![]() By the following spring, about 400 copies had been sold. Solanas charged women one dollar and men two dollars each. In 1967, she self-published the first edition by making two thousand mimeographed copies and selling them on the streets of Greenwich Village in New York City. While feminist Ti-Grace Atkinson defended Solanas and considered the Manifesto a valid criticism of patriarchy, others, such as Betty Friedan, considered Solanas' views to be too radical and polarizing. This event brought significant public attention to the SCUM Manifesto and Solanas herself. ![]() The SCUM Manifesto was little-known until Solanas attempted to murder Andy Warhol in 1968. Solanas objected, insisting that it was not an acronym, although the expanded term appeared in a Village Voice ad she had written in 1967. The term SCUM appeared on the cover of the first edition from Olympia Press, as "S.C.U.M." and was said to stand for "Society for Cutting Up Men". The SCUM Manifesto has been described as a satire or parody, especially due to its parallels with Freud's theory of femininity, though this has been disputed, even by Solanas herself. To achieve this goal, it suggests the formation of SCUM, an organization dedicated to overthrowing society and eliminating the male sex. It argues that men have ruined the world, and that it is up to women to fix it. ![]() ![]() SCUM Manifesto is a radical feminist manifesto by Valerie Solanas, published in 1967. ![]()
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