality and Racism

milliepaterson's review against another edition

informative inspiring slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

amyrandles1's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, and Racism

abisnail564's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Homophobia, Police brutality, and Sexism

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Police brutality, Classism, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Racism, Ableism, Violence, and Stalking

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

readabilitea's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

beebeetlebee's review

challenging informative medium-paced

4.25

Very readable and set a good pace. Intersctionality and an understanding of how women from different walks of life engage and struggle with the city in different ways. Made me confront my white, cis, able bodied privilege. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Police brutality, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Homophobia, and Ableism