Loneliness Epidemics

Third Spaces or Not But Also Maybe Zero Sum Bad Solutions Better Every year, when I bring up (or anybody else does) International Women’s Day, some weirdo shows up to inquire about International Men’s Day as if they’ve found some gotcha. And somehow, they never see the punchline of the joke coming, that we celebrate it on November nineteenth, as in this Thursday. Nobody really cares about it, though, because whereas International Women’s Day arose from labor protests, the Suffragists, and cooperation between capitalists and socialists, International Men’s Day arose from men asking “but what about the men” and imagining some stigma for the gender that holds the overwhelming majority of money and influence. For the past couple of years, attention on men has landed on the Male Loneliness Epidemic, with people scrambling to devise some way of getting my fellow men some companionship. And…let’s break this problem down into two huge components, maybe ignoring some smaller pieces to maintain…

Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town