WOMENS HISTORY MONTH
THE STRUGGLE SHOWS UP IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS: THE HOUSING CRISIS, FEAR, THE RIGHT TO BE ALONE, EXERCISE, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, TOILET DESIGN, GENTRIFICATION, PERSONAL SPACE, ACCESSIBILITY, NEEDING TO “LOOK” BUSY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE, GENTRIFICATION, GENDERED ACTIVIST LABOUR… AND LOADS MORE.
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THE STRUGGLE SHOWS UP IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS: THE HOUSING CRISIS, FEAR, THE RIGHT TO BE ALONE, EXERCISE, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, TOILET DESIGN, GENTRIFICATION, PERSONAL SPACE, ACCESSIBILITY, NEEDING TO “LOOK” BUSY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE, GENTRIFICATION, GENDERED ACTIVIST LABOUR… AND LOADS MORE. 〰️
At Thrivemind Village, (as an urban organisation largely made up of women) we’ve been diving into an exciting new project; FEMINIST CITY, re-imagining Derby through an intersectional feminist lens, questioning how our city could support a culture-shift in the ways we exist here when patriarchy is fossilised into the bricks and mortar that maps day-to-day life.
As part of the International Women’s Day weekend, TMV opened as a Third Space, with craftivist Zine-making, hot/cold drinks & vegan treats, kids space, baby-changing area, breastfeeding friendly everywhere and wheelchair ramps into and throughout the space. The book shop was open with a specially selected feminist section, but anyone could use the space without spending any money - Just be, for free!
Much of what we explored as a group in the lead up to the event, was an imaginative thought experiment; Questioning what we might see, feel and experience in a Feminist City, inspired by the book by Leslie Kern with the same title.
Asking this from our context as city-dwellers, meant that the exploration quickly became immersive and our answers transformed the TMV window display, speaking directly to the City, like truth to power!
So what might you see, how would you feel and what could you experience in a Feminist City?
Film collaboration between Change-maker Kath (words) and Change-maker Liz (voice-over + moving images)
