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Meet the bathroom influencer: How a woman turned a distressing hunt for a public restroom into a city crusade
Bathroom influencer Teddy Siegel shares how she created an online community after a distressing inc…
Andrew Lloyd
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This Belle Époque public restroom in Paris has been restored to its former glory, but costs about $2 to use
The Lavatory de la Madeleine is more than a century old and features varnished mahogany, stained-gl…
Stephanie Stacey
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Newark Liberty International Airport is in the running to win America's best public restroom
The annual contest sponsored by Cintas first started in 2002, and winners receive a $2,500 facility…
Jordan Hart
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A San Francisco neighborhood threw a mini-festival to celebrate a public toilet that cost $200,000 instead of $1.7 million
To celebrate the new loo and its discounted price tag, residents held a small festival with a live …
Matthew Loh
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People are scrambling to buy these $10 disposable urinal bag packs on Amazon that you can pee into to avoid public restrooms during the pandemic
Search for TravelJohn's urinal bags on Amazon increased five times between May 2 and June 6, and sa…
Katie Canales
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Public schools and colleges in California must stock restrooms with free menstrual products under new law
The law requires schools to provide free menstrual products in all women's restrooms, in all-gender…
Connor Perrett
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My kids' teachers limit bathroom breaks. Turns out, these restrictive restroom-use policies are everywhere.
After their first day of school, both my kids told me they had teachers who were limiting bathroom …
Jill Robbins
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A woman being held captive since May was rescued after leaving notes asking for help in public restrooms
The victim told officials she had been held since May 1, and her captor said he would kill her and …
Erin Snodgrass
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A 25-year-old woman has become famous online for reviewing luxurious public bathrooms for all the 'poop-shy' and 'IBS gals and guys'
From Soho House and Chateau Marmont to Dior and Erewhon, Abbey Whalen has reviewed ritzy bathrooms …
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Bengals, Jaguars players report in new survey that wives nursed babies on public bathroom floors because their stadiums lack private area for families
The NFLPA survey released this week has made public the issues players across the league have with …
Tyler Lauletta
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Your phone has 18 times more bacteria than a public restroom - this clever device sanitizes it for you
PhoneSoap has a simple but effective design. It looks like a small, rectangular box - making it the…
Remi Rosmarin
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Starbucks is allowing Philadelphia employees to close bathrooms, after opening them to the public following controversial 2018 arrests of two Black men
The shift comes days after the company announced it will close 16 stores across the country that ha…
Bethany Biron
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Truckers say the way they're treated by their employers and the general public is causing drivers to leave the industry
"You're treated as a lower class citizen," Michigan-based former trucker Brian Pape said. "It's alm…
Grace Dean
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The pandemic is transforming how Americans use public libraries, parks, and streets — and it's depriving vulnerable people of space when they need it most
Access to public space has long been fraught. In the aftermath of the pandemic, these divisions may…
Sophie Haigney
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The man I was dating publicly shamed my sex preferences after we broke up. I learned to stand up for what I want.
The author's ex wrote a column about their relationship. She learned not to be afraid to ask for wh…
T. Clarkson
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Amazon apologized for a snarky tweet and acknowledged its delivery drivers do pee in bottles
Amazon said their tweet claiming their workers don't pee in bottles was incorrect, adding it "was a…
Kelsey Vlamis
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SDMC to make restrooms in South Delhi hotels and restaurants open to all
The hotels and restaurants are allowed to charge upto Rs 5 per usage, so that their maintenance and…
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American Medical Association recommends removing sex markers from public portions of birth certificates
Because birth certificates have been used to discriminate against marginalized communities, the ass…
Morgan Keith
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Old ice vaults on the riverfront in Prague have been converted into spaces for bars and galleries
As part of a riverfront revitalization project, 20 old vaults are now home to modern clubs, restaur…
Monica Humphries
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The biggest barrier to electric cars isn't tech - it's making public chargers feel safer and more accessible
Public car charging isn't up to snuff. But companies like Chargepoint, Electrify America, and Blink…