• Shock to the cistern: the riotous, revealing world of graffiti in public bathrooms

    Since ancient Rome, public bathroom scrawl – or latrinalia – has proved its power to entertain and enrage as well as highlighting society’s most divisive issues. But can it withstand gentrification?“I’m in love with my friend and I’m not sorry.” “Join a union.” “Dogs should be able to vote.” “ABORTION RIGHTS.” “Don’t trust midwest emo men!” These are all scribbles in the ladies’ toilets of the R

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