Getting our heads around the manosphere: two health professionals react

About this episode

Owen and guest Jeremy discuss the impact of social media on mental health and the importance of collaboration in building friendships.

Thank you to everyone who tuned into our live video! Join Jeremy the therapist and I for our next live video in the app. As a brief aside, I have found that social media, when actually used to be Social, used to be a wonderful tool. I met Jeremy on Clubhouse, and we've never actually gotten to spend time together in person. I do think the synchronous communication allowed by Clubhouse, and by Substack Live, and others, in which you actually get to have a conversation, is as good as a phone call. My relationship with Jeremy has been fruitful, help change the way I think, and has led to a lot of great collaborations. I could say similar things about a number of other people, such as my friend and collaborator Burton Tabaac—we met on Twitter spaces, talking about NFTs, and have gone on write almost a dozen scientific papers together. I think the trick to being social is to actually be social. And one of the best ways to genuinely socialize is to work on something together. This newsletter is one example of a giant excuse to be social and connect with other people. I'm a writer, and I get to collaborate with other writers. I get to create something out of thin air with colleagues…

People in this episode

Host: Owen Scott Muir, M.D.

Guest: Jeremy

Topics covered

• manosphere
• social media
• mental health
• collaboration
• friendship
• communication

Keywords

• manosphere
• social media
• mental health
• collaboration
• friendship
• communication
• therapist
• live video

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Clubhouse, Substack Live, Twitter