Thinking-With Cat Auburn & Kyle Lewis

A final episode on I Love Dick in which we reflect on the process of recording, sharing some broader insights and identifying the themes that have stuck with us.
“Thinking-With” is a long-form, unpolished conversation. Join Cat Auburn and Kyle Lewis as they think-with different ideas and people in each  season.
“Thinking-with” is a term from Donna Haraway's writing that Cat and Kyle enjoy working with. It acknowledges thinking as an interconnected process, and that who and what we use to think our thoughts with matters greatly. Consciously choosing which tools we use for thinking is key to enabling thoughts that can escape the confines of existing frameworks and systems of power.
Transcript of Episode 9

Logo by Tynan Kyle Lewis
Music: Amnesia by Ghost Beatz

Links:
bell hooks' book, "Teaching to Transgress"
Chris Kraus's book, "After Kathy Acker"
Keywords:
Chris Kraus; I Love Dick; autotheory; Joey Soloway; Andrea Arnold; Kathryn Hahn; Kevin Bacon; Donna Haraway; Sylvère Lotringer; Cinema Divina; Kathy Acker; lenses; the male gaze; the female gaze; Rashomon Effect; female directors; post-idea; artist; I Love Dick the book; I Love Dick episode nine; feminism; Rashomon Effect; artist; creative practice; art practice; erotic cowboy fantasy; masculinity; transgression; disobedience; not knowingess; staying with the trouble; nothing precedes intertwinedness; myth of the artist; building blocks of truth; categories boxes; letters; form; shame and love; personal/universal; owning what happens to me; defaults; weaponised critique; choicelessness; compasses; reporting on experience; denim; finding your voice; misbehave or die

An episode in which we encounter a bloody thigh and a sense of triumph. We chat about the struggle to maintain and transform personal identity, narratives of love and monsters, demystification of all kinds, and shame of all kinds.
Content warning: brief mention of sexual assault and violence.
“Thinking-With” is a long-form, unpolished conversation. Join Cat Auburn and Kyle Lewis as they think-with different ideas and people in each  season.
“Thinking-with” is a term from Donna Haraway's writing that Cat and Kyle enjoy working with. It acknowledges thinking as an interconnected process, and that who and what we use to think our thoughts with matters greatly. Consciously choosing which tools we use for thinking is key to enabling thoughts that can escape the confines of existing frameworks and systems of power.
Transcript of Episode 8

Logo by Tynan Kyle Lewis
Music: Amnesia by Ghost Beatz

Links:
Maya Deren film, "At Land"
Rebecca Solnit's book, Men Explain Things to Me
Michaela Coel's TV show, "I May Destroy You"
Hannah Wilke
bell hooks' book, "All About Love"
Keywords:
Chris Kraus; I Love Dick; autotheory; Joey Soloway; Andrea Arnold; Kathryn Hahn; Kevin Bacon; Donna Haraway; Sylvère Lotringer; I Love Dick the book; I Love Dick episode eight; period blood; menstruation; alternative masculinity; rituals; female monsters; art monsters; Maya Deren; Griffin Dunne; transformation; shame; shamelessness; Hannah Wilke; not knowingess; staying with the trouble; artist; nothing precedes intertwinedness; myth of the artist; building blocks of truth; categories boxes; letters; form; shame and love; personal/universal; owning what happens to me; defaults; weaponised critique; choicelessness; compasses; reporting on experience; denim; finding your voice; misbehave or die

An episode of agonising comedy. We chat about feminism, the power of uncertainty, performativity, and how our personal experiences intersect with this episode.
Content warning: brief mention of sexual assault, harassment, and violence.
“Thinking-With” is a long-form, unpolished conversation. Join Cat Auburn and Kyle Lewis as they think-with different ideas and people in each  season.
“Thinking-with” is a term from Donna Haraway's writing that Cat and Kyle enjoy working with. It acknowledges thinking as an interconnected process, and that who and what we use to think our thoughts with matters greatly. Consciously choosing which tools we use for thinking is key to enabling thoughts that can escape the confines of existing frameworks and systems of power.
Transcript of Episode 7

Logo by Tynan Kyle Lewis
Music: Amnesia by Ghost Beatz

Links:
Julie Bindel Podcast Episode
Donna Haraway Lecture discussing division between movements
Donna Haraway, "A Cyborg Manifesto"
Donna Haraway, "The Companion Species Manifesto. Dogs, People, and Significant Otherness"
bell hooks' Teaching to Transgress
Joey and Faith Soloway podcast episode
Lindsay Mack's Tarot for the Wild Soul podcast
Smith/Stewart film, "Mouth to Mouth"
Dimitris Papaioannou's performance work, "Nowhere"
Marina Abramović and ULAY. performance, "Rest Energy"
Keywords:
Chris Kraus; I Love Dick; autotheory; Joey Soloway; Andrea Arnold; Kathryn Hahn; Kevin Bacon; Donna Haraway; Sylvère Lotringer; I Love Dick the book; I Love Dick episode seven; performativity; feminism; bell hooks; masculinity; artist; performativity; staying with the trouble; dissonance; not-knowing; uncertainty; privilege; power; self-growth; not knowingess; staying with the trouble; nothing precedes intertwinedness; myth of the artist; building blocks of truth; categories boxes; letters; form; shame and love; personal/universal; owning what happens to me; defaults; weaponised critique; choicelessness; compasses; reporting on experience; denim; finding your voice; misbehave or die; Dimitris Papaioannou; Edward Stewart; Stephanie Smith; Marina Abramovic; ULAY

An episode in which we encounter the body as a political site. We chat about the ethics of transgressing, staying with the trouble, and acts of solidarity in moments of conflict.
“Thinking-With” is a long-form, unpolished conversation. Join Cat Auburn and Kyle Lewis as they think-with different ideas and people in each  season.
“Thinking-with” is a term from Donna Haraway's writing that Cat and Kyle enjoy working with. It acknowledges thinking as an interconnected process, and that who and what we use to think our thoughts with matters greatly. Consciously choosing which tools we use for thinking is key to enabling thoughts that can escape the confines of existing frameworks and systems of power.
Transcript of Episode 6

Logo by Tynan Kyle Lewis
Music: Amnesia by Ghost Beatz

Links:
Chris Beasley's book, "Gender and Sexuality Critical Theories, Critical Thinkers"
bell hooks' book, "Teaching to Transgress"
Trinh T. Minh-ha
Donna Haraway's book, "Staying with the Trouble"
Cat Auburn, Alan Lynn and Jess Ramm collaboration
Marina Abramovic's performance, "Freeing the Body"
Carolee Schneemann's performance, "Up to and Including her Limits"
Annie Sprinkle's performance, "Post Porn Modernist"
Liz Leman performance, "The Matter of Origins"
Keywords:
Chris Kraus; I Love Dick; autotheory; Joey Soloway; Jim Fronha; Andrea Arnold; Kathryn Hahn; Kevin Bacon; Donna Haraway; Sylvère Lotringer; I Love Dick the book; I Love Dick episode six; time travel; memory; multitudes; examining the past; energy flows; costumes; role models; muse; the female gaze; Griffin Dunne; understanding; misunderstanding; artist; feminism; Marina Abramović, Carolee Schneemann; Annie Sprinkle; Liz Lerman; power dynamics; transgression; Trihn T. Minh-ha; theory; perception; Sarah Silverman; George Condo; not knowingess; staying with the trouble; nothing precedes intertwinedness; myth of the artist; building blocks of truth; categories boxes; letters; form; shame and love; personal/universal; owning what happens to me; defaults; weaponised critique; choicelessness; compasses; reporting on experience; denim; finding your voice; misbehave or die

An episode in which we experience a master class in the Female Gaze and empathetic filmmaking. We chat about the inner worlds of the characters and discuss the different waves of feminism.
“Thinking-With” is a long-form, unpolished conversation. Join Cat Auburn and Kyle Lewis as they think-with different ideas and people in each  season.

“Thinking-with” is a term from Donna Haraway's writing that Cat and Kyle enjoy working with. It acknowledges thinking as an interconnected process, and that who and what we use to think our thoughts with matters greatly. Consciously choosing which tools we use for thinking is key to enabling thoughts that can escape the confines of existing frameworks and systems of power.
Transcript of Episode 5

Logo by Tynan Kyle Lewis
Music: Amnesia by Ghost Beatz

Links:
Fleabag TV show
Maisie Hill's Period Power podcast
Naomi Uman film, "Removed"
Naomi Uman film, "Leche"
Cauleen Smith film, "Chronicles of a Lying Spirit"
Cauleen smith exhibition at Collective
Sara Ahmed's Living a Feminist Life
Cinema Divina
Hannah Gadsby's Nanette
Jon Ronson's Butterfly Effect Podcast
Lauren Fournier's work on autotheory
Adrian Piper's artwork, "Food for the Spirit"
Keywords:
Chris Kraus; I Love Dick; autotheory; Joey Soloway; Andrea Arnold; Kathryn Hahn; Kevin Bacon; Donna Haraway; Sylvère Lotringer; I Love Dick episode five; I Love Dick the book; energy flows; 4th wall; contagious creativity; street art rules; dictatorship; 1984; the female gaze; memoir; confession; menstrual cycle; perspectives; desire; delving into the past, performativity; feminism, Cinema Divina, pornography, the history of desire; Naomi Uman; Cauleen Smith; Petra Cortright; Adrienne Piper; Lauren Fournier; not knowingess; staying with the trouble; artist; nothing precedes intertwinedness; myth of the artist; building blocks of truth; categories boxes; letters; form; shame and love; personal/universal; owning what happens to me; defaults; weaponised critique; choicelessness; compasses; reporting on experience; denim; finding your voice; misbehave or die; psychedelics

An episode in which we have a painful viewing experience. We chat about romanticized and realistic creative practice, the book and tv show’s respective relationships to theory, and Kraus’ creative oeuvre.
“Thinking-With” is a long-form, unpolished conversation. Join Cat Auburn and Kyle Lewis as they think-with different ideas and people in each  season.
“Thinking-with” is a term from Donna Haraway's writing that Cat and Kyle enjoy working with. It acknowledges thinking as an interconnected process, and that who and what we use to think our thoughts with matters greatly. Consciously choosing which tools we use for thinking is key to enabling thoughts that can escape the confines of existing frameworks and systems of power.
Transcript of Episode 4

Logo by Tynan Kyle Lewis
Music: Amnesia by Ghost Beatz

Links:
Contrapoints episode on Incels
Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts
Vanalyne Green's film, "Trick or Drink"
Marilyn Freeman and Cinema Divina
Keywords:
Chris Kraus; I Love Dick; autotheory; Joey Soloway; Andrea Arnold; Kathryn Hahn; Kevin Bacon; Donna Haraway; Sylvère Lotringer; I Love Dick the book; I Love Dick episode four; pleasure/pain; stake setting; desire; control; Rashomon effect; critical theory: creative practice; Vanalyne Green; Maggie Nelson; addiction; confessional; art world; academia; Joan Hawkins; signifying chains; schizophrenia; not knowingess; staying with the trouble; nothing precedes intertwinedness; myth of the artist; building blocks of truth; categories boxes; letters; form; shame and love; artist; personal/universal; owning what happens to me; defaults; weaponised critique; choicelessness; compasses; reporting on experience; denim; finding your voice; misbehave or die