5. Gentrification is about Class
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From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies
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Chapter 5 focuses on the sexual politics and gendered elements of gentrification. Topics discussed include housing precarity, sexual harassment and violence from landlords, women with children being most often evicted, the gendered and racialized wage gap, the corporatization and gentrification of the Church Street Gay Village in Toronto, the gentrification of “gaybourhoods”, racial capitalism and exploitation of minorities, and the effects of race, ability, and gender on gentrification.
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Leslie Kern
Leslie Kern is the author of two books on gender and cities, including Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World. She holds a PhD in women’s studies from York University. Currently, Leslie is an associate professor of geography and environment and women’s and gender studies at Mount Allison University. Her research has earned a Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award, a National Housing Studies Achievement Award, and several national multi-year grants. Leslie is also an academic career coach, where she helps academics find meaning and joy in their work. Originally from Toronto, Leslie now resides with her partner and two cats in Mi’kma’ki, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.
