"This, to me, is the heart of decolonizing leisure: reclaiming the commons not as functional or transactional spaces, but as places of shared joy, rest, and presence. The right to loiter is not only about individual freedom; it is about a collective imagination of equality."

#WhyLoiter in interview

" In their framing, the quest for pleasure strengthens the struggle against violence and extends beyond women, toward an “undifferentiated right to public space” for all marginalized groups."

#WhyLoiter in this interview. See thread.

"To loiter is to imagine safety not just as the absence of violence, but as the freedom to seek pleasure, to linger, to belong."

#WhyLoiter in this interview. See thread.

"For Indian women, they argued, the right to loiter is the right to simply exist in public without purpose or apology. It is about claiming joy in a city that too often frames women’s presence only in terms of work, consumption, or danger."

#WhyLoiter in this interview.

Wellbeing and care, a view from India A conversation with Neha Saigal

"In the city of Bombay, India three women, Shilpa Phadke, Shilpa Ranade, and Sameera Khan took this question seriously. Their research, captured in the book Why Loiter?, turned a seemingly trivial act into a radical proposition."

#WhyLoiter in this interview.

Three of us are most excited to put out this call for submissions for an edited volume on loitering across the globe!

Loitering! Women and Pleasure on Global Streets

Details: forms.gle/RmCap2qP5B3h...

#WhyLoiter
#NewBook
#WomenAndPublicSpace
#GenderAndSpace
#UrbanStreets #DigitalSpaces

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Don’t just stare. Loiter!
Resist the neo-liberal patriarchy!!
#WhyLoiter
#StandnStare
#Stare

Loitering is about taking the time to stand and stare! Or just stand around and not stare. Loitering is just doing nothing. And doing it nowhere in particular.
Loitering is the opposite of a 90 hour week!
Resist the neo-liberal patriarchy.
Loiter!
#WhyLoiter
#Stare

A ground of her own: How a retired policewoman built a playground for women in Kerala Every morning and evening in Madakkara, the sound of football kicks and cycle bells reverberate alongside laughter, as groups of women and girls from the neighb

A space to play:
"...the uniqueness of Vinaya’s women-only playground lies not only in its assertion that women have the right to safe public spaces, but that women have the right to leisure, more specifically, playful leisure." - Amritha Mohan

thenewsminute.com/kerala/a-gro...

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Just your friendly daily reminder that @annebaileymedia is awesome. #WhyLoiter #HerRights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=5&v=ZIh2vMXnqjg

Incredible story @RhituC in Mumbai on audacious women who just want to hang out in public. pri.org/stories/2015-09-17/whylo... #WhyLoiter #HerRights