The Cut - Welcome to the Dissociation Generation

Psychedelics are hardly strangers to party dance floors, but it wasn’t until earlier in this pandemic, when L.A. lifted its first lockdown, that I was invited to my first ’shroom party. The garden soirée, billed as a “safe space for community healing,” was hosted by a couple from L.A.’s underground music scene in their backyard. Hand-drawn tea bags stuffed with ’shrooms sat on tables next to joints rolled with rose petals. As stylish guests, many young and queer people of color, sat socially distanced on picnic blankets, sipping ’shroom teas and nibbling olive bread against a glowing sunset, a deep sense of serenity settled over the scene. I wondered: Is this the future? 

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New Zealand has unanimously passed bereavement leave for miscarriages. Shana Grice was fined for reporting her stalker to the police five times before he murdered her. First dogs Champ and Major Biden are back in the White House after some retraining. A major paparazzi agency has filed for bankruptcy after making the mistake of waging a legal battle against Meghan Markle. Ryan Murphy will not rest until Evan Peters has portrayed every famous murderer in history. Up next: Dahmer. And let’s try to make it through the rest of the week with the speed and agility of Gabby the papillon.

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