A quote from Valerie Solanas regarding her manifesto:

"It's hypothetical. No, hypothetical is the wrong word. I'ts 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 in SCUM. Men who think a certain way are in the men's auxiliary of SCUM."


Valerie had many copies of the SCUM Manifesto. She used to sell them on the street.