{"product_id":"scum-manifesto","title":"SCUM Manifesto","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOutrageous and violent, \u003ci\u003eSCUM Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e was widely lambasted when it first appeared in 1968. Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol, self-published the book just before she became a notorious household name and was confined to a mental institution. But for all its vitriol, it is impossible to dismiss as the mere rantings of a lesbian lunatic. In fact, the work has proved prescient, not only as a radical feminist analysis light years ahead of its time-predicting artificial insemination, ATMs, a feminist uprising against underrepresentation in the arts-but also as a stunning testament to the rage of an abused and destitute woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this edition, philosopher Avital Ronell's introduction reconsiders the evocative exuberance of this infamous text.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 96 pages | Published April 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63956696203613,"sku":"9781784784409","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781784784409.jpg?v=1774263609","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/scum-manifesto","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}