[Vwoolf] Feeling old

Stuart N. Clarke stuart.n.clarke at btinternet.com
Fri Apr 6 15:04:59 EDT 2018


In the (first) blog, I think the following is well said:

“The drive now is for one thing – attracting a young audience. ... The drive to attract younger members to the Brontë Society is a pointless one. We hear people say, echoing the consultants, that the membership is too old – ‘look at the events, look at the meetings, everyone is old!’ In today’s society it has become a crime to be old.  Where is the problem in the majority of members being middle aged or older? Yes they will eventually wither and fade from this world, but they will then be succeeded by another generation if middle aged and old society members.”

There’s far too much worrying in literary societies about attracting young people.

By contrast, bridge clubs are right to worry.  If they offer classes, they can be successful in attracting (many) new members.  Unfortunately, these new members tend to be old, and therefore they are never going to be really good players.  Nothing wrong with that, but where are we going to get the top players of tomorrow?

Stuart

From: Ellen Moody via Vwoolf 
Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 7:40 PM
To: Paula Maggio 
Cc: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu 
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Exploiting Woolf's Name

Just to say I have found this common behavior in a number of fan groups online (whether it be face-book, or a webring, or some other social media venue). Sometimes the group leader shows some patience and merely censors your email after that, or you can't post, but you have impugned her book.  Also the kind of things done in Woolf's name are common elsewhere.

A parallel:  a significant brouhaha going on in the Bronte Society because Nick Holland, author of In Search of Bronte, protested what is being done 'in the name" of Emily Bronte; he is being attacked by the celebrity type hired to "celebrate" the events.

Here is his protest (among other things they are removing genuine artifacts of the Brontes for recreated time capsules):

http://www.annebronte.org/2017/12/17/emily-bronte-lily-cole-and-the-shame-of-the-bronte-society/


As you might expect, he is now attacked by Lily Cole for being a snob:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/04/lily-cole-bronte-society-resignation-nick-Holland

Ellen Moody





On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 2:27 PM, Paula Maggio via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

  After reading the New York Times article about the Facebook group and upcoming book titled What Would Virginia Woolf Do?, I did some looking and wrote a blog post about it. I am so dismayed at the way the writer exploits Woolf's name, as well as her death. Here's the link: https://wp.me/p5Yfi-3kT.

  After my blog post went live, the group's creator and book's author kicked me out of her Facebook group. I guess she didn't like what I had to say.


  Paula Maggio
  Blogging Woolf





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