[Vwoolf] (Mis?)Attributed Woolf Quotation

[Mary Ellen Foley]

At least the "30 Quotes" column on Bust.com seems to have been cited by the
reviewer, rather than those who produced the book!  Doesn't reflect
terribly well on the journal -- how embarrassing!

mef


On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 10:55 AM, Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf <
vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> This is the ref. – pretty contemptible to cite it.
>
> Stuart
>
>
> Harrison, Olivia. 2017. “30 Virginia Woolf Photos And Quotes In
> Celebration Of Her Birthday.” *Bust.Com*. Accessed January 7.
> http://bust.com/books/15466-virginia-woolf.html.
>
> [Google Scholar]
> <http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?hl=en&publication_year=2017&author=Olivia.+Harrison&>
>
> *From:* Jeremy Hawthorn via Vwoolf
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2018 9:39 AM
> *To:* vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] (Mis?)Attributed Woolf Quotation
>
>
> The thing about the internet is that falsities spread like influenza in
> WW1 trenches. Out of interest I Googled the quotation and there are indeed
> very many hits. The only serious academic source I got was this. The review
> opens with the attributed quotation, but alas it is paywalled so I can't
> check who "Harrison 2017" is, or what he/she is citing.
>
> https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14616742.2017.
> 1327228?journalCode=rfjp20
>
> At any rate, the woman who could write the following in *Three Guineas*
> is unlikely to have uttered the words in question.
>
> "What more fitting than to destroy an old word, a vicious and corrupt word
> that has done much harm in its day and is now obsolete? The word 'feminist'
> is the word indicated. That word, according to the dictionary, means 'one
> who champions the rights of women'. Since the only right, the right to earn
> a living, has been won, the word no longer has a meaning."
>
> Jeremy H
>
> On 18.04.2018 10:14, Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf wrote:
>
> It’s madey-uppy.
>
> Stuart
>
> *From:* Illusha Nokhrin via Vwoolf
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 11, 2018 6:22 PM
> *To:* vwoolf
> *Subject:* [Vwoolf] (Mis?)Attributed Woolf Quotation
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I was recently exploring representations of Woolf in popular culture and
> came across a few different posters that use the following quotation and
> attribute it to Woolf:
>
> "A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about her life"
>
> The quotation is also attributed to Woolf on a number of websites,
> including GoodReads, Vice, and a book review in the *International
> Feminist Journal of Politics*. However, I can't seem to locate the
> quotation in any of Woolf's writing. Knowing that the Internet is so very
> often wrong about attribution, I don't wish to send anyone on any wild
> goose chases. However, I was wondering if anyone has happened to come
> across the above quotation in any of Woolf's private or public texts?
>
> With best wishes,
> Illusha
>
>
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