By Aidan Fitzsimmons Philosophically, the concept of counterculture is more interesting and fundamental to human life than may originally be considered. Counterculture is defined as a subculture created in opposition to mass culture, middle class values, consumerism, mainstream media, the mores of a previous generation, the cultural hegemony of a dominant group, and other […]
Drug Section What’s the going rate for what you’ve bought while at Harvard? “$15 for two pot brownies.” “$10/g of weed” “mostly been through friends so free” “40/eighth” (weed) “lol idk i get my drugs for free” “$75/ half Oz (weed)” “$25 for a THC cartridge. $120 for a half ounce of high quality bud” […]
After last year’s debut of the Harvard Independent’s Counter Culture Issue, you can count on the Indy to ask the questions no other campus publication will. No other publication, at Harvard or elsewhere, had attempted to quantify the reach and depth of these often-discussed topics in a campus setting until the Indy’s 2016 Counter Culture […]
By ABIGAIL KOERNER Concrete steps down into a woodland escape were my favorite place to walk. I’d hop skip and jump down to where they ended and the dirt and grass began. Trees billowed out overhead to guard my body from any sunlight which could have blinded me. Behind sunglasses, I’d look up and gaze […]
An inside look at WHRB’s weekday punk rock radio program. By SEGAN HELLE It is 2 A.M. on a Thursday night. Ana Georgescu ’20 begins setting up her laptop on a desk fixed with a microphone, a couple computer screens, turntables, and a soundboard. The studio is small and is outfitted with a few chairs and a couch. […]
By ANONYMOUS I love a good spontaneous vacation and my acid trip was no exception. I hadn’t even had a chance to renew my passport before the most impulsive drug trip of my life. You ever wondered what the mind thinks on drugs? Let me tell you. We took acid at around 12:57 am, […]
Breaking my mother’s heart only cost $120 but was still much cheaper than therapy. By HUNTER RICHARDS The old saying goes, “Sticks and stones will break your bones, but words inked into your skin breaks-your-mother’s-heart-honestly-how-could-you-do-this-to-your-family.” You can try to keep that ink to yourself and hide it from all the parents and potential employers you encounter, […]
Remembering the political origins of counterculture. By SEGAN HELLE The story of American counterculture is well-known. Rooted in sixties era fears and frustrations, counterculture arose as a challenge to American politics and culture. Youths began to reject imperialist Cold War policies and continued intervention in Vietnam. They were disenchanted with social values of materialism […]