Vineland: Protesters, Public Restrooms, and Cheap Threads

davemarc davemarc at panix.com
Mon Aug 30 10:10:21 CDT 2004


In Vineland, Zipi Pisk grants that Magnin's has a "very nice ladies'
toilet." (196)

I've previously pointed out that, for a resourceful New Yorker like Zipi,
department
stores are often seen as places where one has easy access to bathrooms.

In this week's Village Voice, there's a supplement about "Where to Eat,
Drink, Sleep, Pee, Protest--and Hide Out--During The Republican National
Convention." Inside, a sidebar entitled "Public toilets for when
you're-in-town" (the pun is more obvious in the print edition, which uses
the hyphens) recommends two department store bathrooms: one at Lord &
Taylorone and one at Macy's (just off today's march route).

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0434/raber.php

And here's something about another hot issue in our discussion of Vineland:
protest fashion.

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0434/yaeger2.php

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