Valerie Solanas
American writer
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Valerie Solanas was an American writer known for her radical feminist manifesto, the SCUM Manifesto. She gained notoriety in 1968 when she shot and critically wounded artist Andy Warhol at his New York studio, known as The Factory. Solanas founded the Society for Cutting Up Men (SCUM) and advocated for the elimination of men. Her actions and writings reflect a radical and controversial perspective within feminist discourse.1
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