I'm so female I'm subversive. Valerie Solanas. Readers ofSCUM Manifesto!Behold as the literary heritage of Valerie Solanas redoubles before your eyes. This volume presents two rarities of Valerie Solanas. The legendary playUp Your Ass(1965/1967). And the storyA Young Girl's Primer on How to Attain to the Leisure Class(1966). Valerie Solanas (1936-1988) self-published a mimeographed edition of these two literary pieces in 1967, sold in select New York bookstores. For over two decades she tried to get her controversial play staged, butUp Your Asswasn't turned into a theatre production until 2000. A Young Girl's Primer was first published in the men's magazineCavalierin 1966, and republished in the feminist newspaperMajority Reportin 1975.
Those who fail to notice the satirical intentions of Solanas inSCUM Manifestowill surely reconsider after familiarizing themselves with the comic style of her playUp Your Ass. --From the Introduction by Kristian Carlsson
...funny, blunt, yes, brutal. Solanas has a sharp eye for the stupidities and failings of male-dominated society. --Boraas Tidning.
Valerie Solanas has that particular, American ability to twist desperation and bitterness into experienced, street-smart lines. --Svenska Dagbladet
Fiction. Drama. LGBTQIA Studies. Women's Studies.
