What effect will social isolation and physical distancing have on already marginalized communities during the COVID-19 pandemic?
loneliness
Joe, Leslie, and Corey Fields (Georgetown University) discuss R. Kelly and reports that journal submissions are way up. Also, an interview with Jay Livingston of Montclair State about reports of a loneliness epidemic
Joe sits down with Jay Livingston (Montclair State) to discuss reports of a loneliness epidemic, and how sociologists wage a never-ending battle against appealing but empirically unsupported media stories. Jay is the author of Montclair SocioBlog, one of the longest-running blogs in the discipline.
Joe, Leslie, Gabriel, and Jooyoung Lee (University of Toronto) discuss a proposed sex doll brothel in Toronto, humanity’s continuing struggle against machines, and both sex and alienation in modernity.
Joe, Leslie, Gabriel, and Jooyoung Lee (University of Toronto) discuss a recent exchange between Eric Klinenberg and Bradford Wilcox about being single and being well.