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by Michelle Tea
“It’s hypothetical. No, hypothetical is the wrong word. It’s just a literary device. There’s no organization called SCUM… It’s not even me… I mean, I thought of it as a state of mind. In other words, women who think a certain way are SCUM. Men who think a certain way are in the men’s auxiliary of SCUM.”
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There’s no way for me to talk about Valerie Solanas without talking about this, the trauma I experienced as a female sensitive to misogyny in this world. Valerie suffered sexual abuse from her birth father, then didn’t get along with her step-father, was sent her to live with a grandfather, and then her grandfather beat her up. She ran away at 15 and was impregnated by a married man—I’ve no understanding the nature of that relationship, but it’s safe to presume it was at least statutory rape. Valerie’s kid was taken away and she lived on the streets from then on.
To be living so low yet so close to the largest artist of your time. To have caught his interest and been put in his films. All around you ideas are flying, becoming real. To be so near to power, to hand him your work, to know how he could help you, to hope that he would.
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