Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Why we fight

Another reason to love the internet: Years ago, I ran across a hilarious essay which posited that sexual relations between men and women followed the law of supply and demand, and created the memorable phrase "pussy commodity" to refer to women's place in the scheme. I needed to cite this essay today, and Google instantly provided the source: the Slut Manifesto by Lizzard Amazon. Utterly great. Unfortunately, the real identity of Lizzard Amazon has not been revealed; the most we can know is that she published the zine Vanilla Milkshake, where her screed was first published, in Austin in 1991. (And for further inspiration, see the classic SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas.)

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