PhD Evolutionary Ecologist Lecturer: Psychedelic Studies, Plants & Fungi Politics and Ecology Editor: Psymposia Bread for all, and Roses, too
![Photo of text reading: Form following function, True Detective’s Panticapeum is both more cynical and ominous. [Esalen is] Introduced as the last place of work of a missing woman (bad sign), the horizon surrounding it is a suffocating white haze as opposed to the pristine blue Mad Men uniformly associates with California. David Morse’s Eliot Bezzerides is swiftly established as hypocrite-in-residence, pompously name-dropping Ginsberg while his daughter, Rachel McAdams’s Antigone, stands in front of a sign that says, “Thank you for supporting the longevity of the Dharma through a monetary donation.” And while his indifference to his other daughter Athena’s career choice of internet pornography is presented as a major piece of evidence for his moral failings, I am far, far more disturbed by his casual reference to “the goddess of love” when](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a243rprwtomtskajpfucdiik/bafkreidzq4hatperalebcpgtfbllhvjx7u4eeh37hqze5ncob5czap6ypa)
PhD Evolutionary Ecologist Lecturer: Psychedelic Studies, Plants & Fungi Politics and Ecology Editor: Psymposia Bread for all, and Roses, too