• Each restroom protects against disease, stigma, and unsafe alternatives.

  • Hygiene infrastructure is as vital as helmets, seatbelts, or vaccines.

  • Restrooms aren’t private perks; they’re collective protection.

  • Renovation = strengthening the shield against outbreaks.

  • Broken restrooms = broken defenses.

 

The Restroom Renewal Manifesto
Bruce Bonnett

We declare: Restrooms Are Armor.

Not porcelain, not plumbing, not an afterthought. They are shields forged for everyday life. Shields against disease, against indignity, against the silence that tells us to “hold it” instead of demanding better.

Every stall is a fortress of resilience. Every faucet is a frontline tool. Every lock, every vent, every flush — armor pieces that protect families, workers, students, and strangers alike.

Neglect is exposure. Broken doors, empty dispensers, and locked facilities strip away our defenses. They leave us vulnerable to pathogens, stigma, and unsafe alternatives. When restrooms fail, communities fall.

We refuse to treat public restrooms as taboo. We name them, we claim them, we demand them. Because dignity is not optional. Hygiene is not a luxury. Access is not charity.

We call on citizens, not just policymakers, to stand with us. To see restrooms not as cursed spaces, but as civic armor — infrastructure as vital as roads, bridges, and hospitals.

This is not plumbing. This is public health. This is resilience. This is justice.

Flush the neglect. Fortify the armor. Sign the petition. Stand for dignity.

 

Flush the Neglect, Fortify the Armor
BruceBB

[Intro] Yeah, yeah… RestroomRenewal on the mic, Armor up, dignity tight… Listen.

[Verse 1] They call it taboo, they don’t wanna confess, but every public restroom’s a frontline test—porcelain shields where the germs get checked. If we don’t maintain, we expose, we neglect.

Families, workers, students in halls, Armor breaks down when the faucet stalls. Locked doors, broken sinks, dignity denied, but resilience is forged when the armor’s supplied.

[Hook] Flush the neglect, fortify the armor, stand for the people, make the movement larger. Every stall’s a shield, every faucet’s a fight, Public health’s the armor — protect that right.

[Verse 2] This ain’t plumbing, nah, this is defense, Against outbreaks, pathogens, consequence. From San Diego streets to Beira’s blocks, Resilience is built when the restroom unlocks.

Science and stories, punchlines and proof, we spit hygiene truth from the podcast booth. Dignity’s not luxury, it’s everyday gear, Armor for the people, make the message clear.

[Hook] Flush the neglect, fortify the armor, stand for the people, make the movement larger. Every stall’s a shield, every faucet’s a fight, Public health’s the armor — protect that right.

[Bridge] Yo, the Big One’s coming, don’t act surprised, Resilience is armor, open your eyes. Petition in hand, signatures rise, We fortify the shield, no compromise.

[Verse 3] From the commons to schools, from the streets to the mall, Restrooms are armor, protection for all. We break the silence, we flip the script, Dignity’s the beat, and the truth is equipped.

So laugh if you want, but the message is raw, Armor ain’t abstract, it’s a civic law. Flush the neglect, let the movement ignite, Restrooms are armor — defend that right.

[Outro / Chant] Flush it! Fortify! Flush it! Fortify! Restrooms are armor — testify! Flush the neglect, fortify the armor…