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9. Change the Story, Change the Ending

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From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

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Chapter 9 as the final chapter shares a set of principles and practices that you can take as starting points for reflection and action to offer a glimmer of hope that we can change the story of gentrification’s inevitability. Topics discussed include the intersectionality of anti-gentrification politics, housing as care infrastructure, stopping the neoliberalization of city politics, reparations in addressing gentrification, environmental racism, police abolition as part of the fight against gentrification, Land Back movements, the impact of Covid-19 on gentrification, and responsibility in the fight against 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.