M O N S T E R S - Vol. II out soon! Also, new newspaper available now for subscription!

Here at The Depressed Waitress, we are an emulsion and fission of many selves, all of which are dedicated to a queering of what philosophy can mean and what it can perform through a discordance of conversation, dialogue, poetry, and art. We become-with one another in a convoluted, indeterminate, and delightful cacophony of  monsters, machines, ghosts. This work both roots and uproots itself from within posthumanist, new materialism, and queer theory, alongside experimental and performative philosophy.

Coming Soon

The Depressed Waitress will publish a small zine on the theme of TELEVISION coming very soon. M O N S T E R S vol 2 will be out in late April.

Where We Are

This philosophy zine and art shop are set within the speculative fiction space of the diner, bar, restaurant (i.e. public spaces which foster relational and open assemblages of dialogue).

Who We Are

These conversations are all accompanied by the philosopher-par-excellence—a non-binary, cyborgian waitress who is a celebration of difference, of spectrality, of monstrosity. A figure who is not a representation, but rather a performance. .

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Philosophy is a long conversation - a conversation best had over cigarettes and coffee, over whiskey and bits of glass, teeth, and fragments of knowledge. Philosophy is a long conversation best had with monsters and ghosts, with animals and bartenders. Thank you for thinking with us. Thank you for being in conversation with us.