Category: Women

The Izumis & Osmonds: Friendship & Resilience in the Canadian Psychedelic Community

Kiyoshi and Amy Izumi found friendship and shared resiliency in Jane and Humphry Osmond as...

Mrs. So-and-So, Women’s Participation in Psychedelic Trials

Finding evidence of women's experiences in early psychedelic trials is challenging, but not impossible....

Hippie Girls in Yorkville: Canada’s Haight-Ashbury

Yorkville, Toronto brought its own Canadian twist on being hip in the age of countercultural...

Susi’s Tram Ride: Recognizing the First Woman to Take LSD

Susi Ramstein was the first woman to take LSD and the first psychedelic guide, yet...

Spotlight on Betsy Gordon and the Psychoactive Substances Research Collection

Not one for the limelight, Betsy Gordon has worked behind the scenes of psychedelic psychiatry...

María Sabina, Mushrooms, and Colonial Extractivism

While Robert Gordon Wasson obtained fame, María Sabina lived with the stigma of "revealing" the...

How MDMA, Octopuses, and Gül Dölen Reopen Minds

Johns Hopkins neuroscientist is ushering in a "critical period" in psychedelic research. But will anyone...

Anaïs Nin and the Vocabulary of the Psychedelic Experience

Anaïs Nin was critical of the Western psychedelic experience and its reliance on the appropriation...

A Song for the Underground Psychedelic Psychotherapist

As psychedelic psychotherapy work grows more legitimate, it is worth appreciating the women who've risked...

Lauretta Bender: Seminal Psychiatrist & Forgotten Psychedelic Pioneer

The story of Loretta Bender reveals a series of triumphs against adversity that led to...
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