Editing Valerie Solanas (section)

== Media response ==
The shooting of Warhol propelled Solanas into the public spotlight, prompting a flurry of commentary and opinions in the media. Robert Marmorstein, writing in ''[[The Village Voice]]'', declared that Solanas "has dedicated the remainder of her life to the avowed purpose of eliminating every single male from the face of the earth".<ref name="Marmorstein_9" /> [[Norman Mailer]] called her the "[[Maximilien Robespierre|Robespierre]] of feminism".<ref name="Nickels2005D" /> Historian [[Alice Echols]] writes that members of [[New York Radical Women]] knew "next to nothing" about Solanas until her 1968 shooting of Warhol, but that afterward, Solanas’s case became a {{lang|fr|[[cause célèbre]]}} among radical feminists, and ''SCUM Manifesto'' became "obligatory reading".<ref>{{harvp|Echols|1989|p=104–105}}.</ref>

[[Ti-Grace Atkinson]], the New York chapter president of the [[National Organization for Women]] (NOW), described Solanas as "the first outstanding champion of women's rights"<ref name="Nickels2005D">{{harvp|Nickels|2005|p=17}}.</ref> and "a 'heroine' of the feminist movement",<ref name="Friedan_109">{{harvp|Friedan|1976|p=109}}.</ref><ref name="Friedan_138">{{harvp|Friedan|1998|p=138}}.</ref> and "smuggled [her manifesto]&nbsp;... out of the mental hospital where Solanas was confined".<ref name="Friedan_109" /><ref name="Friedan_138" /> According to [[Betty Friedan]], the NOW board rejected Atkinson's statement.<ref name="Friedan_138" /> Atkinson left NOW and founded another feminist organization.<ref>{{harvp|Willis|1992|p=124}}.</ref> According to Friedan, "the media continued to treat Ti-Grace as a leader of the women's movement, despite its repudiation of her".<ref>{{harvp|Friedan|1998|p=139}}.</ref> Kennedy, another NOW member, called Solanas "one of the most important spokeswomen of the feminist movement."<ref name="Nickels2005C" /><ref>{{harvp|Solanas|1996|p=54}}.</ref>

English professor [[Dana Heller]] argued that Solanas was "very much aware of feminist organizations and activism",<ref name="Heller_160">{{harvp|Heller|2008|p=160}}.</ref> but "had no interest in participating in what she often described as 'a [[civil disobedience]] [[luncheon]] club.'"<ref name="Heller_160" /> Heller also stated that Solanas could "reject mainstream [[liberal feminism]] for its blind adherence to cultural codes of feminine politeness and decorum which the ''SCUM Manifesto'' identifies as the source of women's debased social status".<ref name="Heller_160" />