Valerie Solanas: Difference between revisions

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|type of villain = Radical Feminist

|crimes = Attempted [[murder]]<br>[[Misandry]]<br>Stalking<br>Assault

|hobby = Criticizing men}}{{Quote|It is now technically feasible to reproduce without the aid of males (or, for that matter, females) and to produce only females. We must begin immediately to do so. Retaining the male has not even the dubious purpose of reproduction.|Solanas in ''SCUM Manifesto''.}}

'''Valerie Solanas''' (April 9^th, 1936 - April 25^th, 1988) was a [[Radical feminism|Radical feminist]] who was best known for her assassination attempt of the well-known artist Andy Warhol. She also spent most of her life writing a radical feminist book entitled the ''SCUM Manifesto'', and in it, she attempted to convince her female readers to rebel against the patriarchal system, and to also destroy the male gender.

Solanas later moved to New York City in the mid-1960s, and worked as a writer. It is there that she met the well-known artist Andy Warhol. She commissioned Warhol into producing her play entitled ''Up Your Ass'', and grew incredibly angry at the indifference that Warhol gave for her play. She later demanded financial compensation for her abandoned play, and Warhol gave her a role in his 1967 film ''I, a Man'', and paid her $25 for her trouble.

In 1967, Maurice Girodias of the Olympia Press, offered to publish Solanas' writings. Valerie, knowing that her writings would be owned by Girodias if she were to sign the contract with him, purchased a gun in the spring of 1968, and later hunted for Girodias, who was away from home at the time. She later found Warhol at the Factory, and she then proceeded to shoot him three times. She also shot Mario Amaya, an art critic, and attempted to shoot Warhol's assistant as well. She later turned herself over to the police and was found guilty of attempted murder, assault, and the illegal possession of a gun. She served a three-year prison sentence, and she also spent some time at a pyschiatric hospital.