Up Your Ass; and A Young Girl's Primer on How to Attain to the Leisure Class (eBook)

"e;I'm so female I'm subversive."e; Valerie SolanasThis volume presents two rarities of Valerie Solanas. The legendary play "e;Up Your Ass, or, From the Cradle to the Boat, or, The Big Suck, or, Up From the Slime"e; (1965/1967). And the story "e;A Young Girl's Primer on How to Attain to the Leisure Class"e; (1966). Readers of SCUM Manifesto! Behold as the literary heritage of Valerie Solanas redoubles before your eyes.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, but "e;Up Your Ass"e; wasn't turned into a theatre production until 2000. "e;A Young Girl's Primer..."e; was first published in the men's magazine Cavalier in 1966, and republished in the feminist newspaper Majority Report in 1975.From the Introduction by Kristian Carlsson: "e;Those who fail to notice the satirical intentions of Solanas in SCUM Manifesto will surely reconsider after familiarizing themselves with the comic style of her play Up Your Ass."e;From reviews of the Swedish Edition of this book, published in 2015: "e;...funny, blunt, yes, brutal. Solanas has a sharp eye for the stupidities and failings of male-dominated society."e; /Maria Ehrenberg, Boraas Tidning."e;Valerie Solanas has that particular, American ability to twist desperation and bitterness into experienced, street-smart lines."e; /Hakan Lindgren, Svenska Dagbladet.