The discomfort of safety

Thompson, Marie (2017) The discomfort of safety. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space . ISSN 0263-7758

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Abstract

To perpetually inhabit an uncomfortable world is draining. While liberal critics will continue to chastise safe(r) spaces for the limits they place on unfettered freedoms of expression, it is clear that—in a political climate in which the safety of already marginalized people is further diminished—spaces of respite and resistance are needed now more than ever.

Keywords:space, feminism, Racism, activism
Subjects:L Social studies > L216 Feminism
L Social studies > L726 Cultural Geography
L Social studies > L320 Gender studies
Divisions:College of Arts > Lincoln School of Film & Media > Lincoln School of Film & Media (Media)
ID Code:26426
Deposited On:09 Mar 2017 16:55

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