Valerie Solanas: The Defiant Life of the Woman Who Wrote Scum (and Shot Andy Warhol) - Breanne Fahs

Descriere Valerie Solanas: The Defiant Life of the Woman Who Wrote Scum (and Shot Andy Warhol) - Breanne Fahs

\n \nThe authoritative biography of the 60s countercultural icon who wrote SCUM Manifesto, shot Andy Warhol, and made an unforgettable mark on feminist history.\n \nToo drastic, too crazy, too out there, too early, too late, too damaged, too much--Valerie Solanas has been dismissed but never forgotten. She has become, unwittingly, a figurehead for women's unexpressed rage, and stands at the center of many worlds. She inhabited Andy Warhol's Factory scene, circulated among feminists and the countercultural underground, charged men money for conversation, despised daddy's girls, and outlined a vision for radical gender dystopia.\n \nKnown for shooting Andy Warhol in 1968 and for writing the polemical diatribe SCUM Manifesto, Solanas is one of the most famous women of her era. SCUM Manifesto--which predicted ATMs, test-tube babies, the Internet, and artificial insemination long before they existed--has sold more copies, and has been translated into more languages, than nearly all other feminist texts of its time.\n \nShockingly little work has interrogated Solanas's life. This book is the first biography about Solanas, including original interviews with family, friends (and enemies), and numerous living Warhol associates. It reveals surprising details about her life: the children nearly no one knew she had, her drive for control over her own writing and copyright, and her elusive personal and professional relationships.\n \nValerie Solanas reveals the tragic, remarkable life of an iconic figure. It is not only a remarkable biographical feat but also a delicate navigation of an unwieldy, demanding, and complex life story (BOMB Magazine).\n

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Feminist Press

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9781558618480

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