To many, hippies were associated with free love, but that was more legend than fact.

While hippies were more sexually adventurous, they mostly stuck to heterosexual monogamy. The parties where people would smoke or drink too much and sleep with their friends had repercussions the next d...

Many people think hippies with flowers in their hair were at the heart of the antiwar movement. However, antiwar protesters and hippies were usually two different groups.

• Hippies prioritized spiritual enlightenment, community building, drugs, and rock-and-roll.
• H...

It's less the case that hippies died out, and more the case that all of us became hippies. The number of countercultural practices once seen is now widely accepted.

• Yoga is one example, so is organic food and vegetarian, whole-grain diets.