Practicing Lacanian psychoanalyst, podcaster, parent, & pro-wrestling fan. I contain multitudes! https://www.speakingbody.com https://www.interludewellness.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3mivylfpzec2lA new episode of the Speaking Body Podcast, about how psychoanalysis shares a similar ethic with science & ethnography. https://open.substack.com/pub/speakingbody/p/psychoanalysis-and-ethnography?r=5gvlvd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true07 Apr 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivylfpzec2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3mi2ed2ijdc23Psychoanalysis rejects the authority that comes from knowing and adopts a position of not knowing. More from this episode at speakingbody.substack.com27 Mar 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2ed2ijdc23https://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3mh6ievs5x22xIn the future, will the people who seriously engage with and make use of RSS look like people who still seriously use CB and HAM radios today? I don’t ask this to disparage the use of RSS! I’m one those serious RSS users. I ask because I’m concerned this useful technology will become less used.16 Mar 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6ievs5x22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3mgteyzrcyk2bhttps://open.substack.com/pub/walkingtheworld/p/modern-life-is-good-actually?selection=dc9a4965-e175-41b0-9256-76085576e90a&r=5gvlvd&utm_medium=ios12 Mar 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgteyzrcyk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3mgks3a4mls2lI’m considering moving Speaking Body .vom from Ghost (Pro) to Substack, because it will save me some money and give me access the the audience. Does anyone who sees this really dislike Substack? If you do, what do you dislike about it?08 Mar 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgks3a4mls2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3mg63kl6th22zThis weekend, I was talking with people about the decline of the paternal metaphor and the pluralization of the Names-of-the-Father as a phenomenon. I'd summarize the effects of this as (1) an increase in personal freedoms at the cost of (2) less anchoring to a shared stable symbolic order.03 Mar 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg63kl6th22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3mfwr67dfts2iThinking about what psychoanalysis might make space for… The fragile decision to act while knowing you are inconsistent. - To write while knowing you are vain. - To love while knowing you will disappoint. - To speak while knowing you will be misread.28 Feb 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwr67dfts2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3mfrtsifkks2uReading the new George Saunders novel Vigil, has me think about something: When people encounter symptoms and symptomatic enactments in others, it can be easy to get frustrated because of the assumption that the symptomatic others “choosing” to act in a sympathetic way…26 Feb 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrtsifkks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3mfcwtcl7cc2cI'm relaunching my podcast under a new Name: Speaking Body. More at speakingbody.substack.com.20 Feb 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcwtcl7cc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3mdstv3oaqh2zSunday morning reading. #Lacan01 Feb 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdstv3oaqh2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3mdstae6s5a2bI'm testing out the Croissant app, to see if it would work for posting/cross-posting to both Bluesky & Mastodon. I like that they offer a one-time payment for lifetime access. 01 Feb 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdstae6s5a2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lqco57xf2s26Desire is what keeps you from “going too far.” Jouissance is what happens when you do. #Lacan #jouissance #desire #psychoanalysis29 May 2025 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqco57xf2s26https://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lqarsi37pc26This is what I’m thinking as I re-read the first two chapters of Lacan’s Seminar VII: The Ethics of Psychoanalysis: The way Lacan uses the term “moral” is tied to what would be socially acceptable or endorsed. This is opposed to ethics which Lacan links to a singular & idiosyncratic desire.28 May 2025 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqarsi37pc26https://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lqa7xnh7c226From @craigmod.com’s Things Become Other things event at Bookends & Beginnings in Evanston yesterday, which was a very fun event.28 May 2025 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqa7xnh7c226https://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lpyp4v7izc2mRecently, I had a conversation with somebody who is interested in psychoanalysis and Lacan where I was asked if I could explain the destination between the drive and jouissance Here is my attempt to describe how I think about that destination…25 May 2025 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpyp4v7izc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lptudv4wos2zI’m a sucker for a good time travel story and right now, I’m reading “On theCalculation of Volume (Vil. 1), by Solvej Blake. I’m half way through it, and I think not is one of the most interesting time travel stories I’ve encountered. https://www.ndbooks.com/book/on-the-calculation-of-volume-book-i/23 May 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptudv4wos2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lptr7e36222rTalking to AI about Lacan: a cautionary tale. https://www.surplusjouissance.com/claude-ais-mistake-in-linking-desire-with-the-imaginary/23 May 2025 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptr7e36222rhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lptlvnwuz226Looking at the design of @jamesreeves.co’s website makes me feel impressed and jealous. www.jamesreeves.co https://www.jamesreeves.co23 May 2025 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptlvnwuz226https://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lpsj5poyck2gSo it looks like Sam Altman & Jony Ive are going to team up to make something, but no one knows what. My guess is it will be like TARS and CASE from the Christopher Nolan film Interstellar… but… with rounded edges?23 May 2025 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpsj5poyck2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lps3vxv27k2fFor those who may be interested: I’ve started a podcast with my fellow Lacanian analyst Isolda Alvarez. The description is relaxed but serious conversations about Lacanian psychoanalysis and the way it affects/ is affected by) the imaginary, symbolic, & real today. lacaniancompass.transistor.fm https://lacaniancompass.transistor.fm22 May 2025 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lps3vxv27k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lprtodlufk2lI've seen a few people post about the Lacanian way of formulating psychosis, and wanted to chime in with my understanding/articulation of how psychosis functions and how it might be treated clinically.22 May 2025 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lprtodlufk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lpoivb2vps2fWhen psychoanalysis is working, one of the effects can be the analysand experiencing a shift from being captured by an assumed and unexamined fantasy to recognizing the fantasy as a fiction that that does not need to be imposed or enacted as it has thus far.21 May 2025 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpoivb2vps2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lpmdqfsma22nI'm spending a lot of time thinking about how psychoanalysis can move a person from being the subject of the unconscious to being able to witness the structures that have determined subjective experience. #Lacan #Lacanian #psychoanalysis20 May 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmdqfsma22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lj6ef3bnqk2kI’m reading text to getready for the Knotting Seminar of the Lacanian Compass & New Lacanian School tomorrow in New York.27 Feb 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6ef3bnqk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3li5byhybuc25I used to think people with kids were over reacting when cold/flu season came around. I was like, “Why are you freaking out so much?” Now, as a #parent of 4 #kids, when it’s cold/flu season, and one of my kids coughs, I’m like “Move the doomsday clock to one minute past midnight!”14 Feb 2025 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5byhybuc25https://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lhqtzt2p6s2aNow, I’m pruning who I follow here… Bluesky (and other forms of social media) are windows onto the world, but we can control the view they show us, eh?09 Feb 2025 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhqtzt2p6s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lhqsf6zbbk2aOver the past three days, I’ve managed to wrangle my email inbox(s) from hundreds of messages (83 new/unread) to eight emails (four new/unread). A small victory, but one that I felt worth enough to brag about with a post on Bluesky. #email #postmodern-living09 Feb 2025 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhqsf6zbbk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lcthn2o4jk2lThis album is wonderful. #Listening09 Dec 2024 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcthn2o4jk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lcnbif5gd22cAll these years later, this one always makes me laugh. #TheFarSide06 Dec 2024 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnbif5gd22chttps://bsky.app/profile/speakingbody.com/post/3lcfwsqbys22qFrom78 is a podcast about the subjective experience of time. Episode 013, the forth episode of the second season, went live today. share.transistor.fm/s/c2d0246f https://share.transistor.fm/s/c2d0246f03 Dec 2024 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:l5qplxynstltcmlovlitucvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfwsqbys22q