Today, we’re throwing open the doors to a conversation about pleasure, power, and public space. We’re talking queer nightlife as urban resistance, disability justice as design philosophy, and why “safety” means nothing without autonomy.

Word of the Day: Let’s start with Feminist Urbanism. It’s more than a buzzword—it’s a blueprint for cities that don’t just tolerate women but center everyone. Imagine sidewalks wide enough for strollers and wheelchairs, public transit that doesn’t force a death grip on your keys after dark, parks where “safety” isn’t code for policing historically excluded groups. Feminist Urbanism asks: Who gets to design the world, and who gets trapped in its blind spots?

The gridlock of urban planning is that it is NOT neutral. It is a fractured mirror reflecting centuries of sexism, racism, and transphobia. This week’s episode we’ll unload how cities weaponize “order” to exclude— from benches designed to punish people experiencing homelessness to media narratives that reduce women to caretakers or casualties. We are given the choice of two narratives: the mom shielding her baby from a crumbling crosswalk or the “girlboss” in wingtips and a Birkin, stomping her way to dominance. These tropes aren’t just exhausting—they’re traps. They shrink trans and cis women into roles that serve capitalism, respectability, and control. We don’t want to serve anyone.

So where’s the lane for rebellion beyond strollers and stilettos? What does it look like when we demand cities—and stories—that let us thrive, not just survive? 

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