Ontologies of Queerness: Deleuze, Butler, and Beyond with Billie Cashmore and Xenogothic

What does it mean to say that queerness is ontological? In this
episode, we’re joined by Billie Cashmore and Xenogothic (Mattie
Colquhoun) to explore the philosophical foundations and political
tensions surrounding queerness, normativity, and the symbolic
order. Drawing on thinkers like Judith Butler, Heidegger, and
Lacan, we examine queerness not simply as identity, but as a
condition of social and ontological failure—and potential. What
happens when queerness claims both radical subversion and
historical universality?


Billies article:
https://splintermag.com/On-the-Political-Character-of-Queerness


Xenogothic's Response:
https://xenogothic.com/2025/05/06/the-hauntology-of-transness-or-whither-gender-accelerationism/


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