In today’s climate of Trumpism and the #MeToo movement, man-hating should be seen as a proud, feminist response. Women have been under siege for centuries, and resistance feels exhilarating, whether in the form of waving placards, or reading radical statements about feminist fight-back. Blaming men for the ills of the world is underrated. What I love about this book is how it promotes straightforward man-hating. “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”. The first line, which somewhat grabbed my attention when I was given a copy of my 21st birthday, reads: Solanas died in 1988 of pneumonia.īut about the book. She was imprisoned for three years, and spent time in a psychiatric locked ward. The book was made famous when, a year after publication, Solanas shot Andy Warhol, having become paranoid about him stealing her creative ideas. Written in 1967, Solanas, a radical feminist, argues that men have ruined the world and that women have to fix it. That is why I am taking SCUM Manifesto, by Valerie Solanas, on holiday this year. This copy lacks a fep, though it may not have been bound with one (the final leaf is an Olympia Love Letters / Hate Letters advertisement.What to take on holiday to read? I don’t like anything too serious or weighty when I am lying on a sunbed, but a relaxing time off is a perfect time to reread favourites or catch up on classics. This is a VG copy, with small chip to front wrap adjacent front spine joint, chafing to wrap edges and front spine joint, minor creasing to wraps, with short crease to lower rear wrap light discoloration to endpapers, lower outermost corner of several pages crimped small stain to lower front page ends, previous owners signature to top of half title text block toned, but a solid copy overall of a scarce title. Her work in recent years has been revisited and she is now seen as an early feminist and gay rights activist. Solanas advocated the creation of a world without men, and though the work comes off as a parody, Solanas defended her ideas as serious.

First edition of this manifesto by the would be Andy Warhol assassin, with commentary 'Wonder Waif Meets Super Neuter' by Paul Crasser.

Scum manifesto