HIP = (Human Improvement Project)
In Politics of Ecstasy, Dr. Timothy Leary states “Hippy is an establishment label for a profound, invisible, underground process. For every visible hippy, a barefoot, beflowered, beaded, there are a thousand invisible members of the turned in to their inner vision, who are dropping out of the TV comedy of American Life.”
Americans of all walks were fascinated and titillated by the idea of this free and feral group – the hippies. Documentaries and exploitation flicks flooded the brains of Suzy Creamcheese and her extended family.