“Con frecuencia, importar ideas novedosas al psicoanálisis equivale a sentenciarlas a una muerte lenta e invisible, porque el ímpetu inmediato es convertir las ideas entrantes en ‘psicoanalíticas’ o ‘aplicarlas’ a la clínica. Semejante movimiento, frecuente y reflexivo, inevitablemente despoja dichas ideas de elementos que son ajenos a la teorización analítica, cuando de hecho ese carácter ajeno es precisamente lo que las hace más vitalizantes para el psicoanálisis. Al igual que el Minotauro, el monstruo mitológico que no es sacrificado como fue decretado, sino que se lo mantiene vivo gracias a un flujo constante de jóvenes que se le envían para su consumo, el psicoanálisis se mantiene vivo en parte metabolizando los tributos del contacto interdisciplinario, apropiándolos en su organismo, canibalizándolos con eficacia para mantenerse con vida. Tal apropiación da la apariencia de un compromiso interdisciplinario, pero no es un reconocimiento sincero, ya que su apuesta radica en preservar la estabilidad estructural del campo. Nosotras sostenemos que, para que el psicoanálisis sobreviva y prospere, tendrá que estar en contacto real con ideas fuera de su dominio.” — Avgi Saketopoulou (@Avgolis) & Ann Pellegrini, ‘Gender Without Identity’, Unconscious in Translation (@UITbooksNYC), New York, 2023, pp. xv-xvi.

A Phenomenal Success! GENDER WITHOUT IDENTITY a.co/d/e8IzrNW

For @NatCounterPunch, I wrote about Palestine and Cyprus, about how the rhetoric of anti-violence is also what complicity looks like, and about growing up a block from the demilitarized zone in occupied Nicosia counterpunch.org/2023/11/05/…

Hundreds of dead bodies pile up everywhere after a series of unprecedented lsraeli air attacks hitting Gaza Strip last night amidst a total cut of telecommunication services.

🚨new episode! 🚨 we talk with @Avgolis and Ann Pellegrini, co-authors of the powerful new book Gender Without Identity, about "repressive forces" within psychoanalysis, gender as an experiment versus destination, moral panics over "protecting" kids & more ordinaryunhappiness.buzzspro…

Join us this coming Monday as we bring together a diverse range of voices to talk back to power in solidarity with Palestine. eventbrite.com/e/palestine-s… @Avgolis @leninology @BigMeanInternet @HZeavin @gtupinamba

And who can hope for a better, more inciting invitation than @Avgolis’ final introductory paragraph to Sexuality Beyond Consent? I’ve never had an introduction make me both frantic and elated. The perfect follow up to @GarthGreenwell ‘s apophatic workshops.

If you missed ⁦@Avgolis⁩’s Psychoanalytic Book Launch: Sexuality Beyond Consent, (still going on) you can still watch the Facebook replay! #PsychoanalyticTalk #BookTalk

Happy #LesbianVisibilityDay! Celebrate with a new ep of your fav lil lesbian pod. 🌈 We hung out with queer psychoanalyst Avgi Saketopoulou @Avgolis, to discuss the themes around queering consent in her book, Sexuality Beyond Consent. bit.ly/40D0v5n

Tonight!

Next Wednesday! Join me and @Avgolis for a conversation about her brilliant new book, SEXUALITY BEYOND CONSENT @nyubookstores @NYUpress Free and open to all. nyubookstoreevents.com/