Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
This talk traces the emergence of Dr. Orchard‘s sexual and cultural interest in men as partners, figures to learn from, and fascinating literary fodder. Specifically, it unpacks the rhizomic connections about men and masculinity between her previous book about dating apps and what she is discovering about men, dating, and masculinity, as she gathers data for her new book called Vulnerbro. Using surveys, online interviews, and snail mail letters from far flung places like Ottawa and a correctional facility in California, it offers a tender analysis of how men are navigating gender, subjectivity, and who they are in our time of flaming culture wars hell bent on dividing us. Dr. Orchard also discusses the implications of these data as well as the research process more broadly for the public good, which is something she reflects on frequently as a public scholar.
This talk traces the emergence of Dr. Orchard‘s sexual and cultural interest in men as partners, figures to learn from, and fascinating literary fodder. Specifically, it unpacks the rhizomic connections about men and masculinity between her previous book about dating apps and what she is discovering about men, dating, and masculinity, as she gathers data for her new book called Vulnerbro. Using surveys, online interviews, and snail mail letters from far flung places like Ottawa and a correctional facility in California, it offers a tender analysis of how men are navigating gender, subjectivity, and who they are in our time of flaming culture wars hell bent on dividing us. Dr. Orchard also discusses the implications of these data as well as the research process more broadly for the public good, which is something she reflects on frequently as a public scholar.
