Tape 18: Interview with Vivian Gornick and Jill Johnston, 1992
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Vivian Gornick reads from the SCUM Manifesto and explains the significance of the manifesto format during the 70s. Gornick assesses the shooting of Andy Warhol in relation to WITCH and Youth International Party ("yippee") actions of the time. Jill Johnston begins by providing a description of herself during the 1970s, discusses female rage during that period, and traces this account back to pre-70s conditions for women in New York. She comments on her previous writing on Valerie Solanas. People mentioned include Maxwell Bodenheim; Margaret Atwood.
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