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Solanas is like Andrea Dworkin squared, showcasing the best and worst of radical feminism. She brilliantly lists her grievances against the male-dominated culture (note how much hasn't changed). Her anger is a raw, seductive call to arms for any woman scorned. Yet take away the vitriol and you're left with something very ugly, a Courtney Love–like monstrosity of "dominant, secure, self-confident, nasty, violent, selfish, independent, proud, thrill-seeking, free-wheeling, arrogant females." Despite Solanas's lack of viable solutions, her extreme fervor remains compelling and unnerving, not simply as a historical document, but as a blunt portrait of one woman's fury.