Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I speak with Julie Reshe about negative psychoanalysis and why positivity is an invisible ideology we are encouraged to buy into without even noticing.
Julie's new book Negative Essays: https://www.negativepress.ie/negative-essays
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
🔥 | Support my work with a one-off donation or monthly support for added perks: ko-fi.com/lawrenceanton
My projects:
🗯️ | Antinatalist Handbook –rebutting common natalist arguments: antinatalisthandbook.org
✅ | Antinatalist Advocacy – increasing your impact as an antinatalist: antinatalistadvocacy.org
Get your favourite antinatalist merch:
👕 | Get your favourite antinatalist merch: voidmerchandise.myshopify.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 – Intro
01:05 – Psychoanalysis & Pessimism
20:43 – Negative Perspectives on Happiness
26:43 – Depressive Realism
31:09 – Living a Negative Life
36:09 – Parenthood, Antinatalism & Creating Life
59:05 – Future Work & Outro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Julie's links:
• Website – juliereshe.com
• YouTube – youtube.com/c/JulieReshe
• Negative Press – https://www.negativepress.ie/
• Patreon – patreon.com/cw/juliereshe
• Instagram – instagram.com/julie.reshe/?hl=en
The Last Messiah (Peter Wessel Zapffe): medium.com/after-us/the-last-messiah-930217041874
Negative Psychoanalysis for the Living Dead – Philosophical Pessimism and the Death Drive (Julie Reshe): amazon.co.uk/Negative-Psychoanalysis-Living-Dead-Philosophical/dp/3031312007
Depressive Realism – Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Colin Feltham): amazon.co.uk/Depressive-Realism-Explorations-Mental-Health/dp/1138543209
Julie's Essay on depressive realism: aeon.co/essays/the-voice-of-sadness-is-censored-as-sick-what-if-its-sane
Julie interviews Drew Dalton on Philipp Mainländer: youtube.com/watch?v=MTWq-xAC4LY
My video on Marie Huot (the French antinatalist): youtube.com/watch?v=dAK6uJsF62Q
First issue of Negative Journal: https://www.negativepress.ie/negative-journal
I speak with Julie Reshe about negative psychoanalysis and why positivity is an invisible ideology we are encouraged to buy into without even noticing.
Julie's new book Negative Essays: https://www.negativepress.ie/negative-essays
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
🔥 | Support my work with a one-off donation or monthly support for added perks: ko-fi.com/lawrenceanton
My projects:
🗯️ | Antinatalist Handbook –rebutting common natalist arguments: antinatalisthandbook.org
✅ | Antinatalist Advocacy – increasing your impact as an antinatalist: antinatalistadvocacy.org
Get your favourite antinatalist merch:
👕 | Get your favourite antinatalist merch: voidmerchandise.myshopify.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 – Intro
01:05 – Psychoanalysis & Pessimism
20:43 – Negative Perspectives on Happiness
26:43 – Depressive Realism
31:09 – Living a Negative Life
36:09 – Parenthood, Antinatalism & Creating Life
59:05 – Future Work & Outro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Julie's links:
• Website – juliereshe.com
• YouTube – youtube.com/c/JulieReshe
• Negative Press – https://www.negativepress.ie/
• Patreon – patreon.com/cw/juliereshe
• Instagram – instagram.com/julie.reshe/?hl=en
The Last Messiah (Peter Wessel Zapffe): medium.com/after-us/the-last-messiah-930217041874
Negative Psychoanalysis for the Living Dead – Philosophical Pessimism and the Death Drive (Julie Reshe): amazon.co.uk/Negative-Psychoanalysis-Living-Dead-Philosophical/dp/3031312007
Depressive Realism – Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Colin Feltham): amazon.co.uk/Depressive-Realism-Explorations-Mental-Health/dp/1138543209
Julie's Essay on depressive realism: aeon.co/essays/the-voice-of-sadness-is-censored-as-sick-what-if-its-sane
Julie interviews Drew Dalton on Philipp Mainländer: youtube.com/watch?v=MTWq-xAC4LY
My video on Marie Huot (the French antinatalist): youtube.com/watch?v=dAK6uJsF62Q
First issue of Negative Journal: https://www.negativepress.ie/negative-journal
