{"product_id":"scum-manifesto","title":"Scum Manifesto","description":"\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;\"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.\"\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Outrageous and violent, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;SCUM Manifesto\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; 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.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In this edition, philosopher Avital Ronell’s introduction reconsiders the evocative exuberance of this infamous text.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57307234763134,"sku":"NW9781784784409","price":8.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784784409.jpg?v=1778251349","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/scum-manifesto","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}