[Vwoolf] Gloomsbury on the Internet Archive

Sun Oct 30 09:36:11 EDT 2022

And then there is Merve Emre in her pictorial edition of Mrs D falsely stating that it is “a term Woolf used liberally in her diaries…” (she never did!)

From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces+mhussey=verizon.net at lists.osu.edu> On Behalf Of Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2022 9:01 AM
To: Stuart N. Clarke <stuart.n.clarke at btinternet.com>; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Gloomsbury on the Internet Archive

Thanks, Sarah and Stuart! And hmmm! I did not know that the term for that sort of a shade is "coolie. " I was taken aback to see the word but it's certainly commonplace: https: //www. lampshadesolution. com/blogs/news/what-lamps-are-best-for-coolie-shades 

Thanks, Sarah and Stuart!

And hmmm! I did not know that the term for that sort of a shade is "coolie." I was taken aback to see the word but it's certainly commonplace: 

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lampshadesolution.com/blogs/news/what-lamps-are-best-for-coolie-shades__;!!KGKeukY!wv42r9r5imBaR4_DI3ATPhpiiKt2_Mj6s2UknlNVYTYbmJfVCLtQYcoPk1PbrcDP_0Dq-8CT9sVqHpPbdpRgFA$   <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.lampshadesolution.com/blogs/news/what-lamps-are-best-for-coolie-shades__;!!KGKeukY!18KHeJtxNvqtB33vRfXOHMnB4k0nCyaMPwe2EEvTFRVz9cEW-kZ7kdiydua-rJ-sqSSAUqzazgnC_hu7rndRPZ46FAmU$> 

Since "coolie" is considered offensive in many contexts (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolie__;!!KGKeukY!wv42r9r5imBaR4_DI3ATPhpiiKt2_Mj6s2UknlNVYTYbmJfVCLtQYcoPk1PbrcDP_0Dq-8CT9sVqHpO2LooIUA$   <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolie__;!!KGKeukY!18KHeJtxNvqtB33vRfXOHMnB4k0nCyaMPwe2EEvTFRVz9cEW-kZ7kdiydua-rJ-sqSSAUqzazgnC_hu7rndRPfR2sU-i$> ), I wonder why it's still used so casually. The usage is contested in a reply to the post I have shared below where the blogger is asked why she didn't transition to a neutral term after saying "coolie" was derogatory:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.heatherpetersondesign.com/blog/2017/03/obsessed-coolie-shades.html__;!!KGKeukY!wv42r9r5imBaR4_DI3ATPhpiiKt2_Mj6s2UknlNVYTYbmJfVCLtQYcoPk1PbrcDP_0Dq-8CT9sVqHpMIGL_Ygw$   <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.heatherpetersondesign.com/blog/2017/03/obsessed-coolie-shades.html__;!!KGKeukY!18KHeJtxNvqtB33vRfXOHMnB4k0nCyaMPwe2EEvTFRVz9cEW-kZ7kdiydua-rJ-sqSSAUqzazgnC_hu7rndRPV-_ETCi$> .

Having rummaged about online, I notice that almost no one in charge of lampshade terminology is considering a substitute to avoid usage of a racist/classist term. The word Oriental also comes up frequently...but contesting it might just be "political correctness" (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-tsuchiyama-oriental-insult-20160601-snap-story.html__;!!KGKeukY!wv42r9r5imBaR4_DI3ATPhpiiKt2_Mj6s2UknlNVYTYbmJfVCLtQYcoPk1PbrcDP_0Dq-8CT9sVqHpM2D7730A$   <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-tsuchiyama-oriental-insult-20160601-snap-story.html__;!!KGKeukY!18KHeJtxNvqtB33vRfXOHMnB4k0nCyaMPwe2EEvTFRVz9cEW-kZ7kdiydua-rJ-sqSSAUqzazgnC_hu7rndRPTWEshUh$> ) (the article is from June 2016 when we were in a different universe).

Vara

p.s. the difference between the "coolie" and "Empire" shade styles is explained here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thesavvyheart.com/tapered-empire-coolie-lamp-shades/__;!!KGKeukY!wv42r9r5imBaR4_DI3ATPhpiiKt2_Mj6s2UknlNVYTYbmJfVCLtQYcoPk1PbrcDP_0Dq-8CT9sVqHpMpYGHb1Q$   <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/thesavvyheart.com/tapered-empire-coolie-lamp-shades/__;!!KGKeukY!18KHeJtxNvqtB33vRfXOHMnB4k0nCyaMPwe2EEvTFRVz9cEW-kZ7kdiydua-rJ-sqSSAUqzazgnC_hu7rndRPXOijfpQ$> 

Vara Neverow

(she/her/hers)

Professor, English Department and Women’s and Gender Studies Program

Managing Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany 

Southern Connecticut State University 

New Haven, CT 06515

203-392-6717

neverowv1 at southernct.edu <mailto:neverowv1 at southernct.edu> 

I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugusett and Quinnepiac peoples.

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From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu> > on behalf of Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> >
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Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Gloomsbury on the Internet Archive 

“Do you have an Empire lampshade, please? If not, a Coolie would do. Can he deliver?” https: //bloomsburyrevisited. co. uk/shop/lampshade/hounds/ Stuart From: Sarah M. Hall via Vwoolf Sent: ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ 

“Do you have an Empire lampshade, please?  If not, a Coolie would do.  Can he deliver?”

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bloomsburyrevisited.co.uk/shop/lampshade/hounds/__;!!KGKeukY!wv42r9r5imBaR4_DI3ATPhpiiKt2_Mj6s2UknlNVYTYbmJfVCLtQYcoPk1PbrcDP_0Dq-8CT9sVqHpO1Wy6ceA$  

Stuart

From: Sarah M. Hall via Vwoolf 

Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2022 11:06 AM

To: vwoolf listerve ; Neverow, Vara S. 

Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Gloomsbury on the Internet Archive

Thanks, Vara. Gloomsbury highly recommended. Not so the Daily Mail's idea of Bloomsbury style, which is like a slightly ethnic version of Laura Ashley. One of the links in the article is https: //bloomsburyrevisited. co. uk/ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ 

Thanks, Vara. 

Gloomsbury highly recommended. 

Not so the Daily Mail's idea of Bloomsbury style, which is like a slightly ethnic version of Laura Ashley. One of the links in the article is https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bloomsburyrevisited.co.uk/__;!!KGKeukY!wv42r9r5imBaR4_DI3ATPhpiiKt2_Mj6s2UknlNVYTYbmJfVCLtQYcoPk1PbrcDP_0Dq-8CT9sVqHpOgM6-PRQ$  , which is actually Bloomsbury, or at least Charleston, style. But the artist only does lampshades.

Sarah

Sarah M. Hall
Executive Council, Virginia Woolf Society of GB
Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk
Facebook: @VWSGB
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On Saturday, 29 October 2022 at 16:59:09 BST, Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> > wrote: 

Greetings, I have just discovered that 31 episodes of Gloomsbury are now accessible (at least in the USA) as an audiobook (see link below). This may have been previously shared; if so, my apologies for posting it a second time. ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ 

Greetings,

I have just discovered that 31 episodes of Gloomsbury are now accessible (at least in the USA) as an audiobook (see link below). This may have been previously shared; if so, my apologies for posting it a second time.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/fromgorsemeretogloomsburythelit__;!!KGKeukY!wv42r9r5imBaR4_DI3ATPhpiiKt2_Mj6s2UknlNVYTYbmJfVCLtQYcoPk1PbrcDP_0Dq-8CT9sVqHpP-0-5kKw$  

Also, I was sent a Google Alert on Bloomsbury style that might be of interest (visually, at least, but not necessarily as an inspiration for redecorating your home):

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11337013/Pile-prints-turn-colours-Bloomsbury-sets-style-back.html__;!!KGKeukY!wv42r9r5imBaR4_DI3ATPhpiiKt2_Mj6s2UknlNVYTYbmJfVCLtQYcoPk1PbrcDP_0Dq-8CT9sVqHpMpdxbCSA$  

Vara

Vara Neverow 

(she/her/hers)
Professor, English Department

Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT 06515
203-392-6717
neverowv1 at southernct.edu <mailto:neverowv1 at southernct.edu> 

I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut State University was built on traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples.  

Recent Publications:

Lead editor, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020); Co-editor, The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina Pająk, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka)

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