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To those of us who have been consistently critical of leisure, we have mapped our critique of leisure onto discussions of leisure as a concept, as a tool, or as a social construct in society that has had serious implications on the gendered, the racialized, and the classed as disposable. Leisure is a life-politic that hides: dominant lifestyles, harmful environmental engagement, and political regimes. But in the midst of pandemic, there are two enemies, at the mirco- and macro-level to the life of a person via leisure that are becoming exposed at this time: 1) Person to Person;and, 2) The State to Person. With the coronavirus pandemic, it reveals a need to depart from a happiness and titillation orientation of leisure, and more a collective life-giving requisite in our research, instruction, and advocacy. For with COVID-19, leisure (as it is predominantly conceived) is the enemy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Harmon I'm left to wonder what will remain from the pandemic after the virus is either eradicated from our lives or simply becomes a normal part of it, easily controlled by an annual inoculation. Social distancing signs at Calvin Klein shop, Harbour Town Shopping Centre, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. And we are now standing even more for capitalism than for the release of doses of the vaccination of everyone through airline companies, against the injustice of state violence especially in the public space, and for ourselves as one crucial part of organized public health. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Leisure Sciences is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)