In 1968, Valerie Solanas shot Andy Warhol. A vociferous feminist and author of the “S.C.U.M. (Society for Cutting Up Men) Manifesto, Solanas felt that Warhol had used and discarded her for his own gain when he wouldn’t produce her play. Labeled as nothing more than a woman with mental health problems, Solanas was locked up for a bit before being put back out on the streets. With no medical help and discarded by society and the systems within it, she...
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