{"product_id":"scum-manifesto","title":"SCUM Manifesto","description":"\u003ci\u003e“Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and destroy the male sex.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOutrageous and violent, \u003ci\u003eSCUM Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e was widely lambasted when it first appeared in 1968. Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol, self-published the book just before she became a notorious household name and was confined to a mental institution. But for all its vitriol, it is impossible to dismiss as the mere rantings of a lesbian lunatic. In fact, the work has proved prescient, not only as a radical feminist analysis light years ahead of its time—predicting artificial insemination, ATMs, a feminist uprising against underrepresentation in the arts—but also as a stunning testament to the rage of an abused and destitute woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this edition, philosopher Avital Ronell’s introduction reconsiders the evocative exuberance of this infamous text.","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"paperback","offer_id":50192109928725,"sku":"byx1789930606800","price":9.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (UK)","offer_id":50192109961493,"sku":"cns1789930606801","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (US)","offer_id":50192109994261,"sku":"kba1789930606802","price":7.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/5349\/8645\/files\/scum-manifesto_1.jpg?v=1789930611","url":"https:\/\/zenmatfitk.shop\/products\/scum-manifesto","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}