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Most safety arguments aimed at women are about confinement not freedom
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The high cost of being a pedestrian on a heating planet during the winter holidays
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…” because every town in New Jersey offers free parking. Towns promote this as an act of goodwill toward local shopkeepers and a way to support shopping locally—reminiscent of the 1950s. But we’re not in the 1950s anymore. Free parking,
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Single Family Zoning birthed the Cult of Feminine Domesticity
The employment prospects I received as a young woman came through my women friends. In the U.S., the labor market has always been deeply communal, relying heavily on word of mouth. This dynamic has made hypersegregation highly effective at suppressing African American employment. But there’s another kind of
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Car-Centric Urban Planning is a Sexist Legacy
For seven years, I searched for a job that didn’t force me to drive to a transit hub. When I received an offer to teach economics at a college in Newark, New Jersey, my life changed. This opportunity allowed me to start this media project and reflect on the
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Trump's Tariffs: Tools of Spatial Control and Power
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Hello Folks, we’re not Turkeys and neither are you
I know you have received quite a few emails from me this week regarding AF’s Femininomenon! Urbanism Campaign. That is because we’re in a race. A race to provide you with urbanism journalism that is feminist and that takes into account the classes of race, gender, and socioeconomic.
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Feminist Urbanism is a potential Blueprint for Newark, New Jersey and the entire Metro.
At its core, feminist urbanism demands that city planners ask, “Does your class, whether it is gender, race, or socioeconomic, dictate your options in this city?” This question is especially pertinent in New Jersey, where systemic and institutional inequality has long dictated who has access to housing, reliable transportation, and
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You could always find work at the Post Office
A Feminist Newsletter in New Jersey —about Urbanism Launches Groundbreaking Fundraising Campaign to Revolutionize Urbanism Journalism
NEWARK, NJ, 11/25/2024 - A Feminist Newsletter in New Jersey —about Urbanism (AF) the outré feminist newsletter founded by critical urban theorist L. Lo Sontag, today announced the launch of an ambitious fundraising campaign aimed at expanding its innovative editorial content and community lectures focused on gender inclusive
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Liberalism vs Neoliberalism
It might be confusing to some of you when someone who seems progressive, goes on a ranty post about hating liberals. Ninety percent of the time that person isn’t talking about you. One of the first uses of the term liberal in regards to the political economy appears in
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We are WORTH DEFENDING
Just because our institutions have been diminished and are under attack does not mean we should walk away from them. OUR institutions are WORTH defending. Our media. Our community colleges. Our public K-12 school. Our public transit Amtrak. Medicare. Medicaid. National Parks. Social Security. Upgrade to paid membership The wealthy
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