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spiritualeigh 's review for:
SCUM Manifesto
by Valerie Solanas
I get why people connect with this book. There are some good points in here but the reasoning is completely cuckoo banana pants. It’s transphobic, homophobic, ableist and in support of eugenics, and (no I don’t really think misandry is a thing because there is no systemic oppression of men for being men, but that doesn’t mean they cannot be systemically oppressed for their other identities or simply because the patriarchy hates everyone) the misandry in here in wild.
Do I think everyone needs to read this book in order to “discuss what is happening in American society today” as the back of the book says? Absolutely not. It does offer an interesting insight into radical feminist thinking but I don’t think it’s necessary “all female revolutionaries” are acquainted with the text.
If this was satire, which it honestly does read as a lot of the time so I understand peoples confusion, then I would rate it higher. As a satirical commentary it would serve a much better purpose as an outlet of what booktok loves to label as female/feminine rage, but as a serious manifesto - especially having read up on Solanas’ life - yikes. Just yikes.
Do I think everyone needs to read this book in order to “discuss what is happening in American society today” as the back of the book says? Absolutely not. It does offer an interesting insight into radical feminist thinking but I don’t think it’s necessary “all female revolutionaries” are acquainted with the text.
If this was satire, which it honestly does read as a lot of the time so I understand peoples confusion, then I would rate it higher. As a satirical commentary it would serve a much better purpose as an outlet of what booktok loves to label as female/feminine rage, but as a serious manifesto - especially having read up on Solanas’ life - yikes. Just yikes.