<p>Mattie Colquhoun (pronounced <em>kuh-hoon</em>), known online as <strong>Xenogothic</strong>, is a writer and photographer from Hull, UK.</p><p>They are best known for continuing the intellectual and cultural legacy of the late <strong>Mark Fisher</strong>, one of the most influential contemporary cultural theorists and political philosophers, and Mattie’s former teacher at Goldsmiths London in 2017.</p><p>Since Fisher’s passing, Mattie has edited his <em>Post-Capitalist Desire</em> lectures, contributed to various translation projects, and written numerous contextual and introductory essays on his work. </p><p>Native to the blogosphere, Mattie has since published several books. Their latest,<a href="https://xenogothic.com/narcissus-in-bloom/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <em>Narcissus in Bloom</em></a> (2023), offers an alternative reading of the selfie, in which they argue that what’s often dismissed as narcissism is, in fact, a symptom of deeper political discontent and a yearning for (self-)transformation.</p><p>With Mattie, we dive into Fisher’s vision, particularly his seminal book <em>Capitalist Realism</em>, where he diagnosed the exhaustion and imaginative limits of late stage capitalism, and <em>Acid Communism</em>, his unfinished project that sought to imagine how collective joy, desire, and alternative ways of being might form the basis of a new political horizon.</p><p><br /></p><p>[00:00:58] Pseudonysms and Subversive Aesthetics </p><p>[00:07:16] Step 1 - Diagnose the System (Capitalist Realism)</p><p>[00:08:18] The Unimaginativeness in Culture &amp; Politics </p><p>[00:10:53] "Capitalist Realism" Memetic Engine </p><p>[00:11:35] Change Starts with Critique </p><p>[00:14:05] Communism as Umbrella Term for all Alternatives </p><p>[00:15:47] Generational takes on Signification of Communism </p><p>[00:18:41] Post-Soviet Affects Regarding the Term "Communism"</p><p>[00:19:52] What Alternatives in Acid Communicsm ? </p><p>[00:21:52] Hauntology</p><p>[00:30:37] Accelerationism &amp; enshittification</p><p>[00:33:31] Different takes on accelerationism</p><p>[00:42:02] Importance of political anomalies</p><p>[00:50:16]  Visibilise or Dissolve One's Identity?</p><p>[00:53:07] Surveillance Impact on the Self </p><p>[01:01:05] Queerness is More than Sex and Gender</p><p>[01:01:40] (De)Territorializing the Family </p><p>[01:08:58] Lesbian Utopian Commune </p><p>[01:10:39] Global Crises as Portals To Other Ways of Living</p><p>[01:13:35] Alternatives Are Available to All to Learn From</p>