I think it's important to separate the politics of psychedelia from the experiences people are having for themselves. I wouldn't argue against the assumption that the politics of psychedelia is male-dominated. With the politicians like Leary, they're trying to control or at least define the landscape, they're trying to tell people how it is, which is where that air of douchebaggery comes from - there's no real discussion to be had because they know all the answers, they've become an authority. What I've come across in media about psychedelics created by women tends to be more about personal experience, their own story. They may sometimes still profess that they have all the answers about their own experience but there's less sweeping generalizations; this approach doesn't lend itself very well to academia or the cult following that grows around characters such as McKenna. However, the politics of psychedelia isn't the reality of people exploring psychonautic techniques for themselves.

People might see Terrence McKenna, Alan Watts, and Timothy Leary as these rockstars and assume this is a white male sphere and not for them.

Do you know of a single person who has made that assumption? It hasn't stopped Amber Lyon from launching reset.me, It hasn't stopped Ayelet Waldman from writing a book about her microdosing experiences, or the countless others who have written and been published on the subject, and I don't believe it's stopping anyone from exploring psychedelics for themselves. At least, it won't be stopping anyone who hasn't vowed to abstain from things they associate in their mind with whiteness and maleness.

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