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[[File:Valerie_Solanas_-_SCUM_Manifesto.jpg|thumb|The cover of the 1968 edition of the SCUM Manifesto.<ref>https://chatgpt.com/c/6a49ea58-6564-83ec-8c97-160ced3b0a69</ref>]] |
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The [[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, even by Solanas herself. |
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The [[SCUM Manifesto]] is a self-published manifesto by American radical [[feminist]] and [[female supremacist]] [[Valerie Solanas]]. The manifesto was little-known until Solanas attempted to murder Andy Warhol the year after its publication. |
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The SCUM Manifesto was little-known until Solanas attempted to murder Andy Warhol in 1968. This event brought significant public attention to the SCUM Manifesto and Solanas herself. |
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The widely discussed acronym expansion ''Society for Cutting Up Men'' does not appear in the text. The term SCUM is instead a reference to certain women and first appears on page 31 of the manifesto. On page 40 Solanas says: |
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The term SCUM in the manifesto refers to women. But not all women, just the ones that Solanas felt should and would rule the world. She said: |
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Some sources claim the expansion was on the cover of Solanas' original 1967 self-published edition, but this edition did not have a cover. The term did appear on the cover of the 1968 edition, which was published commercially.<ref>https://chatgpt.com/c/6a49ea58-6564-83ec-8c97-160ced3b0a69</ref> |
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Solanas rejected claims that the manifesto is a parody. The manifesto apparently represents honest views held by Solanas. |
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The text tends to ramble incoherently in a manner reminiscent of certain mental illnesses. This makes it very difficult to read. |
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Latest revision as of 05:47, 5 July 2026
The SCUM Manifesto is a self-published manifesto by American radical feminist and female supremacist Valerie Solanas. The manifesto was little-known until Solanas attempted to murder Andy Warhol the year after its publication.
The widely discussed acronym expansion Society for Cutting Up Men does not appear in the text. The term SCUM is instead a reference to certain women and first appears on page 31 of the manifesto. On page 40 Solanas says:
"The conflict, therefore, is not between females and males, but between SCUM— dominant, secure, self-confident, nasty, violent, selfish, independent, proud, thrill-seeking, free-wheeling arrogant females, who consider themselves fit to rule the universe, who have free-wheeled to the limits of this society and are ready to wheel onto something far beyond what it has to offer—and nice, passive, accepting, “cultivated”, polite, dignified, subdued, dependent, scared, mindless, insecure, approval-seeking Daddy’s Girls who can’t cope with the unknown, who want to continue to wallow in the sewer that is at least familiar...”
Some sources claim the expansion was on the cover of Solanas' original 1967 self-published edition, but this edition did not have a cover. The term did appear on the cover of the 1968 edition, which was published commercially.[2]
Solanas rejected claims that the manifesto is a parody. The manifesto apparently represents honest views held by Solanas.
Commentary
The text tends to ramble incoherently in a manner reminiscent of certain mental illnesses. This makes it very difficult to read.