..it said at the end "Solanis's SCUM Manifesto" is considered a classic of feminist literature." By who? It sounded like the ravings of a lunatic to me!
shareIf the filmmakers hadn't have said that, the entire film would have been (really what it is) essentially a story about a deluded maniac who had a brush with Warhol and The Factory and not much more.
They needed to build Solanas up and make her more significant than she actually was or is.
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As hateful as it is (advocating gendercide) The SCUM Manifesto is a classic of feminist literature. It's a standard text in Women's Studies programs at universities across the country. If there are feminists who are uncomfortable being linked to Valerie Solanas, they're remarkable quiet about it.
shareI think Solanas herself later suggested it wasn't supposed to be taken literally - it was more like a "Modest Proposal" satire.
I've read it (it's like a long essay rather than a book) and I can't tell if it's serious or not. Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch must be twenty times longer yet it's a more interesting read.
Valerie Solanas never suggested that The SCUM Manifesto was not serious. Feminists created the myth that it was a Swiftian parody over a decade after her death.
Advocating gendercide is bad enough, without being mealy mouthed or disingenuous about it.
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Agree
~~ If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story ~ Orson Welles
Not being quiet .... PLEASE DON'T LINK ME TO HER!!!!!!!!!
I'm not seeing the conflict here.
Passion is just insanity in a cashmere sweater!