Timothy Leary’s Final Regrets
Few figures in psychedelic history are as influential or as polarizing as Timothy
Leary.
A Harvard psychologist turned countercultural icon, Leary helped bring psychedelics out of clinical & intellectual circles and into mainstream
American consciousness.
He also helped turn them into a media spectacle, accelerating the political backlash that followed.
Near the end of his life, when asked what he regretted, his answer was classic.
Instead of offering remorse or reflection, he doubled down with a line that was playful, provocative, and quintessentially Leary.
Even at the end, Leary refused to give his critics the satisfaction of an apology.
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celibacy becomes very easy for a woman when she realizes that there is literally no man worth being involved with if he isn't helping to improve her life and loving her correctly. she can go months on top of months, it’s really nothing.
It's wild how the few successful Black child stars of the nineties have grown up and embraced some pretty racist views about Black people and marrying white women.
Two great examples of that are Raven Symone and Jaleel White.
I, a sex worker & sex trafficking survivor, at the White House, w/ the Domestic Policy Council, Biden administration aides, & cabinet members & told the story of being raped by a client & not getting help cause I’m a “criminal.” Criminalization of SW = Death. We deserve better.
The DNC needs to stop using "p**nstar" as a punchline. It's cheap, it's punching down, it's respectability politics at the expense of a community already dealing with harassment, discrimination and disrespect
Her willingness to come forward is how you got those damn convictions.
Seeing this picture drives home just how young she was, how old & creepy he was. But instead of any societal reflection on the harm men do to girls, her pain is a cultural punchline. Men damage girls & it's the girls who are belittled for the fallout. 🧵