Ooooh, that brings back memories. Norman Mailer spent more time
obsessing about Valerie Solanas than any sane person should.
A succinct bio can be found at:
http://www.bcn.net/~jpiazzo/valbio.htm
And the S.C.U.M manifesto is posted in numerous places on the web.
> Hey everyone!
>
> I was reading my Entertainment Weekly last night and in the "Encore" article
> about
> Andy Warhol I read something that I'm interested in getting more information
> about.
>
> The quote is: "By day, Warhol-who mentored younger artists like Jean-Michel
> Basquiat and
> Keith Haring-worked in his Manhattan studio, The Factory, where he made
> experimental
> films like _Eat_ and _Haircut_ (both 1963); barely survived gunshot wounds
> inflicted by
> the founder and sole member of SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men), Valerie
> Solanas;
> published _Interview_ magazine; and applied an assembly-line approach to
> creating
> the art that would make him famous; silk-screened prints of Campbell's soup
> cans and stars
> like Marilyn Monroe."
>
> Ok-that is quite possibly the LONGEST sentence that I've ever typed. Anyway,
> what I'm
> interested in is the ***barely survived gunshot wounds inflicted by
> the founder and sole member of SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men), Valerie
> Solanas***
>
> I would like to know A>what the situation surrounding this comment was (i.e
> articles, maybe?) and
> 2>what SCUM was (other than the acronym) and 3>whatever happened to Valerie
> SOlanas.
>
> NO I am not looking to join!! I'm just wondering what the scoop is...
>
> Thanks for your help!!
>
> Leasa
