Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society bein
g at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-s
eeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, ins
titute complete automation and destroy the male sex. SCUM Manifesto was consider
ed one of the most outrageous, violent and certifiably crazy tracts when it firs
t appeared in 1968. Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol, self-publis
hed this work just before her rampage against the king of Pop Art made her a hou
sehold name and resulted in her confinement to a mental institution.
