Valerie Solanas: SCUM Manifesto

Content warning: SCUM Manifesto contains discussion of transphobia, violence, murder, misogyny, ableism, domestic abuse, sexual violence and suicide.  

In this episode we discuss Valerie Solanas' controversial 1967 text, the SCUM Manifesto. We use this text as a jumping off point to chat about masculinity, transphobia, biological essentialism, and female fury.

Mental health links: 
⁠https://www.mind.org.uk
⁠⁠https://mhanational.org⁠ 


Sources 

Valerie Solanas (2015) SCUM Manifesto. Verso. – Free Olympia Press version available ⁠here: https://editions-ismael.com/wp-conten...

Physical: 100 (2023) (TV Show)⁠

Up Your Ass (2000)⁠ (play) written by Valerie Solanas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Your...)

I, a Man (1967) (film) directed by Andy Warhol 

Bike Boy (1967) (film) directed by Andy Warhol 

⁠Riot grrrl⁠: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_grrrl

Ruth Pearce, Sonja Erikainen & Ben Vincent (2020) TERF Wars: An Introduction, The Sociological Review, 68 (4). 677-698. 

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2017) ⁠Let’s Generalize about Men⁠ (song):    • Let's Generalize About Men - "Crazy E...  

Book Club from Hell Podcast – Episode #9

The SCUM Manifesto Audition (1999) (film)

M3GAN (2022) (film) 

SNL (2023) ⁠M3GAN 2.0⁠ (sketch):    • M3GAN 2.0 - SNL  

SZA (2022) SOS (album)  

Ethel Cain (2022) Preacher’s Daughter (album)  

Lorde (2017) ⁠Green Light⁠ (song) ⁠


Spotify Playlist
You can listen to our SCUM Manifesto inspired Spotify playlist ⁠here⁠: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ek...


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Music 
Outro: ⁠Lori Beauty, Coma Studios⁠: https://pixabay.com/music/beats-lo-fi...