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I'm glad it was taken down but the apology shows a failure to grasp
jut how deeply offensive the whole scheme was. It is a kind of
suicide porn and suggests a very depraved taste. It made me feel sad
and angry.<br>
Jean <br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/18/2013 1:24 PM, Melanie White
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from VW, the characters in The Hours were fictional, and
VW’s death was decades ago, whereas Iris Chang’s family and
loved ones probably are still very much processing their
grief over her suicide. The image of her was breathtakingly
insensitive and offensive to me for that reason. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:vwoolf-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">mailto:vwoolf-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a>] <b>On
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comparison. The VICE spread is using suicide to sell
fashion and in doing so it glamorizes and
aestheticizes female bodies in pain. It also takes our
attention far away from the amazing work all of these
women accomplished. You would think that in an issue
announcing itself as covering Women's Fiction that the
work would be their concern. Whatever you want to say
about Michael Cunningham and/or the film version of
his novel The Hours, he isn't guilty of promoting
suicide to sell shoes and vintage attire!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Jordan Dekter <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, June 18, 2013 3:08 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Anne Margaret Daniel <<a
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Vwoolf] staging female author
suicides<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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wondering of those who oppose this, are you equally
offended by the portrayal of the same event in "The
Hours"?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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removed the online photos, not apologizing very much
("to anyone who was hurt or offended") and stating,
defensively, that their "main goal is to create
artful images, with the fashion message following,
rather than leading." Taken down online, but still
in print. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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target="_blank">http://www.vice.com/read/last-words-000741-v20n6</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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here, still online at Inquisitr, is the photo of
the model portraying Woolf, standing in water
and holding a large stone. No words for it,
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