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A fever dream of a novel—strangely funny, entirely unconventional—Valerie conjures the life, mind, and art of American firebrand Valerie Solanas In April 1988, Valerie Solanas—the writer, radical feminist, author of the SCUM Manifesto and would-be assassin of Andy Warhol—was discovered dead at fifty-two in her hotel room, in a grimy. SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas Book Resume: First circulated on the streets of Greenwich Village in 1967, the SCUM Manifesto is a searing indictment of patriarchal culture in all its forms. Shifting fluidly between the worlds of satire and straightforward critique, this no-holds-barred classic is a call to action—a radical feminist vision for a different world. Valerie Solanas quotes (showing 1-30 of 36) “Every man, deep down, knows he's a worthless piece of shit.” “What will liberate women, therefore, from male control is the total elimination of the money-work system, not the attainment of economic equality with men within it.” “A woman not only takes her identity and individuality for granted. Outrageous and violent, SCUM Manifesto was widely lambasted when it first appeared in 1968. Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol, self-published the book just before she became a notorious household name and was confined to a mental institution. But for all its vitriol, it is impossible to dismiss as the mere rantings of a lesbian lunatic. About SCUM Manifesto. What a wonderful world song download free. SCUM Manifesto was considered one of the most outrageous, violent and certifiably crazy tracts when it first appeared in 1968. Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol, self-published this work just before her rampage against the king of Pop Art made her a household name and resulted in her confinement to a mental institution.

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SCUM Manifesto was considered one of the most outrageous, violent and certifiably crazy tracts when it first appeared in 1968. Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol, self-published this work just before her rampage against the king of Pop Art made her a household name and resulted in her confinement to a mental institution. But the Manifesto, for all its vitriol,..more

Published May 17th 2004 by Verso (first published 1967)

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Mar 01, 2014Adam rated it liked it · review of another edition

I am both a walking dildo and a walking abortion. I, like every man, know deep down that I'm a worthless piece of shit.
Well, shit. Look, here's the thing. People either compare this to something like A Modest Proposal or they dismiss it as the work of a raving lunatic. Very few feminists would agree with Solanas. Especially since Solanas has lots of (really offensive) shit to say about women, especially women who like fucking dudes ('raving sex maniacs' is a very mild example).
The manifesto is..more

Oct 01, 2014Lindy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: non-fiction, 20th-century, feminist-related

I deeply resent that the top reviews for this book are written by men. May the ghost of Valerie Solanas haunt all of you.
The SCUM Manifesto is important to me because it represents every 'irrational' thought I've had when I've been angry and, due to both rage and social constraints placed around the proper expression of women's emotion, unable to express them. In The SCUM Manifesto , these thoughts are presented as justified and even logical. When I read The SCUM Manifesto, I feel legitimized...more

Nov 14, 2007Jeremy rated it liked it · review of another edition

I had no idea how to prepare for college, nor any idea what to do once I got there. I just knew that my friends were going, and I didn't want to get a job. I started by perming my hair. This seemed, somehow, the most logical step, though apparently nobody told any of my friends this, and if asked where I'd gotten the idea, I likely would have replied 'I am going to college!' and fled, crying and punching myself. I then went to T.J. Maxx and bought a bunch of weird-looking clothes. Lots of vibran..more

Since an early age, women are told to look past the misogyny in much so called 'great art'. Screw that! Here is a hilarious answer to 2,000 (or more) years of patriarchal oppression. Solanas is brilliantly witty, and for those scardey cat, humorless males that say 'but she tried to kill someone!' the answer to that is- so did Norman Mailer. And William Burroughs actually KILLED his wife, but we would NEVER hold that against these 'GREAT WRITERS', now, would we? Althusser..I'm sure the list goes..more

Feb 22, 2008Anthony D'Juan Shelton rated it really liked it

Recommended to Anthony by: Ian Preston Cinnamon

Gotta love this book. It's so right on and so way off. It's beautiful in theory and tragic in reality.

Hey, I wrote a book. How can I get this published? Nobody will touch it? What if I tried to kill a famous person? Hello fame!

Mar 01, 2014Hadrian rated it liked it

Shelves: nonfiction, usa, gender-studies-sexuality-lgbt-etc, humor-and-satire

If SCUM ever marches, it will be over the President's stupid, sickening face; if SCUM ever strikes, it will be in the dark with a six-inch blade.
As near as this 'biological accident' of feeble brain and weak will can tell, this book is the Modest Proposal of second-wave feminism. By proposing an idea so ridiculous, so genocidal and violent, so stereotyping and repulsive, the author asks questions about the silent limitations and gilded cages of women in the mid-20th century.
I once got into an a..more

Jun 20, 2010Evan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1960s, humor, politics, philosophy, my-faves, 2010-reads, warhols-factory-fonies-etc, gay-interest-etc, fucked-up-women

I'm reading this, as a man of course, and cheering on Solanas' bad-ass, hilarious, blunt-force-trauma, withering, genocidal rant against men. If I might make a crude equation, my irrational response might correlate to a Jew cheering on Hitler at the Nuremberg rallies. (Yes, it is a crude equation -- I'm not in danger -- but you get my drift).
But seriously, this manifesto -- a fuck-load more fun than Marx's 'Communist Manifesto' -- half makes me want to march into the mountain to my demise like t..more

May 10, 2014Anthony Vacca rated it liked it · review of another edition

On one hand, Valerie Solanas’ self-published 1968 incendiary quasi-treatise, the SCUM Manifesto, is a full-on attack of the male-dominated status quo of 20th century American society, and—if viewed as a vicious satire à la Swift’s A Modest Proposal—is written in as spirited and vile a voice as any one of the many vitriolic grotesqueries to be found in the best of Alexander Theroux’s writing. The manifesto’s humble opinion is that women are the only half of our species that deserve to live and th..more

Oct 20, 2010mark monday rated it it was ok · review of another edition

cute book, and a handy guide for getting rid of some of these annoying guys crowding up the planet. valerie solanas is adorable!

Mar 27, 2007Alexander Santiago rated it it was amazing

Shelves: feminist-literature, literary-mavericks, analytical-mind, favorites

The assertion by its author of the inherent superiority of women over men, and whose book opens with '. . men are a biological accident . . ' and puts forth that argument in a rollercoaster debate, you know you are definitely in for a hell of a ride. Thus is Valerie Solanas' magnum opus - SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) Manifesto - a feminist classic from the revolutionary change of the '60s, in which she penned her edgy, radical, brilliant thoughts and ideas, namely the purging from the earth..more

the reviews for this alone are priceless. wow, a dude crying over someone not representing him accurately in media, wonder how that must feel.. also, derailing with stuff like 'what if this was about women instead' is irrelevant because you can't seriously think that that has never been done before (and was mostly met with a surprising lack of outrage), right?
anyhow, this was a pretty energizing read (didn’t say i liked it though)

Nov 13, 2008melydia rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Why are manifestos so often written by crazies? This 50-page anti-male screed by the woman most famous for shooting Andy Warhol is, well, kind of hard to read. I can ignore the man hatred - that's a matter of opinion - but many of her suggestions for improving the world are simply batty. First, that her notion of communism would work. It's inconceivable that all the people of the world would work together towards Solanas's idea of the common good. Second, 'automation' does not mean zero work. Ma..more

'The male is a biological accident: the Y (male) gene is an incomplete X (female) gene, that is, it has an incomplete set of chromosomes. In other words, the male is an incomplete female, a walking abortion, aborted at the gene stage. To be male is to be deficient, emotionally limited; maleness is a deficiency disease and males are emotional cripples.'
-genius!

Mar 02, 2014sologdin rated it it was ok

Not sure if this is serious or not. If serious, it’s one of the worst books ever written. If an elaborate satire, then very effective. Object of the satire could be misogynist discourse (i.e., applying the same barbarities to men that are routinely applied to women), or feminist discourse (i.e., taking certain feminist principles and exaggerating them to irrational ends), or the discourse of masculinity (i.e., suggesting that masculinist doctrine sets up an ideal that needs to be cut up (analyze..more

Mar 12, 2016Anya (~on a semi-hiatus~) rated it did not like it

Shelves: non-fiction, feminism, horror, hey-shawty, potty, sexist-crap, disturbing

I should probably explain my four stars. Obviously, I don’t agree with many of her points, but that’s not the point of this. Here is an autobiographical documentation of a girl who is lost and confused, who tries to make sense of her trauma through theory. Her outlandish claims about biology that bear a rigid gender essentialism may be off-putting for some, and rightfully so, but some of us see through it. I relate to her fury. Her sweeping generalizations of the male population do bear some tru..more

Jul 28, 2018Clemlucian (🏳️‍🌈the villain's quest) rated it did not like it

'The male is completely egocentric, trapped inside himself, incapable of empathizing or
identifying with others, or love, friendship, affection of tenderness. He is a completely isolated
unit, incapable of rapport with anyone.'
Rating: 0/5 Stars.
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I'm at loss of words..
I mean, I knew what I was getting into when I bought this but still, there's a difference between knowing something and seeing it through my own glasses. I didn't know it was possible for me to be unable to critic something beca..more

Apr 07, 2012Mohammed Abdi Osman rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Alongside the discussion about the male is defective animal, she says some profound things about the gender roles in a way calm,droll acadamic essays about men,women cant say. It is very special reading someone who is fearless about some really big human issues.
The agressive language,tone made it a powerful read.

Jun 04, 2012SmarterLilac rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Yikes. As part of my attempt to get back to 'real' reading, I finally decided to tackle this infamous work.
Ugh. I cannot make myself believe the author was serious about these ideas in a literal way. I think the Manifesto succeeds as a condemnation of patriarchy and classism. My guess is, she was going for some kind of satire--an indictment of '60s radicals and their extremist ways?
The writing, however, is awful, and on its face, horribly offensive. It's sad to me that this is viewed by so many..more

Sep 06, 2013Marvin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

There is a fine line between crazy and inspired. There is also a fine line between crazy and genius but Valerie Solanas was no genius. For that matter, she probably wasn't crazy. At least, not at first. She was a very troubled woman damaged by child molestation and abuse. She appeared to have had volatile relationships with others, letting them in then turning against them when they turned out to be flawed humans. This defense mechanism had tragic consequences for both her and Andy Warhol, who s..more

May 04, 2008Tina rated it liked it · review of another edition

It's a good dose of crazy, faulty reasoning. Very entertaining.
Underlying some of her radical and ridiculous statements are actually some interesting concepts (which we still hear about--lab babies, for example). However, you have to dig through her man-hating murderous rage to see it.
I just hope no one comes across this and thinks it's what feminism really is.

Jun 18, 2019Ylenia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I'm giving this one five stars not because I believe in what Valerie had to say, but solely because I've never laughed so hard at a book. This was such a great piece of entertainment.
Just, so many gems.. 'To call a man an animal is to flatter him; he's a machine, a walking dildo.' Of course I don't believe in that, but I definitely thought similar things at least once in my life.

Mar 30, 2009Pat Schakelvoort rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: Crab People / Fat Chicks / Sex in the city fans

Five stars for being a woman, that didn`t just complain/screech when she was offended by something. Instead she wrote an manifesto for the extermination of males and shot Andy Warhol.
This woman is clearly superior than all those broads who claim to be modern and tolerant, but screech out when somebody dares to touch their o so beloved celebrities. ..more

Mar 26, 2016Christine rated it it was ok

I am glad that someone told me to read this as satire, but that still didn't quite help. Jonathan Swift, she isn't. Still, important to read to simply capture a sense of feminism than. I also am left with the feeling that the pop opera I saw about Andy Warhol did Solanas a huge injustice.

Sep 23, 2018Tyler rated it it was ok

'Men cannot co-operate to achieve a common end, because each man’s end is all the pussy for himself.'
I sincerely hope this is sarcastic or some sort of political satire, otherwise it reads like the ravings of a bitter lunatic.

Jan 01, 2016vi macdonald rated it did not like it

Shelves: 2016-reads, 20th-century, philosophy, the-shit-list, feminism, diversity, postmodernism

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I kept waiting for the curtain to swing back and for this whole thing to be revealed a bizarre work of satire (admittedly not great satire, but satire nonetheless).

Jan 01, 2016Dylan rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I really hope this was satire.

Oct 29, 2015Shelley rated it did not like it

Shelves: 2016, 1900s, never-again, feminism, north-america

Mar 25, 2019Paul Fulcher added it

Although completely physical, the male is unfit even for stud service. Even assuming mechanical proficiency, which few men have, he is, first of all, incapable of zestfully, lustfully, tearing off a piece, but instead is eaten up with guilt, shame, fear and insecurity, feelings rooted in male nature, which the most enlightened training can only minimize; second, the physical feeling he attains is next to nothing; and third, he is not empathizing with his partner, but is obsessed with how he's do..more

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Valerie Jean Solanas was an American radical feminist writer best known for shooting the artist Andy Warhol in 1968. She wrote the SCUM Manifesto, an essay on patriarchal culture advocating the creation of an all-female society.

“What will liberate women, therefore, from male control is the total elimination of the money-work system, not the attainment of economic equality with men within it.” — 18 likes

“A woman not only takes her identity and individuality for granted, but knows instinctively that the only wrong is to hurt others, and that the meaning of life is love.” — 12 likes

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Valerie Solanas quotes Showing 1-30 of 36

“What will liberate women, therefore, from male control is the total elimination of the money-work system, not the attainment of economic equality with men within it.”
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“Every man, deep down, knows he's a worthless piece of shit.”
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“A woman not only takes her identity and individuality for granted, but knows instinctively that the only wrong is to hurt others, and that the meaning of life is love.”
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“The male claim that females find fulfillment through motherhood and sexuality reflects what males think they'd find fulfilling if they were female.”
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“The male is a biological accident: the Y (male) gene is an incomplete X (female) gene, that is, it has an incomplete set of chromosomes. In other words, the male is an incomplete female, a walking abortion, aborted at the gene stage. To be male is to be deficient, emotionally limited; maleness is a deficiency disease and males are emotional cripples.”
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“SCUM will become members of the unwork force, the fuck-up force; they will get jobs of various kinds and unwork.. SCUM office and factory workers, in addition to fucking up their work, will secretly destroy equipment. SCUM will unwork at a job until fired, then get a new job to unwork at.”
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“If SCUM ever marches, it will be over the President's stupid, sickening face; if SCUM ever strikes, it will be in the dark with a six-inch blade.”
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“There's no reason why a society consisting of rational beings capable of empathizing with each other, complete and having no natural reason to compete, should have a government, laws, or leaders.”
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“On the contrary, the male has a vested interest in ignorance; it gives the few knowledgeable men a decided edge on the unknowledgeable ones, and besides, the male knows that an enlightened, aware female population will mean the end of him. The healthy, conceited female wants the company of equals whom she can respect and groove on; the male and the sick, insecure, unself-confident male female crave the company of worms.”
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“To call a man an animal is to flatter him; he's a machine, a walking dildo. It's often said that men use women. Use them for what ?Surely not pleasure.”
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“Eaten up with guilt, shame, fears and insecurities and obtaining, if he's lucky, a barely perceptible physical feeling, the male is, nonetheless, obsessed with screwing; he'll swim a river of snot, wade nostril-deep through a mile of vomit, if he thinks there'll be a friendly pussy awaiting him. He'll screw a woman he despises, any snaggle-toothed hag, and, further, pay for the opportunity. Why? Relieving physical tension isn't the answer, as masturbation suffices for that. It's not ego satisfaction; that doesn't explain screwing corpses and babies.”
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“Dropping out is not the answer; fucking-up is.”
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“The male has a
negative Midas Touch -- everything he touches turns to shit.”
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“Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and destroy the male sex.”
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“BONGI: Very fucky world we live in. My only consolation’s that I’m me – vivacious, dynamic, single and a queer.”
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“In actual fact, the female function is to explore, discover, invent, solve problems crack jokes,
make music -- all with love. In other words, create a magic world.”
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“A true community consists of individuals -- not mere species members, not couples --
respecting each others individuality and privacy, at the same time interacting with each other
mentally and emotionally -- free spirits in free relation to each other -- and co-operating with
each other to achieve common ends.”
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“The few remaining men can exist out their puny days dropped out on drugs or
strutting around in drag or passively watching the high-powered female in action,
fulfilling themselves as spectators, vicarious liver*, or breeding in the cow pasture
with the toadies, or they can go off to the nearest friendly suicide center where
they will be quietly, quickly, and painlessly gassed to death.
Prior to the institution of automation, to the replacement of males by machines,
the male should be of use to the female, wait on her, cater to her slightest whim,
obey her every command, be totally subservient to her, exist in perfect obedience
to her will, as opposed to the completely warped, degenerate situation we have
now of men, not only not only not existing at all, cluttering up the world with their
ignominious presence, but being pandered to and groveled before by the mass of
females, millions of women piously worshiping the Golden Calf, the dog leading
the master on a leash, when in fact the male, short of being a drag queen, is least
miserable when his dogginess is recognized – no unrealistic emotional demands are
made of him and the completely together female is calling the shots. Rational men
want to be squashed, stepped on, crushed and crunched, treated as the curs, the
filth that they are, have their repulsiveness confirmed.
The sick, irrational men, those who attempt to defend themselves against their
disgustingness, when they see SCUM barreling down on them, will cling in terror
to Big Mama with her Big Bouncy Boobies, but Boobies won’t protect them
against SCUM; Big Mama will be clinging to Big Daddy, who will be in the corner
shitting in his forceful, dynamic pants. Men who are rational, however, won’t kick
or struggle or raise a distressing fuss, but will just sit back, relax, enjoy the show
and ride the waves to their demise.”
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“Every man, deep down, knows he'a a piece of shit.”
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Scum Manifesto

“GINGER: So nice to meet you, Bongi. Why don’t you tell me a little about yourself. What’re your vices?
BONGI: I have no vices – I never drink, gamble or work.”
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“Yüksek' eğitimin amacı eğitmek değil, mümkün olduğunca fazla sayıda insanı çeşitli mesleklerden dışlamaktır.”
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“Yüksek' eğitim sistemimizin katılığı, sıkıcılığı, pahalılığı, zaman tüketiciliği ve adaletsiz dıştalayıcılığı bir sürü potansiyel biliminsanının bilimsel kariyerden uzaklaşmasına yol açar.”
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“Solamente las mujeres que confían plenamente en sí mismas, las arrogantes, las extrovertidas, las orgullosas, las poseedoras de mentes rigurosas, son capaces de mantener una conversación intensa, audaz, ingeniosa.”
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“ALVIN (controlled indignation): Why, you.. you dirty.. (Gradually acquiring control.) I usually restrain myself from brutal frankness, but you've asked for this; now you're gonna get it - (With slow, deliberate, emphatic articulation he devastates her with the ultimate insult). You - are not - the least - bit --- SEXY.”
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“RUSSEL. I may very well find her satisfactory - if she's on my level, of course. I've always wanted to meet a girl on my level. Let's see how sharp you are: define 'supererogatory'.
BONGI. Superfluous; unnecessary.
RUSSEL. Probably luck. What does 'comminution' mean?
BONGI. I don't know. What?
RUSSEL. It means pulverization; reduction to fine powder. Define 'umbilicate'.
BONGI. I give.
RUSSEL. That was an easy one. What's the word sounds like? Obviously, it means having an umbilicus. I'll give you one more chance. Define 'wimple'.
BONGI. I haven't the vaguest.
RUSSEL. It is..
(He hesitates, surreptitiously pulls a two by five card from his pocket, glances hastily at it and puts it back).
..it means ripple. Well, don't feel to badly; you got the first one right; besides, you're not too bad looking, or, at least, you wouldn't be if you'd put a skirt on and look like a woman.”
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“GINGER. He and I established the most wonderful rapport. I think he's infatuated with me; he kept grabbing my ass and telling me how different I am. I think he senses the rebel in me. I've always been in rebellion ever since I was a kid. I remember how whenever my father's tell me to pick my toys up I'd stamp my foot and say 'No' twice before picking them up. Oh, I was a mean one. My latest rebellion is my childhood religion; I've just rebelled against that. I used to be High Episcopalian.
BONGI. What're you now?
GINGER. Low Epicsopalian.”
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“GINGER: The hand that rocks the craddle rules the world.
BONGI: That's a slick little maxim — while the hand's rocking the craddle it won't be rocking the boat.”
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“RUSSEL. I want a strong, virile environment.
BONGI. Why don't you hang out at the YMCA gym?”
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“RUSSEL. When he grows up I want to be able to point to him and say: 'There goes my son -- the man'. I want to live in a masculine culture.
BONGI. That's a contradiction in terms.”
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“Bir erkeğe hayvan demek ona iltifat etmektir; o bir makine, yürüyen bir vibratördür.”
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