We Just Can’t Stop Reading About Bathrooms
November 30, 2010
Salon’s interview with Harvey Molotch is totally fascinating. Why is the study of public toilets so important? It involves an arena of life that affects a large number of people… READ MORE
Month: November 2010
How to Fight Like a Girl
November 29, 2010
Feminists for Choice posted an illuminating interview with Megan Seely, author of Fight Like a Girl: How to be a Fearless Feminist 2. Why do you think many younger women… READ MORE
Toilet is one of the Top Ten Urban Planning Books of 2010
November 23, 2010
According to Planetizen: The attention-getting title of this tome belies the depth of the discussion within on a topic of concern to anyone interested in public space. It consists of… READ MORE
Health is not an Absolute
November 22, 2010
Jonathan M. Metzl and Anna Kirkland, editors of Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality, pen an op-ed for the New Scientist. WHY would anyone in their right mind… READ MORE
Towards Transgender Toilets
November 19, 2010
Today on Scribd, read a free essay from the book Toilet: Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharing, edited by Harvey Molotch and Laura Noren. A brief excerpt of the… READ MORE
More Measuring of America – Panel Discussion on Wednesday!
November 16, 2010
There’s lots going on to celebrate the publication of The Measure of America, 2010-2011: Mapping Risks and Resilience by Kristen Lewis and Sarah Burd-Sharps. Kristin Lewis was on the Brian… READ MORE
Everyone in West Virginia Should Move to CT (And Other Surprising Facts)
November 12, 2010
If you’ve already read The Measure of America, 2010-2011: Mapping Risks and Resilience by Kristen Lewis and Sarah Burd-Sharps, then you may know where the best and worst developed places… READ MORE
The Lost Home of Harlem Jazz
November 10, 2010
David Freeland, author of Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan’s Lost Places of Leisure, takes Channel 13 on a tour of 133rd st. in Harlem, a quiet residential street… READ MORE