Countercultural

6I also use the term hippie (along with counterculturalist, head, freak, and longhair) to designate those individuals engaged in countercultural radicalism. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"Five years ago, none of my students at Tsinghua or Beida had any interest in what we would call countercultural stuff," says Michael Pettis, a finance professor at Beida's -- that is, Peking University's -- Guanghua School of Management who owns D-22 and the Maybe Mars label. ❋ Janis Foo (2009)

UU is so far "left" on the political spectrum it could be seen and surely has been described as a countercultural agent, but in reality, the UUA are more early adopters than countercultural. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It revealed the cynical ways in which the "countercultural" music industry was transformed in the 1960s and 1970s by industry executives such as David Geffen and by performers such as Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Considerably more obscure is the fact that April 20th (or "4/20") is also a "countercultural" holiday during which the sorts of people who keep Altoids tins and eye drops in knitted purses celebrate the consumption of marijuana (or "Wednesday weed"). ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2010)

And Fox, as a network, has always been about that identity of the sort of scrappy, underdog kind of countercultural kind of figure. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Turns out the artist is named Shepard Fairey and he has established an international presence as a kind of countercultural design artist. ❋ Bruce Schauble (2007)

I think that what we saw in that kind of countercultural period in the 1960s was a kind of leveling of all sorts of hierarchies -- hierarchies of learning and hierarchies of authority. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The word "countercultural" strikes me as much more useful. ❋ Unknown (2006)

If the UUA was "countercultural" today there would be polyamorist marriage in the churches as there is in many sections of the modern Pagan community. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Rock Hall was founded as a kind of countercultural Friars Club, in which the titans of the post-Elvis and Little Richard era feted each other at black-tie dinners, which always ended in star-studded jam sessions.

"Manhattan Beach has a way of shoveling under that kind of countercultural history," said Frost, whose extensive report on Pynchon's local ties can be found at www. tinyurl.com/macb29. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Rebel Sell] unearth the popular notion that being 'authentic' means being countercultural, that is the need to be alternative and unpopular. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The "countercultural" attitudes that signers support include the idea that women are called to affirm and encourage godly masculinity, and honor the God-ordained male headship of their husbands and pastors; that wifely submission to male leadership in the home and church reflects Christ's submission to God, His Father; that "selfish insistence on personal rights is contrary to the spirit of Christ"; and, in a pronatalist turn of phrase that recalls the rhetoric of the Quiverfull conviction, their willingness to "receive children as a blessing from the Lord." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The strongest remnant of the old underground is the dopers, but as there are an estimated two to five million people regularly smoking marijuana in the UK, they can hardly be regarded as a countercultural phenomena; more as a major component of the multicultural society we live in. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Though the travellers are probably the only true countercultural group left in Britain trying to live a life free of interference and surveillance, the spirit lives on in the student protests, animal rights groups, environmental activists and the anti-globalisation movement. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Revolutionary, in that he was countercultural redefining the industries he touched and transforming part of the world in accordance with his own image, likeness and preferences. ❋ Ed Crego (2011)

counterculture activities- smoking pot, have 2 wifes, protesting a war, [being black] and being a republican, question the [materialist] interpretation of [the American Dream], making Politically-incorrect jokes (ex making fun of jews), being gay and or doing gay stuff, watching porn........thats perfectly Americans ❋ Oc194278 (2009)

Fake counterculture guy: I love [Black Flag]. I have a [mohawk]. Real counterculture guy: I love [opera]. I wear clothes that fit. ❋ AquaMarina (2007)

[All that] [Hot Topic] [crap] is just over-the-counterculture. ❋ Mister Twist (2010)

Paul: Ugh, you know all this #BlackLivesMatter [stuff that] is everywhere will only [lead to] more [racism]. Jake: You talking about Anti-Racism Counterculture? ❋ IndependentTruths (2020)

You [shit on] [eggs]. I need [no example]. over-the-counter counterculture ❋ Mr.Majestic (2008)

Daughter: "Hey, did you see how zonked Grandma was at [the cookout]? She was popping pain killers like M&Ms!" Son-in-Law: "Yeah, she's a real [card-carrying member] of the [Over-the-Counterculture] - even though it's an AARP Discount Card!" ❋ Mark Gustavson (2008)