I wrote this episode on a day I finally broke from getting the same only-ever-subtext message from the online wellness community.

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Johan Huizinga’s definition of “play” reminds me of Octavio Paz’s definition of “eroticism” – that it exists for the sake of itself. Which also sounds like something God allegedly said – “I am that I am.” This puts pleasure and play decidedly close to God in my factoring, though, it’s true, I’ve never been too good at maths.

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I had been waiting forever for an adaptation of an Octavia Butler work. So when I saw the ad for the Hulu show, I counted down the days. I prepped by reading the book in a couple days. Warning – this episode contains spoilers.

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I wrote this episode in response to Sarah Marshall’s essay Violent Delights about the serial killer media industrial complex in the magazine The Believer after Roxane Gay linked it in her Substack: Audacious Roundup.

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This episode found its provenance in a letter I wrote to a person I was dating but never sent.

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This season I’ll be talking about mysticism, eroticism, astrology, pleasure, and serial killers. Yes, serial killers. And that’s all I can tell you so far.

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So it’s been two years, and in that time I’ve asked myself lots more Q’s, made plenty more mistakes, and gained experience that I can’t wait to share with you. I’m feverishly working on Season Two so look forward to many more stories, straight from the coil.

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