Introduction by Vivian GORNICK; Publisher's Preface by Maurice GIRODIAS.
Back cover:
Only three years ago we used to make fun of
Valerie Solanas, agitator, writer, and would-be
revolutionary--with her wild, insane radical
feminism ....
Then we were horrified when she shot Andy
Warhol in 1968, just to make a point: to wit,
that man's world is corrupt beyond redemption
and must be physically defeated, captured
and colonized by women if it is to be
saved from self-destruction.
And today every one of her words rings like
a prophecy .... long before Kate Millett, she
denounced men's sexual politics, their childish
and destructive egomania. Much more
ferociously than Betty Friedan, she attacked
the deep social and moral injustice of our society,
its hopelessness and despair, deriving
from centuries of male domination.
This violent, excessive, obnoxious and totally
fascinating little book has suddenly become
the Charter of all female revolutionaries. It is
a document of our time, a resounding piece
of polemic that will change the course of
our destiny. A new preface by Vivian Gornick
serves as a brilliant commentary and introduction
to this new edition--and adds to it
the point of view of today's Women's liberation
militants.
No one should presume to discuss what is
happening to American society today, who
has not yet read SCUM MANIFESTO.
THE OLYMPIA PRESS
ISBN 0 700 410 30 9
Cover photo by Fred W McDarrah