Of Walking Abortion

Of Walking Abortion

"Of Walking Abortion" is a song by the Manic Street Preachers appearing as the third track on their third album, "The Holy Bible". Written by the band's rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards, with music composed by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore. The song begins with a recorded quotation regarding the futility of life and death uttered by the writer, Hubert Selby, Jr..Fact|date=November 2007

The song's title refers to the American radical feminist Valerie Solanas's "SCUM Manifesto", a seminal feminist tract in which she justifies the archaic upheaval of females against patriarchal oppression, through scientific evidence that the male lacks sufficient chromosomes and is therefore an incomplete female - 'a walking abortion'.Fact|date=November 2007 An extract taken from the manifesto is also quoted on the sleeve of the band's debut album "Generation Terrorists", representing the track "Little Baby Nothing", itself a celebration of the female sex.Fact|date=November 2007

External links

* http://www.serialkillercalendar.com/Serial-Kilelr-quotes.html
* http://www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/Homiletic/Aug-Sept99/depression.html
* http://www.manics.nl/


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