april april american radical feminist best known writing manifesto attempting murder artist late 1960s born new_jersey teenager volatile relationship mother stepfather parents divorce consequence sent live grandparents alcoholic grandfather physically abused ran away homeless came lesbian 1950s graduated degree psychology relocated berkeley california began writing notable work urged women overthrow government eliminate money system institute complete eliminate male sex moved new_york_city mid-1960s working writer met pop artist asked produce play ass gave script later accused losing stealing followed expressing additional indifference play demanded financial compensation lost script hired perform film man paying began self publishing manifesto owner offered publish future writings understood contract mean writing convinced steal work purchased gun spring june went factory found shot times shots missing final wounding shot art critic attempted shoot manager point blank gun jammed turned police charged attempted murder assault illegal possession gun diagnosed paranoid pleaded guilty reckless assault intent harm serving year prison sentence including treatment mental hospital release continued promote manifesto died pneumonia san_francisco early life born new_jersey father mother dental assistant younger sister father parents immigrants spain mother italian american said regularly suffered sexual abuse hands father parents divorced young mother remarried shortly disliked stepfather began mother child wrote insults children use cost beat boy high school younger girl hit nun rebellious behavior mother sent raised grandparents said grandfather violent alcoholic beat left grandparents homeless gave birth son fathered married sailor child named david later adoption taken away saw despite graduated high school time earned degree psychology psi honor society hosted radio gave advice combat men open lesbian despite conservative cultural climate 1950s attended worked psychology department animal research laboratory dropping moving attend berkeley courses began writing manifesto new_york_city factory mid-1960s moved new_york_city supported begging prostitution wrote works autobiographical short story called young girl attain leisure class play titled ass young prostitute according play based plot woman man ends killing man work dramatic literature adolescent contrived short story published magazine july ass remains unpublished described avant encountered outside studio factory asked produce play accepted script review told promised read according factory lore films shut police thought script pornographic police trap contacted script told lost jokingly offered job factory insulted demanded money lost manuscript instead paid appear film man role man leaves film title character played fend explaining got beat meat exits scene satisfied experience working performance film brought film described relaxed friendly role film self published best known work scathing critique culture manifesto opening words life society best utter bore aspect society relevant women remains civic minded responsible thrill seeking females overthrow government eliminate money system institute complete eliminate male sex authors argued manifesto parody satirical work according described social denied work insisted intent dead manifesto translated dozen languages feminist living introduced founder fellow resident hotel august signed informal contract stating writing writings exchange paid took mean work told write intended write novel based believed conspiracy failure return ass script suspected coordinating steal work shooting early went writer ask written account rejected account maintained asked money food loaned later speculated money buy gun shooting days later according asked money told wanted shoot gave buy automatic pistol event denied knew intended kill asked borrow money according source june arrived lived asked desk told gone weekend remained hours heading asked available biography argues unlikely appeared looking states fabricated account order boost sales published states likely story places actor studio early morning actress miles states appeared actor studio looking asking leave play miles said different look bit like somebody appearance thing mind miles told afternoon miles said accepted copy play shut door knew trouble didn know sort trouble knew trouble records traveled producer residence brooklyn believed willing produce play related talked hours trying convince produce play discussing vision world men time repeatedly refused produce play according pulled gun refused commit producing play responded yes produce play shoot famous play famous produce leaving residence handed copy play personal papers describes called local police police headquarters offices mayor governor report happened inform way moment shoot instances police responded arrest believe going kill asked lady know real gun looked like interview new_york_times said know intended kill prevent new_york_times assistant metro editor responded online comment story saying times present account definitive additionally cites assistant district attorney notes case written june begin stage address telephone numbers page later day arrived factory waited outside arrived asked replied waiting andy money tried rid telling coming day told wait went studio told coming leave left rode elevator finally boarded entered factory complimented appearance wearing makeup told leave threatening beat hell throw phone answered went bathroom phone fired times shots missed went lungs stomach liver shot art critic hip tried shoot manager head gun jammed hughes asked leave leaving paper bag address book table taken columbus mother hospital underwent hour successful operation later day turned gave gun confessed shooting telling police officer control life charged assault possession deadly weapon morning new_york_daily_news ran page headline stating actress shoots andy demanded statement actress daily news changed headline later edition added quote stating writer actress denied shooting wouldn produce play said opposite reason legal claim works told judge shoot somebody didn tied lock stock barrel going ruined told judge wanted represent declared right regret judge struck comments court record admitted psychiatric observation trial evaluation declared mentally unstable transferred prison ward appeared june represented asked writ corpus arguing held judge denied motion returned june indicted charges attempted murder assault illegal possession gun declared incompetent august sent insane month published essays january underwent psychiatric evaluation diagnosed chronic paranoid june finally deemed fit stand trial represented attorney pleaded guilty reckless assault intent harm sentenced years prison year time served murder attempt shooting propelled public spotlight prompting commentary opinions media writing village_voice declared dedicated remainder life purpose eliminating single male face earth called feminism grace new_york chapter president described outstanding champion women rights heroine feminist movement smuggled manifesto mental hospital confined according board left started feminist organization according media continued treat leader women movement despite member called important feminist movement english professor argued aware feminist organizations activism interest participating described civil club stated reject mainstream liberal feminism blind adherence cultural codes feminine manifesto identifies source women social status released telephone arrested november subsequently times drifted obscurity attack profound impact art security factory scene stronger afterward rest life lived fear attack cardboard andy andy love play said close friend collaborator billy couldn hand jumping couldn love anymore hurt touch later life intended write eponymous autobiography village_voice interview announced book title book possibly intended parody supposed deal conspiracy led imprisonment village_voice interview said book autobiographical small portion things include proof statements manifesto deal subject said parody mid-1970s new_york_city according apparently homeless continued defend political beliefs manifesto actively promoted new manifesto revision according somewhat unreliable report interviewed known stated august version manifesto errors unlike printed version october book sold said told violet unaware death death april age died pneumonia district san_francisco building superintendent hotel duty night vague memory enter room saw desk pile pages writing happened manuscript remain mystery mother burned belongings posthumously legacy popular culture life focus numerous performances films musical compositions publications actress played film focused assassination attempt taylor won special recognition outstanding performance film festival role film director requested permission use songs denied feared film years film release reed included song believe concept album songs believe reed sings believe life retribution believe sick excuse believe pulled switch reed believed blame death infection years shot plays based life starred actresses playing younger older tragedy lives examined encounter greek tragedy starred recently pop musical pop focused mainly playing singing song big gun described evening strongest number washington_post ass discovered produced san_francisco turned piece musical starring female cast learned ass exhibition marked 30th anniversary shooting copy lost discovered buried trunk lighting equipment owned billy consult sister writing piece sought create funny showing attempted assassin swedish author wrote semi fictional novel called english dream faculty book narrator visits end life awarded book released piece titled work sought explore women desperate caught traps inequality monroe needed recognized talent actress wished supported creative work music group belgium called influence analysis role cult figure solidified publication shooting explained declaring independent arrest aligned historical avant garde rejection traditional structures theater explained anti militant hostility pushed avant garde radically new directions believed assassination attempt theatrical performance shooting left table factory paper bag carried gun address book stated leaving performance called attention basic feminine experiences sic taboo avant garde circles feminist philosopher compared array people girl believed threatened hyper feminine women factory liked felt lonely rejection felt believed ahead time living period feminist lesbian revolutionaries credited radical feminism catherine lord wrote feminist movement happened lord believed women liberation triggered wave radical feminist publications according women liberation activists initially distanced changed minds year later developing wave radical feminism time perceptions transformed largely political motive shooting political according writer describes contradiction feminist movement argues wanted movement fractured feminist movement provoking members disagree case contradictions seen lifestyle lesbian sexually serviced men claim confusion rejection culture non interest working despite brings question contradictory stories life life described victim rebel desperate cousin says worked late primarily prostitute friend said childhood kept touch father life makes question notion hated father acted hatred shooting manifesto believes embraced contradictions key identity works ass young girl attain leisure class
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