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Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 – April 25, 1988) was an American radical feminist known for her attempt to murder artist Andy Warhol in 1968, and the SCUM Manifesto, which she self-published in 1967.
May 31, 2018 · It Killed Him 19 Years Later. Moments after Valerie Solanas entered Andy Warhol’s sixth-floor office at 33 Union Square West on June 3, 1968, carrying two guns and a massive, paranoid grudge ...
Valerie Solanas, née le 9 avril 1936 à Ventnor City ( New Jersey, États-Unis) et morte le 25 avril 1988 à San Francisco ( Californie ), est une intellectuelle féministe radicale américaine, connue pour son pamphlet SCUM Manifesto et pour avoir tenté d'assassiner Andy Warhol .
SCUM Manifesto is a radical feminist manifesto by 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.
Jun 4, 2020 · According to Breanne Fahs' Valerie Solanas: The Defiant Life of the Woman Who Wrote SCUM (and Shot Andy Warhol), Solanas was a smart, funny child. She learned to play piano at age 7, and...
Jun 26, 2020 · On June 3, 1968, Valerie Solanas walked into Andy Warhol’s studio, the Factory, with a gun and a plan to enact vengeance. What happened next came to define her life and legacy: She fired at ...
Jun 3, 2015 · Solanas, a writer and women’s rights activist, pushed feminism to radical new heights in 1967, when she founded the Society for Cutting Up Men (she was its only member) and self-published the ...
Sep 2, 2019 · Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 – April 25, 1988) was a radical feminist activist and author. Her major claims to fame were her SCUM Manifesto and her attempt on the life of Andy Warhol.
Jan 29, 2019 · Valerie Solanas was an aspiring playwright who penned a violent manifesto—and tried to kill Warhol. Shockingly, some 1960s radicals applauded her crime.
Jun 18, 2020 · The first time Andy Warhol met the woman who shot him, he thought she was a cop. Valerie Solanas and Andy Warhol first crossed paths during the Silver Factory days in 1965. She was in her early...
