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Jun 26, 2020 · June 26, 2020. Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. This month we’re adding the stories of important...
Sep 2, 2019 · Amanda Prahl. Updated on September 02, 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.
SCUM Manifesto is a radical feminist manifesto by Valerie Solanas, published in 1967. [1] [2] 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 18, 2020 · June 18, 2020 3:45pm. Andy Warhol. Dennis Stone/Shutterstock. 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 ...
Jun 3, 2015 · History. This Is Why a Radical Playwright Shot Andy Warhol. 3 minute read. Detective Frederick Stepat and policewoman McCarthy escort Valeria Solanas, 28, into 13th precinct, for the shooting...
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.
Valerie Jean Solanas (9 April 1936 – 25 April 1988) was an American radical feminist author and playwright. Solanas was born in Ventnor City, New Jersey. She was a lesbian misandrist. She wrote many notable non-fiction books, and self-published SCUM Manifesto in 1968. That year, she shot Andy Warhol and Mario Amaya.
