Were you of the Hippie era and did you participate as such?

Bretrick

Bretrick

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I awoke early in the morning and turned on the telly.
The 1979 film, Hair was on and I immediately disliked what I saw.
The character, Claude, was the main player in the film?
What I saw was George, he seemed to be the main player, and I took a dislike to him from the start.
He seemed to me a bully who was manipulating Claude, and because of that Claude was a greatly diminished person.
I could not watch this film to the end as it was cringe.
I am sure I would never have joined the Hippie class if I was around at the time.
 

Bretrick said:
I awoke early in the morning and turned on the telly.
The 1979 film, Hair was on and I immediately disliked what I saw.
The character, Claude, was the main player in the film?
What I saw was George, he seemed to be the main player, and I took a dislike to him from the start.
He seemed to me a bully who was manipulating Claude, and because of that Claude was a greatly diminished person.
I could not watch this film to the end as it was cringe.
I am sure I would never have joined the Hippie class if I was around at the time.
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That period of time, even tho not that long ago, was a completely different set of 'rules' for women. I remember it well but was not a hippie per se. The guy pushed her around nd she let him because that was the norm at that time.

I never dated boys/men my own age. They were older than me and smart and fun.
 

Bretrick said:
I awoke early in the morning and turned on the telly.
The 1979 film, Hair was on and I immediately disliked what I saw.
The character, Claude, was the main player in the film?
What I saw was George, he seemed to be the main player, and I took a dislike to him from the start.
He seemed to me a bully who was manipulating Claude, and because of that Claude was a greatly diminished person.
I could not watch this film to the end as it was cringe.
I am sure I would never have joined the Hippie class if I was around at the time.
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1979 was waaaay past the Hippie Era that found it'self at it's height in the mid to late 60's....

I was just 14 at school in 69...so altho' I was aware of it, and one of the most intelligent girls in our school..a loner.. came dressed in hippy style clothing, complete with flowers in her hair, and bells around her neck... despite the fact she was supposed to wear school uniform... and later for a little while I followed the fashion, wearing a headband, and maxi dresses between 14 and 16 years old..... ... but too young to be involved in anything to do with the political side ...

In truth I didn't like any of it much except the fashion..certainly not the drug use..or the stink of incense, and Patchouli oil everywhere
 
hollydolly said:
1979 was waaaay past the Hippie Era that found it'self at it's height in the mid to late 60's....

I was just 14 at school in 69...so altho' I was aware of it, and one of the most intelligent girls in our school..a loner.. came dressed in hippy style clothing, complete with flowers in her hair, and bells around her neck... desite the fact she was supposed to wear school uniform... and later for a little while I followed the fashion, wearing a headband, and maxi dresses between 14 and 16 years old..... ... but too young to be involved in anything to do with the political side ...

In truth I didn't like any of it much except the fashion..certainly not the drug use..or the stink of incense, and Patchouli oil everywhere
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The 1979 film was based on the 1968 stage musical Hair.
Watching the film maid me cringe with horror at the antics.
 
Stereo types come in all eras, there were many categories of those who fancied some aspects of it.
Hard core Hippy to those protesting the war, those discovering drugs and weed and thinking love and peace
solved every thing. It pretty much seemed to me that if you were in a certain age range, you were just
lumped into it and thought to just be the hard core versions.

I did not like that play when it came out, a bit over exaggerated in what it portrayed. It was written to for a
shock value to older adults. I took it as a joke to see how much flack they could get from it.

You can see how extreme from the previous norm of style as a call to distance from the older generation.
Those in college pretty much argued with teachers just to be heard (that I knew). You can say I guess
that the Hippy influence was pretty much like taking a stand and telling the officials... listen to us, we are
not going to be children who are seen but not heard anymore.

But you have to admit it was a very definite time of change, in music, acceptance of all people into your circle
and watching what was happening around us with government. The gloried pedestal of our leaders formed
the first major crack in the base.

Like any group, there was good and bad in it. We could choose where to fit in.
 
I have never seen the movie, but I doubt that any movie could cover such a wide group of people as those who were called hippies in the late sixties. When I was young the term was usually used by older people to describe anyone young with long hair or bell-bottom jeans.

If hoping the war in Vietnam would end, thinking schools should be integrated and black people should have equal rights, having long natural hair instead of a teased bouffant, or liking folk music meant I was a hippie, then, yes I was one.
 
Bretrick said:
I awoke early in the morning and turned on the telly.
The 1979 film, Hair was on and I immediately disliked what I saw.
The character, Claude, was the main player in the film?
What I saw was George, he seemed to be the main player, and I took a dislike to him from the start.
He seemed to me a bully who was manipulating Claude, and because of that Claude was a greatly diminished person.
I could not watch this film to the end as it was cringe.
I am sure I would never have joined the Hippie class if I was around at the time.
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I was pre-hippie. The beatnik era existed in the 50s and early 60s. I was somewhat influenced by the clothing and poetry but led a fairly mundane life. I did enjoy the art and literature of the time.
 
Della said:
I have never seen the movie, but I doubt that any movie could cover such a wide group of people as those who were called hippies in the late sixties. When I was young the term was usually used by older people to describe anyone young with long hair or bell-bottom jeans.

If hoping the war in Vietnam would end, thinking schools should be integrated and black people should have equal rights, having long natural hair instead of a teased bouffant, or liking folk music meant I was a hippie, then, yes I was one.
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My "hippiedom" was pretty much like yours. I didn't demonstrate but did carry around a petition for the 18 year old vote. I figured if we were old enough to die for our country we were darn sure old enough to vote. I have never seen that movie either but will have to see if it is streaming anywhere. To this day I cannot watch Vietnam documentaries without tears.
 
"I have never seen the movie, but I doubt that any movie could cover such a wide group of people as those who were called hippies in the late sixties. ...When I was young the term was usually used by older people to describe anyone young with long hair or bell-bottom jeans....".

Yeah.
I would have thought the film "Alice's Restaurant" would be a better 'hippie film'.
 
Eh, I dressed a little hippie-ish, played the guitar, had long hair with bangs down to my eyelashes and wore too much eyeliner but that was about it.

When I was pregnant, I converted a pair of "elephant bells" into maternity jeans and wore them into base with a brightly-embroidered gauzy big top and some beads.

Unfortunately, I ran into the C.O., who asked my name and then called my husband in to chew him out for my attire.

"I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR $@#&@ WIFE ON MY BASE AGAIN DRESSED LIKE SOME &#$@*! HIPPY, DO YOU %#@*! UNDERSTAND ME?!?!?"

Understood loud and clear.....
 
jujube said:
Eh, I dressed a little hippie-ish, played the guitar, had long hair with bangs down to my eyelashes and wore too much eyeliner but that was about it.

When I was pregnant, I converted a pair of "elephant bells" into maternity jeans and wore them into base with a brightly-embroidered gauzy big top and some beads.

Unfortunately, I ran into the C.O., who asked my name and then called my husband in to chew him out for my attire.

"I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR $@#&@ WIFE ON MY BASE AGAIN DRESSED LIKE SOME &#$@*! HIPPY, DO YOU %#@*! UNDERSTAND ME?!?!?"

Understood loud and clear.....
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or, as some say, "HOOAH!" 😁💕 (this coming from a military mom..)
 
My hippie highlight was getting on the bus with a bunch of OSU students, going to New York and joining a huge peace march that ended up in Central Park where we heard MLK speak. All perfectly peaceful, no police action required, we just walked in a group and sang songs. Violence and rioting weren't a part of protests at that time. There was a short time, before we were called Hippies, when we were called Flower Children and that was more my speed.

LBJ's biographies say he was very aware and influenced by the peace marchers, so I do believe that protests can be agents for change. We just wanted American troops pulled out before all our brothers and friends were killed. My West Virginia high-school class lost quite a few boys. Like they say in "Copperhead Road," "They took the white trash first," and that's what we were considered.
 
I was a hippie for a while. I wasn’t hugely into the political side but I did march a couple times.

I wore bell bottoms and A line or maxi dresses, peace symbol jewelry, round glasses, beads etc. Went barefoot. Burned incense. Wore tie-dye.

It didn’t last long. I discovered Twiggy and became heavily influenced by her fashion style.
 
Ronni said:
I was a hippie for a while. I wasn’t hugely into the political side but I did march a couple times.
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In sixties Britain, hippies gained fame/notoriety on the so called: Ban The Bomb marches. I too went on one or two but later found out that
while the vast majority of those 1960's "Ban the Bomb" marches (organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, or CND) were genuinely motivated pacifists, socialists, and ordinary citizens, the Soviet Union actively attempted to influence, infiltrate, and, in some cases, provide covert funding to British peace movements, particularly through the Communist Party of Great Britain.

Support for CND marches was untenable upon learning of Russian involvement, which revealed the movement was being manipulated to undermine Western security. Genuine disarmament is compromised when protests serve a foreign power, using double standards to weaken democratic defenses while ignoring Soviet expansionism.
 

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