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The Feminist Park Podcast: Designing for Liberation!

The Feminist Park Podcast

Welcome to The Feminist Park Podcast! I"m Kwame, and this is Leilani. We"re launching a groundbreaking show from The Feminist Park Project revolutionizing access to academic research. We"ll dissect scientific papers on environmental justice, feminism, intersectionality, and anti-colonialism, making complex topics understandable. This podcast is also an AI-generated exploration into how AI can serve social good and academia, addressing how green spaces are often gendered (Find us: Amazon Music |

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00:33:01

“¡Abre la puerta, Maricarmen!”: Who Gets to Live in...

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2026/10/07

“¡Abre la puerta, Maricarmen!”: Who Gets to Live in Madrid? & Leslie Kerns Anti-Gentrification BookREST IN POWER MARICARMEN! 🕊️ (1938 - October 7, 2026)What happens when a home becomes more valuable than the person who has lived there for 71 years?In this episode, we examine the eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen “Maricarmen” Abascal from her Madrid home after repeated attempts to remove her. On 23 September 2026, police finally entered the apartment she had rented since 1956. Her story

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00:37:07

Generations Together: Integrating Age-Friendly and...

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2026/10/06

Generations Together: Integrating Age-Friendly and Child-Friendly DesignSeason 2 Episode:24. October 06, 2026Demonstrates potential for intergenerational park design that serves children and elders simultaneously, maximizing inclusivity while building cross-generational solidarity.Summary: Challenges the assumption that age groups need separate facilities, identifying design elements that serve both children and elders.Connection: Designs play areas with seating for elder supervision, supporting

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00:50:52

Feeding the City: Feminist Care Ethics in Urban Food...

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2026/09/29

Feeding the City: Feminist Care Ethics in Urban Food SystemsSeason 2 Episode:23. September 29, 2026Exposes gender inequality in urban food systems, informing our integration of community gardens and food justice programming that redistributes care labor and democratizes food access.Summary: Reveals a "care gap" where women perform the labor of feeding cities but are excluded from food policy decision-making.Connection: Uses community gardens and shared harvests to redistribute care labor,

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00:50:16

From Parking Lots to Parks: The Mortality Benefits of...

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2026/09/22

From Parking Lots to Parks: The Mortality Benefits of Green CitiesSeason 2 Episode: 22. Quantifies mortality benefits of converting car infrastructure to green space, providing evidence-based justification for car-free, green-centered urban design.Summary: Quantifies the life-saving potential of converting parking and roads to green space (improved air quality, reduced heat).Connection: Prioritizes greening in communities facing the highest health burdens and advocates for converting parking space

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00:41:02

Urban Commons as Citizenship: Participation and...

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2026/09/15

Urban Commons as Citizenship: Participation and Belonging in BolognaSeason 2 Episode:21. September 15, 2026Models 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

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00:42:56

Intersectional Resilience: Justice at the Interface...

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2026/09/08

Intersectional Resilience: Justice at the Interface of Health SystemsSeason 2 Episode:20. September 08, 2026Applies 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

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00:44:20

Inclusive Governance: Sharing Power in Green Space...

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2026/08/31

Inclusive Governance: Sharing Power in Green Space ManagementSeason 2 Episode:19. September 01, 2026Establishes 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

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00:49:39

Street Tree Stewards: Citizens Cultivating Urban...

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2026/08/25

Street Tree Stewards: Citizens Cultivating Urban BiodiversitySeason 2 Episode:18. August 25, 2026Demonstrates 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

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00:37:52

The Feminine Gaze: Integrating Care into Territorial...

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2026/08/18

The Feminine Gaze: Integrating Care into Territorial DesignSeason 2 Episode:17. August 18, 2026Establishes 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

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00:42:16

Can We Live With Men? Ethics After Patriarchal Violence

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2026/08/11

Can We Live With Men? Ethics After Patriarchal ViolenceSeason 2 Episode:16. August 11, 2026Grapples 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

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00:56:37

Feminist Commons: Care, Autonomy, and Radical...

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2026/08/04

Feminist Commons: Care, Autonomy, and Radical AlternativesSeason 2 Episode:15. August 04, 2026Provides 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,

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00:42:14

Berlin CSD Attack🏳️‍🌈: The Psychology of...

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2026/07/28

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

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00:33:44

Bad Bunny and The Feminist Park: Trojan Horse of...

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2026/07/20

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

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00:47:49

Against Artwashing: Artists in Solidarity with...

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2026/07/14

Against Artwashing: Artists in Solidarity with Housing JusticeSeason 2 Episode:12. July 14, 2026Exposes 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

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00:37:19

Feminist Plazas: Co-Creating Gender-Just Public Squares

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2026/07/07

Feminist Plazas: Co-Creating Gender-Just Public SquaresSeason 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

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00:40:52

Care Blocks: Building Solidarity Through Public Care...

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2026/06/30

Care Blocks: Building Solidarity Through Public Care InfrastructureSeason 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

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00:41:42

Green Pathways: Children's Right to Nature in Urban...

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2026/06/23

Green Pathways: Children's Right to Nature in Urban DesignSeason 2 Episode:9. June 23, 2026Centers 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

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00:44:34

Gardens of Belonging: How Green Spaces Heal Loneliness

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2026/06/16

Gardens of Belonging: How Green Spaces Heal LonelinessSeason 2 Episode:8. June 16, 2026Demonstrates 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,

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00:39:08

Green Gentrification: When Parks Become Weapons of...

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2026/06/09

Green Gentrification: When Parks Become Weapons of DisplacementSeason 2 Episode:7. June 09, 2026Exposes 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

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00:40:10

Degrowth Gardens: From Neoliberal Greening to Urban...

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2026/06/02

Degrowth Gardens: From Neoliberal Greening to Urban CommonsSeason 2 Episode:6. June 02, 2026Critiques 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

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