The Feminist Park Podcast: Designing for Liberation!

Urban Commons as Citizenship: Participation and Belonging in Bologna Season 2 Episode:21. September 15, 2026 Models collaborative management of urban commons as pathway to expanded citizenship, demonstrating how co-governance strengthens democratic participation and territorial belonging. Summary: Bologna’s model shows that commons management allows migrants (excluded from formal citizenship) to practice "urban citizenship."Connection: Treats the park as a commons with management authority given to residents regardless of legal citizenship status, creating pathways to political power. Key Takeaways: • Collaborative management of urban commons fosters territorial participation• Co-management strengthens democratic participation and urban citizenship• Commons governance creates new frameworks for right to the city• Shared city management empowers diverse residents as active citizens• Urban commons enable forms of belonging beyond traditional citizenship Keywords: Urban commons, participation, urban citizenship, Bologna, territorialism. Source: Urban commons as a concept of territorial participation and urban citizenship: Two case studies in Bologna, Italy, Charmain Levy, Marco Alberio, and Rebecca Plachesi The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Intersectional Resilience: Justice at the Interface of Health Systems Season 2 Episode:20. September 08, 2026 Applies intersectionality theory to understand how overlapping identities create unique vulnerabilities, informing our commitment to addressing structural inequality in park access and programming. Summary: Uses intersectionality theory to show how standard resilience frameworks fail multiply-marginalized people during crises like COVID-19.Connection: Explicitly addresses intersectional needs with gender-neutral facilities, language access, and programming for racialized queer migrant women. Key Takeaways: • Overlapping social identities create unique vulnerabilities and barriers to care• Resilience is not just institutional capacity but addressing structural inequality• Health system resilience requires justice at interfaces where systems meet communities• Intersectionality theory reveals how systems fail multiply-marginalized people• Community resilience depends on social justice, not just service provision Keywords: Intersectionality, health system resilience, community health, social justice. Source: Justice at the Interface: Advancing Community and Health System Resilience Through Intersectionality Theory, Jen Roux, Neelke Doorn, Saba Hinrichs-Krapels, and Samantha Copeland The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Inclusive Governance: Sharing Power in Green Space Management Season 2 Episode:19. September 01, 2026 Establishes governance frameworks for inclusive green space management, demonstrating how to move from consultation to shared power with marginalized communities. Summary: Identifies the need to move from "tokenistic consultation" to "authentic shared governance" where marginalized groups have real decision-making power.Connection: Uses community councils with decision-making authority, offering childcare and compensation for community organizers to ensure participation is accessible. Key Takeaways: • Inclusive governance requires moving beyond consultation toward shared power• Green spaces must meet social needs of marginalized residents, not just provide amenity• Collaborative "rules-in-use" enable community participation in management• Tokenistic inclusion reproduces exclusion; meaningful governance shares decision-making• Successful inclusion requires institutional flexibility and community capacity-building Keywords: Inclusive city, governance, urban green space, social inclusion. Source: Green spaces as places for inclusion: Inclusive governance in six urban contexts, Sara Romero-Muñoz, Víctor Muñoz Sanz, and Teresa Sánchez-Chaparro The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Street Tree Stewards: Citizens Cultivating Urban Biodiversity Season 2 Episode:18. August 25, 2026 Demonstrates how citizen stewardship increases urban biodiversity while building environmental citizenship, guiding our community-managed green infrastructure. Summary: Study in Freiburg showing that community-led tree stewardship produces higher biodiversity and a stronger sense of urban citizenship.Connection: Honors women’s deep environmental knowledge by formalizing resident-managed garden plots and providing tool libraries for community stewardship. Key Takeaways: • Citizen stewardship of street trees significantly increases urban biodiversity• Community-managed green spaces show greater species richness than city-managed ones• Active stewardship fosters stronger sense of urban citizenship and environmental responsibility• Resident-led greening creates more ecologically diverse and resilient landscapes• Empowering citizens as environmental stewards transforms relationship to urban nature Keywords: Urban biodiversity, street trees, citizen stewardship, species richness, Freiburg. Source: Citizen stewardship of street tree beds promotes urban biodiversity, Kelly Baldwin Heid et al. The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

The Feminine Gaze: Integrating Care into Territorial Design Season 2 Episode:17. August 18, 2026 Establishes theoretical foundations for gender-sensitive planning that views territory as relational assemblage shaped by diverse embodied experiences. Summary: Advocates for transforming urban planning by centering the "feminine gaze" and "empathic design" to support caregiving and rest.Connection: Rejects production-centered logic, instead designing for nursing mothers, elder socialization, and the rest needs of domestic workers. Key Takeaways: • Urban planning must adopt a "feminine gaze" integrating care and reproductive labor• Territory should be viewed as relational assemblage shaped by diverse bodies• Empathic design models recognize emotional and care dimensions of space• Gender-sensitive planning challenges androcentric urban development• Territorial management must account for social reproduction and care work Keywords: Gender, urbanism, territorialism, care, project design. Source: Scienze del Territorio, Vol 11, No 2: Genere e progetto dei luoghi (Gender and the Project of Places) by Edited by Chiara Belingardi and Daniela Poli The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Can We Live With Men? Ethics After Patriarchal Violence Season 2 Episode:16. August 11, 2026 Grapples with fundamental questions of safety and coexistence after gender violence, informing our design of spaces that protect women while imagining transformed gender relations. Summary: Philosophical inquiry into systemic gender violence and the "gray zones" of submission, asking how to create conditions for non-violent relationships.Connection: Prioritizes safety through lighting and community presence, while also hosting education programs for men on feminist ethics and non-violent masculinity. Key Takeaways: • Achieving gender equality requires radical reimagining of intimate ethics• Patriarchal violence demands interrogation of whether coexistence is possible• Transforming "gray zones" of submission in everyday life is essential• #MeToo movement reveals systemic nature of gender violence• Safety requires both protection from current violence and transformation of gender norms Keywords: Heterosexuality, patriarchy, submission, #MeToo, ethics. Source: Vivre avec les hommes (Living with Men), Manon Garcia The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Feminist Commons: Care, Autonomy, and Radical Alternatives Season 2 Episode:15. August 04, 2026 Provides models of feminist urban commons in Montevideo and Rome that prioritize care and mutual aid, demonstrating how to sustain collective spaces while resisting institutional co-optation. Summary: Analyzes Las Pioneras (Montevideo) and Lucha y Siesta (Rome) as spaces managed collectively to provide childcare and support services.Connection: Functions as a commons with horizontal decision-making, providing childcare, community gardens, and meeting areas for mutual aid groups. Key Takeaways: • Feminist commons prioritize care over capital accumulation• Social reproduction and mutual aid provide essential services outside market and state• Commons sustainability requires institutional support paired with group autonomy• Feminist urban commons create radical alternatives to the neoliberal city• Collective space management fosters political solidarity and community resilience Keywords: Feminist commons, ethics of care, urbanism, commoning, social reproduction. Source: Care and Feminist Urban Commons: The Cases of Las Pioneras in Montevideo and Lucha y Siesta in Rome, Charmain Levy and Chiara Belingardi The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Dedicated to the victims of the July 25, 2026 Pride attack in Berlin's Tiergarten, and to the LGBTQIA+ community grieving alongside us. Why did a car and machete attack happen in a park, during Pride, in the heart of Berlin? In this episode of The Feminist Park, we break down why the geography of the July 25 Christopher Street Day attack was never incidental, using feminist geography, spatial justice, and radicalization research to explain how public space becomes a target. We connect this to our core research: parks and public space are never neutral ground. Studies on gendered and queer safety in green space show that visibility itself, the very thing Pride claims for one day a year, is what draws targeting. Reclaiming a central Berlin park for Pride was an act of spatial justice decades in the making. That is exactly what was attacked. This episode covers: feminist and queer geography, the psychology and "affective scaffolding" of radicalization, why inclusive public space design is a safety issue and not a symbolic one, and what solidarity looks like right now. Concepts from the : 1. Situated Affectivity (the core theory) The premise is that emotions aren't just internal, private mental states. They're shaped, sustained, and sometime manufactured by the environment around a person. A few key mechanisms: Affective scaffolding : External tools or structures that prop up an emotional state, the way a stress ball scaffolds calm, or a ritual scaffolds grief. Extremist groups build scaffolds deliberately: propaganda, music, symbols, group chants. Mind invasion (affective mind shaping) : Environments don't just support emotions you already have, they actively reach in and install new ones, often without the person realizing it's happening. Affective arrangements : A "constellation" of people, objects, spaces, and language that work together to produce and reinforce a feeling. Self-stimulatory loops of affectivity (SSLA) : Feedback loops where a person keeps returning to the same resource (a forum, a video series, a ritual). 2. How radicalization actually works, emotionally The source pushes back on the common assumption that hate and anger are the main drivers. It argues positive emotions do more recruiting work : belonging, pride, love, purpose. Two specific mechanisms. 3. Structural "push" factors Radicalization isn't purely psychological, it's also a response to real social conditions: Social trauma and injustice : systemic discrimination creates a "seeking" phase where people become receptive to ideologies that promise justice or revenge. Rank abuse : those with social power ("center") habitually ignore the grievances of those without it ("margins"), which builds pressure toward vengeance-seeking ideologies. Phenomenology of whiteness : describes how non-white bodies are made hyper-visible and "stopped" in a white-dominated social world, a form of chronic social trauma. 4. Case studies as illustrations Brenton Tarrant (Christchurch) The *SIS child defector case Pakistan's "Ziaism" 5. Anti-queer extremism specifically This is the part most relevant to your episode. The source describes a "dual threat" : queer communities face rising violence from both far-right anti-gender movements and Islamist extremism that frames Pride as Western decadence. Critically, it names reciprocal radicalization , where these two ideologically opposed movements end up reinforcing each other, with the far-right sometimes performing "instrumental empathy" for queer people specifically to fuel anti-Muslim sentiment, rather than out of genuine solidarity. Sources: Foregrounding Affectivity in the Pathways to Extremism. Authors: Saad Shaheed and Hina Haq. Radicalization Through the Lens of Situated Affectivity. Authors: Hina Haq, Saad Shaheed, and Achim Stephan. Radicalization from a societal perspective. Authors: Delaram Shafieioun and Hina Haq. THE AFFECTIVE ARCHITECTURE OF EXTREMISM: Understanding Extremism through Situated Affectivity. Author: Hina Haq.

Bad Bunny and The Feminist Park: Trojan Horse of Resistance? What does it mean when activism becomes aesthetic, and how do we tell the difference between solidarity and strategy? In this episode of Un/Seen Spaces: The Feminist Park Podcast - Designing for Liberation, we explore the cultural power and deep contradictions of Bad Bunny, one of the world’s most influential Latin music artists. Drawing on academic research on reggaeton, trap, gender performativity, and social critique, this conversation examines how Bad Bunny’s work can be read through a “double discourse”: on the one hand, he publicly supports feminism and LGBTQ+ rights; on the other, some of his lyrics have been criticized for sexism, misogyny, and the objectification of women. We also look at how his music videos often carry the strongest social critique, using cinematic references and visual storytelling to challenge double standards that the lyrics alone may not fully confront. At the same time, the episode raises a bigger question about whether visible activism in global pop culture represents genuine transgression or a strategic branding of social justice for commercial gain. This episode is not just about Bad Bunny. It is about how global music industries shape ideas about gender, power, race, sexuality, and resistance. Through a feminist and intersectional lens, we ask what it means when progressive messaging, anti-patriarchal aesthetics, and market success coexist inside the same cultural product. For listeners of The Feminist Park Podcast, this conversation connects directly to the project’s mission: to examine how public culture, representation, and power shape the spaces we inhabit, and to ask who gets to define liberation, visibility, and belonging. The research gives Feminist Park a strong example of how symbolic inclusion can coexist with harmful structures. Bad Bunny’s public support for feminism and LGBTQ+ rights, alongside lyrics criticized for sexism, mirrors a broader feminist urbanism problem: spaces and institutions often claim inclusion while still reproducing hierarchy. Liberation has to be measured by practice, not branding. A park, like a song or music video, can look progressive while still reproducing exclusion if the underlying power dynamics stay intact. The article cluster connects gender, sexuality, race, colonial power, and commercial influence, which fits your project’s mission to understand how systems of domination operate across both space and culture. Academic Sources: Interpretación de “Tití me Preguntó”, Felipe Covarrubias-Melgar, Mariana Martínez-Castrejón, Cristiana Verónica-Gasga Media event and Latin performance: Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX and the symbolic reconfiguration of “America”, J.P. Pérez-Rufí “Esta es mi tierra/Esta soy yo”: Teaching US colonialism and Puerto Rican resistance through Bad Bunny, Vanessa Díaz, Petra R. Rivera-Rideau Bad Bunny Beyond Borders: Where the Plantation Meets the Platform, Keith Negus Bad Bunny’s Transgressive Gender Performativity, Luis Rivera Figueroa Bad Bunny Perrea Sola: the gender issue in reggaeton, Laura Álvarez Trigo Bad Bunny: masculinities or misogyny? ,Keylor Robles Murillo Subversión, postfeminismo y masculinidad en la música de Bad Bunny, Silvia Díaz Fernández Bad Bunny y Bach: mitos e imaginarios culturales, Francisco Castillo García Sociophonetic convergence of Bad Bunny and J Balvin, Elizabeth Naranjo Hayes Bad Bunny: identidad, idioma e intertexto, Víctor Maldonado Santiago Sociophonetics and lyrical codemixing of Bad Bunny and J Balvin, Elizabeth Naranjo Hayes Discourse and women’s objectification in Bad Bunny’s songs, Fabiana Molina Rojas, with related work by Romina Yris Rivera Bravo and Gessel Massiel Robles Meza Sapiencia: Una Revista Para La Academia, Vol. 10, No. 1 (2026), editorial board and assorted articles Bad Bunny: A Tale of Artificial Intelligence — Rita H. Pickler Nociones de género, música urbana y cultura popular — Sarah Platt

Against Artwashing: Artists in Solidarity with Housing Justice Season 2 Episode:12. July 14, 2026 Exposes cultural co-optation in gentrification, guiding our commitment to authentic community arts partnerships that resist rather than enable displacement. Summary: Investigates "artwashing" in Berlin, where developers use art to rebrand neighborhoods while planning the eventual eviction of communities.Connection: Rejects artwashing by paying local artists fairly and using cultural programming to support rather than undermine housing justice and tenant organizing. Key Takeaways: • Real estate developers weaponize art and culture to facilitate gentrification• Artwashing represents profitable neoliberal urbanism that displaces communities• Artists face pressure to choose between co-optation and solidarity with housing justice• Artist-led resistance movements collaborating with housing activists offer alternatives• Cultural production can serve either capital accumulation or community empowerment Keywords: Artwashing, Berlin, gentrification, real estate, resistance, urban geography. Source: Artists and urban artwashing in 2020s Berlin: co-optation, gentrification, and resistance, Claudia Seldin The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Feminist Plazas: Co-Creating Gender-Just Public Squares Season 2 Episode: 11. Provides models of feminist urban co-creation in Montreal and Montevideo, demonstrating how grassroots movements can transform public space through horizontal partnerships with municipalities. Summary: Examines how feminist movements influenced urban planning to create gender-sensitive squares like Plaza las Pioneras.Connection: Implements horizontal governance where racialized and working-class women have decision-making power through feminist mapping and co-design workshops. Key Takeaways: • Feminist urbanism requires securing the right to the gendered city• Social reproduction and safety must be prioritized over male-centered design• Horizontal partnerships between governments and feminist collectives enable transformative change• Visual storytelling and participatory methods preserve marginalized cultural knowledge• Collective sensemaking allows communities to resist external erasure of their narratives• Traditional knowledge systems maintained through craft and art require protection Keywords: Visual storytelling, heritage mapping, weaving, participatory research, traditional knowledge. Keywords: Feminist urbanism, public space, Montreal, Montevideo, gender equality, self-management. Source: The creation of feminist urban public squares: The cases of Montreal and Montevideo, Charmain Levy and Sylvie Paré Source: Visual Participatory Storytelling: An Art-Based Creative Mapping of Everyday Weaving Storylines, Meanings and Heritage, Muzeyi Yelyen and Godfred Amankwaa The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Care Blocks: Building Solidarity Through Public Care Infrastructure Season 2 Episode:. Demonstrates how care infrastructure creates unexpected social networks, guiding our vision of parks as sites where care is collectivized and caregivers find mutual support. Summary: Highlights Bogotá's "Care Blocks" and how public services foster support networks among women caregivers, challenging the privatization of labor.Connection: Features community kitchens, childcare areas, and tool libraries to transform care from an isolated domestic labor into a collective, visible practice. Key Takeaways: • Care infrastructure builds social capital and transforms domestic isolation into collective solidarity• Institutional support catalyzes recognition of care as valuable labor• Public spaces function as essential "third places" providing social connection and wellbeing• Pandemic exposed significant spatial inequalities in access to caring infrastructures• Mundane social interactions in public spaces serve as essential scaffolds for community life• Care infrastructure creates unanticipated social networks among caregivers Keywords: Care infrastructure, public space, pandemic, third places, Sydney, storying. Keywords: Care Blocks, Bogotá, SIDICU, care infrastructure, social capital, unremunerated care. Source: Care networks as unanticipated gains of local public policy, María José Álvarez-Rivadulla, Sebastián Orlando Espejo Fandiño, Friederike Fleischer, et al. Source: Public spaces as infrastructures of care: mundane doings of/in ordinary places, Miriam Williams, Justine Lloyd, Harriet Narwal, et al. The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Green Pathways: Children's Right to Nature in Urban Design Season 2 Episode:9. June 23, 2026 Centers children's environmental rights and development needs, informing our design of safe, green routes and biodiverse spaces accessible to all children regardless of neighborhood wealth. Summary: Reveals inequalities in children's access to nature based on neighborhood wealth and advocates for "green walkability" metrics.Connection: Prioritizes safe, green pathways for school commutes and integrates nature into play areas, supporting both children's health and mothers' mobility. Key Takeaways: • Children's nature exposure is determined by neighborhood layout and infrastructure• Planning must prioritize "green-walkable" school routes for healthy development• Urban nature is an essential service that must be accessible within 15 minutes• Socio-environmental inequalities are embedded in children's commute paths• Biodiversity access should be a key metric for child-friendly urban planning• Green walkability is a vital measure of urban social justice Keywords: Greenery exposure, school commute, children, walkability, urban heterogeneity. Keywords: 15-minute city, urban nature, biodiversity, children, environmental health. Source: Resetting the clock by integrating urban nature and its biodiversity into the 15-minute city concept, Mojtaba Khanian et al.Keywords: School commute, environmental inequality, greenery, children, GIS. Source: Exposure to greenery during children’s home–school walks: Socio-economic inequalities in alternative routes by Mojtaba Khanian et al. Source: Urban heterogeneity of the trade-offs between exposure to greenery and walking distance in children’s routes by Mojtaba Khanian et al. The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Gardens of Belonging: How Green Spaces Heal Loneliness Season 2 Episode:8. June 16, 2026 Demonstrates green spaces as vital social infrastructure combating isolation, guiding our design of parks that foster connection and collective belonging. Summary: Establishes that parks serve as vital sites for social support and belonging, especially for marginalized communities facing discrimination elsewhere.Connection: Combats isolation (especially for migrant and elderly women) through seating circles, communal tables, and shared programming like language exchanges. Key Takeaways: • Green spaces function as catalysts for social cohesion and public health• Nature access significantly mitigates loneliness in diverse communities• Environmental equity is inseparable from social well-being• Green spaces are landscapes of belonging where community ties form• Parks must be designed to facilitate social interaction, not just provide greenery Keywords: Social cohesion, urban green space, public health, environmental equity, loneliness. Source: The Dynamic Relationship between Social Cohesion and Urban Green Space in Diverse Communities, Viniece Jennings et al. The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Green Gentrification: When Parks Become Weapons of Displacement Season 2 Episode:7. June 09, 2026 Exposes how green infrastructure can deepen environmental racism, driving our anti-displacement commitments and solidarity with racialized communities facing green gentrification. Summary: Examines how environmental improvements can accelerate the displacement of low-income and racialized residents (green gentrification).Connection: Partners with tenant unions and supports community land trusts to ensure environmental improvements do not displace the people who need them most. Key Takeaways: • Green infrastructure projects can exacerbate environmental racism and displacement• Green gentrification represents a form of neocolonial dispossession• Environmental justice requires housing protection alongside greening interventions• Community-led planning is essential to prevent green development from harming residents• Racialized communities bear disproportionate burdens of both pollution and green gentrification Keywords: Green gentrification, racial inequity, environmental justice, Barcelona. Source: Racial inequity in green infrastructure and gentrification: Challenging Compounded Environmental Racisms in the Green City, Alex Laszewicki et al. The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Degrowth Gardens: From Neoliberal Greening to Urban Commons Season 2 Episode:6. June 02, 2026 Critiques growth-oriented urban greening, informing our degrowth framework that prioritizes access equity and ecological regeneration over property values and consumption. Summary: Exposes how neoliberal greening serves capital accumulation; proposes that nature should be stewarded collectively as a commons. Connection: Rejects neoliberal greening by asserting green space is a right, governed participatorily by users rather than city planners seeking "competitiveness." Key Takeaways: • Neoliberal urban greening treats nature as a growth driver and status symbol • A degrowth framework prioritizes the right to the city over status consumption • Equitable green space access requires challenging capitalist development models • Simple behavioral nudges can promote pro-environmental practices • Social-ecological transformation demands systemic alternatives to growth-based planning Keywords: Degrowth, urban greening, neoliberalism, social-ecological transformation. Keywords: Pro-environmental behavior, reminders, recycling, Peru, behavioral economics. Source: Can reminders promote regular pro-environmental behavior? Experimental evidence from Peru by Hanna Fuhrmann-Riebel et al. Source: From neoliberal urban green space production and consumption to urban greening as part of a degrowth agenda, J. Kronenberg The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Cooling the City: Thermal Justice as Mental Health Equity Season 2 Episode: 5. May 26, 2026. Establishes thermal wellbeing as a mental health and climate justice issue, guiding our design of cooling infrastructure that protects the most vulnerable from extreme heat. Summary: Reframes urban heat as an intersectional crisis and warns that green infrastructure can trigger displacement (gentrification). Connection: Features native tree canopies, water features, and misting stations while advocating for tenant protections to prevent climate gentrification. Key Takeaways: • Extreme urban heat is a mental health hazard, not merely physical discomfort • Thermal comfort is fundamentally a matter of environmental justice • Climate adaptation without housing protection leads to climate gentrification • Vulnerable populations face compounded risks from heat and displacement • Inclusive cooling design is necessary for mental health resilience in warming cities • Participatory vulnerability assessments are essential for equitable climate adaptation Keywords: Urban design, mental health, microclimates, thermal wellbeing, urban heat. Keywords: Climate gentrification, urban heat, vulnerability index, Barcelona. Source: Co-Mapping Vulnerability to Climate Gentrification in the Context of Urban Heat: A Participatory Index, Amalia Calderón-Argelich et al. Source: Cityscapes, Climate, and Mental Health: Designing Cities for Thermal Wellbeing, Peter J. Crank and Paul Coseo The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Beyond the Automobile: Reclaiming Streets for Well-Being Season 2 Episode: 4. May 19, 2026. Demonstrates how car-dependent urban design harms mental health and social connection, reinforcing our vision of car-free, pedestrian-centered green spaces. Summary: Challenges the assumption that car access improves well-being, showing that walkable, transit-rich neighborhoods report higher life satisfaction. Connection: Prioritizes pedestrian pathways and social infrastructure over cars, recognizing that car-centric design harms those who cannot or choose not to drive. Key Takeaways: • Car ownership negatively impacts subjective well-being, health, and social connection • Car-free urban transitions significantly improve mental health outcomes • People-centered transport planning enhances quality of life across multiple life domains • Automobile dependence creates social isolation and reduces community ties • Urban planning must prioritize pedestrian and cyclist needs over car infrastructure Keywords: Transport policy, quality of life, car ownership, well-being. Source: Transport and Quality of Life: The Car and Its Link to Subjective Well-Being, Health, and Life Domains, Kostas Mouratidis The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

On Consent! Breaking the Chains: Dismantling Patriarchal Submission from Within Season 2 Episode:3. May 05, 2026. Exposes how patriarchal spaces enforce submission through limited choices, informing our design of parks that expand women's agency, autonomy, and freedom of movement. Summary: Based on Simone de Beauvoir’s framework, Manon Garcia critiques how society socializes women into submission by restricting meaningful choices.Connection: Challenges spatial submission by providing safe, well-lit spaces, menstrual-friendly facilities, and queer-affirming areas to create conditions for autonomy. Key Takeaways: • Submission is not innate but a socially enforced situation created through constrained choices • Women's submission is a rational adaptation to oppressive structural conditions • Consent must be continuous and relational, not merely a legal threshold • Dismantling submission requires addressing structural objectification and expanding meaningful options • True sexual liberation requires intersubjective recognition over adversarial models of sex Sources: Sexual consent, ethics, autonomy, erotic conversation, gender power. The Joy of Consent: A Philosophy of Good Sex, Manon GarciaSubmission, patriarchy, existentialism, Simone de Beauvoir, objectification. We Are Not Born Submissive: How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives, Manon Garcia Submission, patriarchy, existentialism, gender sociology. Critical Review/Companion Analysis of "We Are Not Born Submissive" The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.

Menstrual Justice in the City: Reclaiming Public Space for All Bodies Season 2 Episode: 2. May 12, 2026. Exposes the menstrual exclusion built into urban infrastructure, driving our commitment to menstrual-friendly facilities as non-negotiable elements of gender-just public space. Summary: Establishes Critical Menstruation Studies as a lens for urban inequality, revealing how cities are designed for bodies that do not menstruate. Connection: Designs parks with comprehensive menstrual-friendly facilities, including private toilets, free products, and rest areas, treating menstruation as an environmental justice concern. Key Takeaways: • Menstrual health requires understanding subjective embodiment beyond product distribution • Urban sanitation infrastructure is fundamentally gender-inequitable• Lack of menstrual-friendly public toilets is a form of urban neglect and environmental injustice • Menstruation is a site of both oppression and resistance requiring intersectional approaches • Menstrual (im)mobility restricts women's access to public space and urban opportunities • Public spaces are often experienced as exclusionary by menstruating peoplePhenomenology, menstruation, public health, body in situation. Source:A contemporary phenomenology of menstruation: Understanding the body in situation and as situation, Lindsay Kelland, et al. Source: A contemporary phenomenology of menstruation: Understanding the body in situation and as situation, Lindsay Kelland, et al. Source: Exploring the availability and accessibility of menstrual friendly public toilets (MFPTs) in urban spaces: A global multi-city audit study, Angela-Maithy Nguyen et al. Source: When the basic seems like a luxury: Menstrual friendly public toilets in six cities by Sarah C. Blake et al. Source: The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies, Chris Bobel, Inga T. Winkler, Breanne Fahs, et al. Source: Menstrual (Im)Mobilities and Safe Spaces, Anupriya Tuli, Shaan Chopra, Pushpendra Singh, and Neha Kumar Source: Delving into menstrual experiences of women in the public space through mobile diaries, Pelin Efilti Source: Experiences of menstrual inequity and menstrual health among women and people who menstruate in the Barcelona area (Spain), Anna Sofie Holst et al. The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.