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Memoirs Of A Bathroom Stall: The Women’S Lavatory As Crying Room, Confessional, And Sanctuary, Melissa R. Ames

Melissa A. Ames

This article studies literary works that feature gender performance scenes that take place in women's restrooms. The ways in which female characters in Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, J.D. Salinger's Franny & Zooey, and Clare Luce Boothe's The Women utilize the private space of the women's bathroom.