About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, Apocolocyntosis, A Fable for Critics, A Modest Proposal, A Modest Video Game Proposal, A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind, Beyond the Fringe, Candlemakers' petition, Caprichos, Dragon of Wantley, Geek and Gamer Girls Song, I've Never Met a Nice South African, In My Country There Is Problem, Jack Upland, John Bon and Mast Parson, Julius Excluded from Heaven, Libido for the Ugly, Namby Pamby, October 26 1993, Oedipus Tex, Peri Bathous, Or the Art of Sinking in Poetry, Pierce the Ploughman's Crede, SCUM Manifesto, St. Fidgeta and Other Parodies, The Battle of the Books, The Disappointment, The Heathen Chinee, The True-Born Englishman, Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting, To Be or Not to Be (The Hitler Rap), Transcendental Wild Oats, Trivia (poem), True History. Excerpt: The SCUM Manifesto is a radical feminist manifesto written in 1967 by Valerie Solanas. It argues that men have ruined the world and that women should overthrow society and eliminate the male sex. Reprinted at least 10 times, translated into 13 languages, and excerpted several times, the SCUM Manifesto generated a range of reactions, including that it was utopian, feminist, pre-feminist, crusading, and a call to act; accurate, symbolic, irreverent, funny, outrageous, and extreme; parodic and satiric but not a put-on; witty, shocking, and articulative of rage; nonviolent, a suggestion for retraining of men, a declaration that men would be killed, and a charter for violence; and misandrous; and that it sought a women-only world and that it wouldn't be necessary to kill men. The term SCUM was often described as an abbreviation for "Society for Cutting Up Men" but Solanas denied it, although the expanded term appeared on a cover of an edition she self-published. An organization did not exist, other than for one public forum with herself as the only member. The Manifesto was little-known until Solanas shot Andy Warhol in 1968. This event brought significant public attention to the Manifesto and Solanas herself. While some feminists defended Solanas and considered the Manifesto a valid criticism of the patriarchal order, others, such as Betty Friedan, considered Solanas's views to be too radical and polarizing. Although Solanas's motives for shooting Warhol remain unclear, the Manifesto is still frequently associated with this event. Solanas began drafting the SCUM Manifesto as early as 1959 or 1960. In 1967, she self-published the first edition by making two thousand mimeographed copies and selling them on the streets of Greenwich Village in New York City. Solanas charged women one dollar and men two dollars each. By the following spring, about 400 copies had been sold. The first commercial edition of the Manifesto was published by Olympia Press in New York in 1968. It in
