In 1965, she wrote her “ SCUM Manifesto” (its title bore an acronym for Society for Cutting Up Men), which said that men corrupt all human institutions, including “money…Great Art, Culture…” Men, she wrote, “define Great art as themselves.” The only proper form of retribution would be to annihilate all men so as to get away from any form of sexual subservience.ĭuring her brief tenure in Warhol’s orbit she had given him her manuscript for the play, and, whether through her miscommunication or promise, she actually believed he would produce it. While some early feminists had radical leanings, Solanas’s views endorsed a political utopianism more extreme than those of her contemporaries. Solanas was an outsider among revolutionaries. Three years later, she would make her last visit to the Factory with the intention to shoot Warhol to death. Solanas, for all her vicious ideology, understood that it was sometimes necessary to play the game, and Warhol was a master player. Warhol thought the title of her play was amusing, and though her serious demeanor and spartan appearance clashed with the Factory aesthetic, she was invited to return. Simpson Is Up for Auction at Phillips this Mayīy most accounts, the meeting went well.
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