Kai River Blevins
@kairiver.bsky.social
they/them | Anthropology PhD Candidate @ GWU studying psychedelics and American culture | indie filmmaker & poet
website: www.kairiverblevins.com
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website: www.kairiverblevins.com
researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kai-Blevins
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In an email to the Psychedelic Communications Hub on June 18, 2024—2 weeks after the FDA advisory committee voted against approving Lykos' MDMA aplication—Robyn Thomas enlisted the Hub’s support for a “Crisis Communications Plan” covering the lead-up to the FDA’s ultimate approval or rejection. 1/7
October 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In an email to the Psychedelic Communications Hub on June 18, 2024—2 weeks after the FDA advisory committee voted against approving Lykos' MDMA aplication—Robyn Thomas enlisted the Hub’s support for a “Crisis Communications Plan” covering the lead-up to the FDA’s ultimate approval or rejection. 1/7
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People often claim psychedelics have been used globally, for millennia, & in rituals of psychological healing.
In today's Guardian Long Read, I show what these stories get wrong & why the reality is far more interesting: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
From "Shamanism: The Timeless Religion"
In today's Guardian Long Read, I show what these stories get wrong & why the reality is far more interesting: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
From "Shamanism: The Timeless Religion"
The ancient psychedelics myth: ‘People tell tourists the stories they think are interesting for them’
The narrative of ancient tribes around the world regularly using ayahuasca and magic mushrooms in healing practices is a popular one. Is it true?
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
People often claim psychedelics have been used globally, for millennia, & in rituals of psychological healing.
In today's Guardian Long Read, I show what these stories get wrong & why the reality is far more interesting: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
From "Shamanism: The Timeless Religion"
In today's Guardian Long Read, I show what these stories get wrong & why the reality is far more interesting: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
From "Shamanism: The Timeless Religion"
Power is central to health care interactions - but how? I wrote about language and power in my commentary article that was published this morning in AJOB. Check out the link below!
#bioethics #anthropology #linguisticanthropology #pragmatics #ideology
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#bioethics #anthropology #linguisticanthropology #pragmatics #ideology
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Power in the Pragmatic View
Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 25, No. 4, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Power is central to health care interactions - but how? I wrote about language and power in my commentary article that was published this morning in AJOB. Check out the link below!
#bioethics #anthropology #linguisticanthropology #pragmatics #ideology
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#bioethics #anthropology #linguisticanthropology #pragmatics #ideology
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We need a new approach to dealing with #psychedelic #hype. I just published about the benefits of a "care approach" to hype in the Backchannels blog by @4sweb.bsky.social. Let me know what you think!
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#psychedelicstudies #bioethics #sts #careethics #caretheory
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#psychedelicstudies #bioethics #sts #careethics #caretheory
Caring about Psychedelic Science: An Alternative Approach to Studying HypeSearchMobile Menu
4sonline.org
March 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We need a new approach to dealing with #psychedelic #hype. I just published about the benefits of a "care approach" to hype in the Backchannels blog by @4sweb.bsky.social. Let me know what you think!
4sonline.org/news_manager...
#psychedelicstudies #bioethics #sts #careethics #caretheory
4sonline.org/news_manager...
#psychedelicstudies #bioethics #sts #careethics #caretheory
I recently published a short commentary on #psychedelic #ethics in AJOB. I'm so glad I got to bring insights from my #ethnographic fieldwork into this conversation. I've learned so much from my interlocutors, and I hope other #bioethicists will too!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Psychedelic Ethics Beside Institutions
Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 25, No. 1, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I recently published a short commentary on #psychedelic #ethics in AJOB. I'm so glad I got to bring insights from my #ethnographic fieldwork into this conversation. I've learned so much from my interlocutors, and I hope other #bioethicists will too!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Panel CfP! I'm co-organizing a panel at the EASST-4S conference in July titled "Unpacking the Hype: Critical Approaches to Psychedelic Studies." Submissions are open until Feb 12. Lmk if you have questions!
nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst-4s2024/panel/14470
nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst-4s2024/panel/14470
P386: Unpacking the Hype: Critical Approaches to Psychedelic Studies
Hype is a pervasive and consequential phenomenon in the field of psychedelic studies. This panel unpacks the function of hype in this emergent field. By examining these dynamics, this panel explores t...
nomadit.co.uk
January 4, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Panel CfP! I'm co-organizing a panel at the EASST-4S conference in July titled "Unpacking the Hype: Critical Approaches to Psychedelic Studies." Submissions are open until Feb 12. Lmk if you have questions!
nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst-4s2024/panel/14470
nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst-4s2024/panel/14470