04/05/2026
18:45 - Doors open
19:00 - Reading (Free with Soup)
20:00 - Film (5/6€)
TICKETS
Pilar Building
Triomflaan, VUB Entrance 6, 1050 Brussels
19h reading S.C.U.M. Manifesto (1967) by Valerie Solanas
The radical feminist text SCUM Manifesto, self-published by Valerie Solanas in 1967, became widely known a year later when the first commercial edition was released following Solanas’ infamous attempt to kill Andy Warhol. In it, Solanas begins her political satire by describing human males as genetically deficient due to the Y chromosome, rendering them “incomplete females.” Generally seen as a radical declaration of war on capitalism and patriarchy, SCUM Manifesto can also be read as a rejection of stereotypical ideas about femininity.
Order the book Love & Lightning here!
20h screening Born in Flames (1983,79’) by Lizzie Borden
A blistering rallying cry issued loud, clear, and unapologetically queer, Lizzie Borden’s explosive postpunk provocation is a DIY fantasia of female rebellion set in America ten years after a revolution that supposedly transformed the country into a social-democratic utopia. In reality, racism, sexism, and economic inequality are as virulent as ever, and a band of radicals—led by Black, lesbian, and working-class women—join forces to fight back. Told through a furiously fractured, kinetically edited flurry of television news broadcasts, pirate radio transmissions, agitprop, and protests shot guerrilla-style on the streets of New York City, Born in Flames is a shock wave of feminist futurism that’s both an essential document of its time and radically ahead of it.
The radical feminist text SCUM Manifesto, self-published by Valerie Solanas in 1967, became widely known a year later when the first commercial edition was released following Solanas’ infamous attempt to kill Andy Warhol. In it, Solanas begins her political satire by describing human males as genetically deficient due to the Y chromosome, rendering them “incomplete females.” Generally seen as a radical declaration of war on capitalism and patriarchy, SCUM Manifesto can also be read as a rejection of stereotypical ideas about femininity.
Order the book Love & Lightning here!
20h screening Born in Flames (1983,79’) by Lizzie Borden
A blistering rallying cry issued loud, clear, and unapologetically queer, Lizzie Borden’s explosive postpunk provocation is a DIY fantasia of female rebellion set in America ten years after a revolution that supposedly transformed the country into a social-democratic utopia. In reality, racism, sexism, and economic inequality are as virulent as ever, and a band of radicals—led by Black, lesbian, and working-class women—join forces to fight back. Told through a furiously fractured, kinetically edited flurry of television news broadcasts, pirate radio transmissions, agitprop, and protests shot guerrilla-style on the streets of New York City, Born in Flames is a shock wave of feminist futurism that’s both an essential document of its time and radically ahead of it.