ABSTRACT
During the 1970s, feminists challenged the male dominance of many professions. Urban planning and architecture are perhaps where feminist critiques still hold the most promise for transforming our everyday lives. Dolores Hayden’s visionary essay, ‘The non-sexist city,’ published in the feminist journal Signs in 1980, encapsulated this critique and asked its readers to rethink patterns of living and working beyond patriarchy. This essay revisits Hayden’s vision and asks to what extent have cities made progress towards equality? What factors limit our urban imaginaries of environmental and social justice? And what possibilities emerge in recent urban interventions from an intersectional perspective?
