{"product_id":"9781784784409","title":"SCUM Manifesto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassic radical feminist statement from the woman who shot Andy Warhol\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this edition, philosopher Avital Ronell’s introduction reconsiders the evocative exuberance of this infamous text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50079445385456,"sku":"9781784784409","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781784784409","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}