![]() ![]() Although “Society for Cutting Up Men” does not appear in the text of the manifesto, Solanas did, in fact, identify SCUM with the Society for Cutting Up Men-it’s right there, on the title page of her self-produced 1967 edition, following the title: “Presentation of the rationale and program of action of SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men).….”. According to her best friend, however, there's only one thing missing.the love of a good man. Heller, for example, relying on Harron’s reprint of the 1968 Olympia Press version of SCUM Manifesto, concludes that “there is no reliable evidence that Solanas intended SCUM to stand as an acronym for the ‘Society for Cutting Up Men.’” Heller also cites an unpublished 1975 interview with Solanas that implies “Society for Cutting Up Men” was “the fabrication of her publisher, Maurice Girodias” (168). ‘Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned’ means that there is no greater anger than that of a woman who has been rejected in love. Tyler Perry: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned 2014 Overview Synopsis Credits Film Details Brief Synopsis Read More A successful, single woman has it all - a great job, a loving family, and the ability to pay for her baby sister's wedding. ![]() These are excellent reconsiderations of Solanas and her work, but some caution is needed. 2 (2006): 104–32.īreanne Fahs, “The Radical Possibilities of Valerie Solanas,” Feminist Studies 34, no. 1 (2001): 167–89.Īmanda Third, “‘Shooting from the Hip’: Valerie Solanas, SCUM and the Apocalyptic Politics of Radical Feminism,” Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women’s Liberation 32, no. Three recent critical reassessments of Valerie Solanas and the SCUM Manifesto have been very important in the evolution of my thinking: Dana Heller, “Shooting Solanas: Radical Feminist History and the Technology of Failure,” Feminist Studies 27, no. The text of Girodias’s edition is reprinted in Mary Harron and Daniel Minahan’s book, I Shot Andy Warhol (New York: Grove Press, 1996), which includes the screenplay for Harron’s 1996 bio pic, I Shot Andy Warhol. If you are interested in seeing the cover of the 1968 Olympia edition of Solanas’s manifesto, published by Maurice Girodias, there are several copies posted on Google Images. ![]()
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