Feminist Dream Labs envisions how we might use our practices of daily care to centre communities and build resilience for crises. In an era of interlocking planetary crises, anxiety and stress spill beyond our collective ability to cope. How can we kindle an imagined future that is better than today? A group of scholars and activists come together to reflect on their own practices and to articulate their dreams of better caring relations. The result is a critical compilation that examines how we enact care in a post-Covid era and contemplates alternatives. Contributors from across North America and Europe analyze caring activities in institutional and community settings, such as the university, the family home, and gathering spaces like cafés. From mutual aid to disability justice movements, from prison abolition to trans health and inclusion, from protecting non-human species to putting dinner on the table, the essential work of those who care is shaping the future of culture and community despite the fatigue and anger of our times. Feminist Dream Labs utilizes a framework of feminist, anti-racist, and Indigenous thought to ask how our everyday caring practices might shape a more inclusive future.
Feminist Dream Labs : Practices for Caring Through Crises