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Yoo Hoo, Secret Service? Pete Santilli Doubles Down

First of all, you don't need to be Sigmund Freud to understand the kind of deep, twisted misogyny that leads to fantasies about shooting a powerful, accomplished woman in her private parts. I'd even go so far as to suggest that old Pete can only perform with women with the aid of a certain little blue pill. Show More Summary

The only known recording of Virginia Woolf’s voice

13 hours agoMusic / Classical : Slipped Disc

A couple of months back, we brought you the authentic sound of Sigmund Freud. Now, thanks to Paris Review, we follow up with the great English novelist, speaking on the BBC on the subject of new words.  

"Heh, great stuff, Althouse. Cf. Derrida on Nietzsche's umbrella."

Says Yashu, in the comments on "The word 'umbrella' appears exactly once in Obama's 'Dreams From My Father.'" And that was after I'd read rhhardin, commenting on "Sigmund Freud on the meaning of the umbrella": "Derrida in Spurs on the...Show More Summary

Sigmund Freud on the meaning fo the umbrella.

We've been talking about Obama and umbrellas this morning — here, here, and here — and, as noted, I bought the Kindle version of Freud's "Interpretation of Dreams" so I could search for umbrella, which I remembered as a famous Freudian...Show More Summary

T-Mobile says its network pipes gush more data than AT&T [video]

In move that Sigmund Freud would certainly approve of, T-Mobile has released a new ad that claims its network “pipes” are able to gush out more data at a faster rate than AT&T’s, which can apparently only muster a slow trickle. The point...Show More Summary

Dad Versus Son Dance Battle

2 weeks agoEntertainment / Film : Videogum

It was Sigmund Freud’s interpretation of the Oedipal myth in which he claimed that all boys must kill their fathers, at least metaphorically, in order to successfully transition into the world of men. This may take many forms but perhaps the most powerful is the backyard dance battle. Two men enter, one man is the [...]

Kickstarting: Sigmund Freud’s Handwriting As A Scrawling Typeface

Just don’t write a letter to your mother with it. Harald Geisler is a bit obsessed with handwriting. He spent two and a half months re-creating Albert Einstein’s penmanship. Then he created a romantic script just for lovers. Now, thanks to a well-funded Kickstarter campaign, he’s taking on one of the most radical thinkers of the last century. Show More Summary

10 Great Sigmund Freud Quotes in Celebration of His Birthday

Sigmund Freud (originally named Sigismund Schlomo Freud), considered the father of psychoanalysis, would have celebrated his birthday today. The Austrian neurologist is one of the most quoted, as well as one of the most controversial thinkers to emerge in the last century. Show More Summary

Who Said It: “For many women, the act of a bowel movement is enshrouded in fear and anxiety.”

A) Sigmund Freud B) Sheryl Sandberg C) Charlie Gasparino D) Jamie Dimon’s daughter Continue reading » Follow Dealbreaker on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook. Tags:..., anxiety, fear, Jamie Dimon, Laura Dimon, multiple choice tests, not sure what to say here

The 6 Creepiest Things Kids Have Ever Been Asked to Color

By Kristi Harrison Published: April 23rd, 2013 Russell Underwood / Getty Images I believe it was Sigmund Freud who said, "Show me a child who refuses to color and I'll show you the next Adolf Hitler," which was a bold claim, considering Hitler was already alive and coloring his heart out in Austr

Daniel Vahab: Kickstarter Project Turns Sigmund Freud's Handwriting Into a Computer Font

Entitled, "Sigmund Freud Typeface - A Letter to your Shrink," a Kickstarter project, aims to turn the esteemed twentieth-century psychoanalyst's handwriting into a computer typeface that would allow for digital letter writing.

From American Leader to American Idol to American Idle

Idol worship should have ended with Abraham, but today we embrace a new form of idolatry tailored to fit not only entertainers but even government leaders. From his vantage point in 1930?s Germany,  Dr. Sigmund Freud saw the dangers of  personality cults not just in authoritarian societies but also in democratic societies. Freud detected how [...]

Melody Breyer-Grell: Secrets: the Untold Story of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung

While David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method concentrates on Jung's relationship with Sabina Spielrein, Ken Wydro's Secrets, introduces a later patient/lover, Toni Wolff.

The true sound of Sigmund Freud

3 months agoMusic / Classical : Slipped Disc

Psychology magazine has unearthed the only known recording of Sigmund Freud, a statement in English taken by a BBC crew in December 1938. This you must hear:   Transcript: I started my professional activity as a neurologist trying to bring relief to my neurotic patients. Under the influence of an older friend and by my own [...]

How Therapy Dogs Almost Never Came to Exist

Although the psychological establishment originally doubted the usefulness of therapy dogs to relieve stress and assist in therapeutic interventions, the concept came to be accepted because of the help of Sigmund Freud—some 15 years after his death. read more

Dieter Roth and the Chocolate Factory

4 months agoArts / Graphic Design : UnBeige

Scrumdiddlyumptious. Chocolate busts of artist Dieter Roth in progress at Hauser & Wirth’s new downtown exhibition space. (Photos: UnBeige) Willy Wonka and Sigmund Freud would surely have agreed that making 385 chocolate busts of one’s father is not something that can be rushed. Show More Summary

Jason Mannino: Theater Review: Freud's Last Session at Broad Stage

4 months agoNews : Huffington Post

It's 1939. Hitler is rising in power. England is on the brink of declaring war on Germany. Against this backdrop we witness the impending war of ideologies in an imaginary meeting between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis.

Review: 'Freud's Last Session' doesn't lend itself to deep analysis

4 months agoArts : Culture Monster

This theological meet-up between an ailing Sigmund Freud and author C.S. Lewis at the Broad Stage sticks mostly to the surface. Sigmund Freud considered religion a mass delusion, a sort of group neurosis ideally suited to obsessive types. Show More Summary

Same Bed, Different Dreams for China’s Leaders, Critics

European Pressphoto Agency China has been doing a lot of dreaming lately. Analyzing these dreams might have driven Sigmund Freud to despair. The dream sequences started appearing ahead of the Communist Party’s national congress in November...Show More Summary

Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis meet. Discuss

4 months agoArts : Culture Monster

The Off-Broadway play 'Freud's Last Session,' imagining the men conversing, comes to Los Angeles in hopes of getting more theatergoers to join the chat. "If the whole universe had no meaning," C.S. Lewis once wrote, "we should neverShow More Summary

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