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Hippies
Throughout the 1960s, Time magazine explored a variety of social trends, including the hippie phenomenon. In a 1967 cover story, the magazine reported, "The hippies have emerged on the U.S. scene in about 18 months as a wholly new subculture, a bizarre permutation of the middle-class American ethos from which it evolved."
Hippies were mostly in their late teens and early twenties, often well-educated, and preached "altruism and mysticism, honesty, joy, and non-violence." They dressed unconventionally, in bright colors, often adorned in beads and bangles. Many tended to live together in communes, which began springing up throughout the country, especially in San Francisco, the heartland of hippiedom. They tripped on music that was "psychedelic," a new word they popularized, which the dictionary defines as "a mental state of great calm" enhanced by the "influence of hallucinogenic drugs."
The Group Image, 1967 |