SexViolHist Bib: Society: Women's Movement: Valerie Solanas

»Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 – April 25, 1988) was an American radical feminist known for her attempt to murder the artist Andy Warhol in 1968.
Solanas appeared in the Warhol film I, a Man (1967) and self-published the SCUM Manifesto, a feminist pamphlet calling for the extinction of men. She believed Warhol was conspiring with her publisher, Maurice Girodias, to keep her manuscript from getting published. On June 3, 1968, Solanas shot Warhol and art critic Mario Amaya at the Factory. She was charged with attempted murder, assault, and illegal possession of a firearm. Solanas was subsequently diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and sentenced to three years in prison. After her release, Solanas was arrested again for aggravated assault in 1971 after threatening Evergreen Review editor Barney Rosset. She continued to promote the SCUM Manifesto and was an editor for the biweekly feminist magazine Majority Report.« -- More information: Wikipedia

SCUM Manifesto

I n f o r m a t i o n

»SCUM Manifesto is a self-published manifesto by American radical feminist Valerie Solanas. Published in 1967, it argues that men have ruined the world, and that it is up to women to fix it. To achieve this goal, it suggests the formation of SCUM, an organization dedicated to overthrowing society and eliminating the male sex. The SCUM Manifesto has been described as a satire or parody, especially due to its parallels with Freud's theory of femininity, though this has been disputed, including by Solanas herself.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20^th Century | II. Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History | III. Topical Index: -

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Owen, Rose A. »A World without Men: Valerie Solanas and the Feminist Uses of Violence.« New Political Science 44 (2022): 105-121.

II. Speaker Index