Psychoanalysis in the News

by Molly Merson, MFT

This Viral ‘Get Out’ Theory Makes Wild Connections to Sigmund Freud and the Cohen Brothers. A Twitter user just blew our psychoanalytic minds. Check out this connection between Get Out and Freud’s concept of “unheimlich” (the uncanny) uncovered by film critic and lawyer @kyalbr.

Will a Cyborg Steal My Jouissance? Unconscious Labor and the Enjoying Body of the Virtual. A podcast interview with psychoanalyst Hilda Fernandez, who explores humanity, jouissance, and existence through a Lacanian lens on the television shows Westworld and Black Mirror, among others.

Freudian Noir. This book review captures how the media of radio, film, and the printed word are intertwined and interrelated landscapes for human fantasy and experience.