[Vwoolf] staging female author suicides

[Kimberly Coates]

I agree, Melanie.

Kimberly Coates, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Affiliate Faculty Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies/American Culture Studies
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
Office Phone: 419-372-9189


From: Melanie White <melanie.white at comcast.net<mailto:melanie.white at comcast.net>>
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 4:24 PM
To: Kimberly Coates <kimbec at bgsu.edu<mailto:kimbec at bgsu.edu>>, 'Gregory Jordan Dekter' <jdekter at gmail.com<mailto:jdekter at gmail.com>>, 'Anne Margaret Daniel' <daniela at newschool.edu<mailto:daniela at newschool.edu>>
Cc: "vwoolf at lists.service.ohio-state.edu<mailto:vwoolf at lists.service.ohio-state.edu>" <vwoolf at lists.service.ohio-state.edu<mailto:vwoolf at lists.service.ohio-state.edu>>
Subject: RE: [Vwoolf] staging female author suicides

Apart 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.

From: vwoolf-bounces at lists.service.ohio-state.edu<mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.service.ohio-state.edu> [mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Kimberly Coates
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:27 PM
To: Gregory Jordan Dekter; Anne Margaret Daniel
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Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] staging female author suicides

Greg:

There is no 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!

Kim

Kimberly Coates, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Affiliate Faculty Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies/American Culture Studies
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
Office Phone: 419-372-9189


From: Gregory Jordan Dekter <jdekter at gmail.com<mailto:jdekter at gmail.com>>
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 3:08 PM
To: Anne Margaret Daniel <daniela at newschool.edu<mailto:daniela at newschool.edu>>
Cc: "vwoolf at lists.service.ohio-state.edu<mailto:vwoolf at lists.service.ohio-state.edu>" <vwoolf at lists.service.ohio-state.edu<mailto:vwoolf at lists.service.ohio-state.edu>>
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] staging female author suicides

I'm just wondering of those who oppose this, are you equally offended by the portrayal of the same event in "The Hours"?
On 18 June 2013 15:03, Anne Margaret Daniel <daniela at newschool.edu<mailto:daniela at newschool.edu>> wrote:
VICE has 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.
Here is the Vice statement:  http://www.vice.com/read/last-words-000741-v20n6
And 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, really.
http://www.inquisitr.com/793059/vices-suicide-fashion-apology/




On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Melanie White <melanie.white at comcast.net<mailto:melanie.white at comcast.net>> wrote:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/18/193014174/book-news-vice-draws-ire-by-staging-female-author-suicides?utm_source&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130617

Someone said this has been taken down now.

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