The Politics of Women’s Safety (with Dr. Sneha Annavarapu) – Part 2

Host: Sneha Visakha
Edited by: Resonance Studio
Intro Music: Wehrmut by Godmode
Outro Music: Opheliea’s Blues by Audionautix
Assisted by: Vyshnavi Moola

TW – references to women’s unsafety in cities, harassment

In Part 2 of the second episode of The Feminist City podcast series, we continue our conversation with Dr. Sneha Annavarapu, Social Sciences Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago about her work on the politics of women’s safety, attitudes to public kissing in Mumbai, gender and class politics in urban India. Some issues we touch upon are: how urban infrastructure and its politics are a deeply feminist issue, the relationship between safety and freedom for women in the city, if the city has space and time for seeking out pleasure or intimacy, and where do the lovers go in the city?

Explore these questions in the Feminist City podcast series, hosted by Sneha Visakha.

You can read more about our guest, Dr. Sneha Annavarapu and her work, here.

For background reading, we recommend perusing the literature provided below.