Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

As someone who knew very little about gentrification going into this book (beyond a vague sense that it was a bad thing!), I really appreciated how clearly the writer laid out her arguments. I also liked the focus on the often unseen ways gentrification affects specific communities, like women, elde......more

i do agree with a lot of folks on here asking who this is for. because i'm not sure. the whole point of this book is that it writes against myths and lies told about gentrification: that it's inevitable or only about class or only about money or only about displacement. and sure -- these things are......more

I received an advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review I read this book on a Friday afternoon, at the end of a week when I started taking hot-girl walks on my lunch hour through Brownstone Brooklyn, and had been counting and ratioing “colonizer” vs “Old Brooklyn” sightings. Ratio not l......more

Una anàlisi molt completa i aclaridor de les diferents maneres com opera la gentrificació i els principals afectats d'aquest (no tan) nou model de fer ciutat. Molt important i necessari per entendre no només la seva dependència del racisme, colonialisme i rols de gènere, sinó per imaginar eines de ll......more

leuke intersectionele aanpak, en ook interessante dingen over macht, maar ik bleef toch een beetje op mijn honger zitten. ik heb uiteindelijk niet echt een antwoord gekregen op de vraag of gentrificatie onvermijdelijk is. Kern beweert van wel, maar alle voorbeelden die ze geeft vermijden gewoon elke......more