[Vwoolf] More....but not Google Alerts!

Sun Jul 7 18:18:23 EDT 2024

The Camden Council, in collaboration with the VW Society of Great Britain, added a QR code to the plinth of the bust in Tavistock Square. When accessed, the code leads to information about Woolf that some people object to as, in current right-wing parlance, ‘woke’. Emma Woolf recently wrote an article for the Daily Torygraph… oops, Telegraph, apparently only having just ‘discovered’ the code’s existence (months after its installation). Emma Woolf is a right wing commentator who is a great-niece of Leonard Woolf. That, Ellen, is what this is all ‘about’.

From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces+mhussey=verizon.net at lists.osu.edu> On Behalf Of Ellen Moody via Vwoolf
Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2024 5:55 PM
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Cc: vwoolf listerve <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
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Forgive me if I don't understand what this is about. I clicked on the Times and was blocked (I don't subscribe). I can't reach these other places either. I also don't want to go to some of these places. I gather someone carved 

Forgive me if I don't understand what this is about. I clicked on the Times and was blocked (I don't subscribe). I can't reach these other  places either. I also don't want to go to some of these places. I gather someone carved a "QR code" on the statue of Woolf sitting on a bench somewhere in London (Camden)? This is seen as politically unacceptable or left-wing or "woke"?

Does anyone here know what it says who is responsible? Just say it here. Can the carving be removed?

Ellen

Virginia Woolf’s great-niece has criticised Camden council for installing a QR code on a statue of Woolf in London which visitors are invited to scan to find out more about her. And can you guess what

https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.thetimes.com__;!!KGKeukY!wiQrRa1Az8vqpSnWb_V4iJEt9XjBe1wosLciivbJRpwfhG4kdmu9E_pOYISAfsWG-H2v6UImKVstQeXAxcf6eA$  <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.thetimes.com__;!!KGKeukY!1DcUZaIxLTCcLhoXXa2cIyMhOfQpl4pXOFwhxCXoMQc0UqVIQxcUhviR6Ff6raF40OiBlmq3ybSkmXorV-aA8Hn1aFME$> 

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/06/27/nolte-qr-code-virginia-woolf-statue-lists-her-unacceptable-views/__;!!KGKeukY!wiQrRa1Az8vqpSnWb_V4iJEt9XjBe1wosLciivbJRpwfhG4kdmu9E_pOYISAfsWG-H2v6UImKVstQeVLvYanEQ$  <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/06/27/nolte-qr-code-virginia-woolf-statue-lists-her-unacceptable-views/__;!!KGKeukY!1DcUZaIxLTCcLhoXXa2cIyMhOfQpl4pXOFwhxCXoMQc0UqVIQxcUhviR6Ff6raF40OiBlmq3ybSkmXorV-aA8H8uzqnU$>  (with a photo of the wrong sculpture).

 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/06/27/nolte-qr-code-virginia-woolf-statue-lists-her-unacceptable-views/__;!!KGKeukY!1DcUZaIxLTCcLhoXXa2cIyMhOfQpl4pXOFwhxCXoMQc0UqVIQxcUhviR6Ff6raF40OiBlmq3ybSkmXorV-aA8H8uzqnU$> 

 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/06/27/nolte-qr-code-virginia-woolf-statue-lists-her-unacceptable-views/__;!!KGKeukY!1DcUZaIxLTCcLhoXXa2cIyMhOfQpl4pXOFwhxCXoMQc0UqVIQxcUhviR6Ff6raF40OiBlmq3ybSkmXorV-aA8H8uzqnU$> Nolte: QR Code on Virginia Woolf Statue Lists Her ‘Unacceptable’ Views

Left-wing fascists in London are beginning to add QR codes to statues of famous people that deliver a list of their “unacceptable views.”

https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.breitbart.com__;!!KGKeukY!wiQrRa1Az8vqpSnWb_V4iJEt9XjBe1wosLciivbJRpwfhG4kdmu9E_pOYISAfsWG-H2v6UImKVstQeULmGW6cw$  <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.breitbart.com__;!!KGKeukY!1DcUZaIxLTCcLhoXXa2cIyMhOfQpl4pXOFwhxCXoMQc0UqVIQxcUhviR6Ff6raF40OiBlmq3ybSkmXorV-aA8KznY_A2$> 

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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From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu> > on behalf of Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> >
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 8:14 AM
To: vwoolf listerve <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> >
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Google Alerts!--the QR on the bust in Tavistock Square, the "Upmarket" gardeners, the "wokerati, " and Woolf Works 

And...one more...written by Emma Woolf. 

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/29/wokerati-have-ruined-a-statue-of-my-great-aunt-virginia/__;!!KGKeukY!wiQrRa1Az8vqpSnWb_V4iJEt9XjBe1wosLciivbJRpwfhG4kdmu9E_pOYISAfsWG-H2v6UImKVstQeU-9xDKCQ$  <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/29/wokerati-have-ruined-a-statue-of-my-great-aunt-virginia/__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu2gAk5Wv$>       

 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/29/wokerati-have-ruined-a-statue-of-my-great-aunt-virginia/__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu2gAk5Wv$> 

 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/29/wokerati-have-ruined-a-statue-of-my-great-aunt-virginia/__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu2gAk5Wv$> The wokerati have ruined a statue of my great-aunt Virginia Woolf. She was no bigot

The writer is accused of being anti-Semitic, a snob and homophobic, but she was a complex, fragile woman who pushed literary boundaries

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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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From: Neverow, Vara S. <neverowv1 at southernct.edu <mailto:neverowv1 at southernct.edu> >
Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2024 8:12 PM
To: vwoolf listerve <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> >
Subject: Google Alerts!--the QR on the bust in Tavistock Square, the "Upmarket" gardeners, the "wokerati," and Woolf Works 

Greetings to all,

Four interesting articles....See below.

Cheers,

Vara

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/25/virginia-woolfs-unacceptable-views-explained-to-the-public/__;!!KGKeukY!wiQrRa1Az8vqpSnWb_V4iJEt9XjBe1wosLciivbJRpwfhG4kdmu9E_pOYISAfsWG-H2v6UImKVstQeW2CUhHNw$  <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/25/virginia-woolfs-unacceptable-views-explained-to-the-public/__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu05Cy8Iy$> 

 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/25/virginia-woolfs-unacceptable-views-explained-to-the-public/__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu05Cy8Iy$> 

 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/25/virginia-woolfs-unacceptable-views-explained-to-the-public/__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu05Cy8Iy$> Virginia Woolf’s ‘unacceptable views’ explained via QR code on her statue

Digital addition part of scheme by London’s Camden council to address connections between monuments and “racism, slavery, imperialism’

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 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.apollo-magazine.com/bloomsbury-group-ottoline-morrell-virginia-woolf-garden-museum/__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFux2RdZox$> The upmarket gardeners of the Bloomsbury Group | Apollo Magazine

Outdoor activities offered Bloomsbury’s women welcome respite from their indoor pursuits, writes Sophie Barling

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https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13576345/Virginia-Woolfs-great-niece-slams-wokerati-council-adding-QR-code-renowned-writers-statue-explain-unacceptable-views.html__;!!KGKeukY!wiQrRa1Az8vqpSnWb_V4iJEt9XjBe1wosLciivbJRpwfhG4kdmu9E_pOYISAfsWG-H2v6UImKVstQeW2K7yTSA$  <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13576345/Virginia-Woolfs-great-niece-slams-wokerati-council-adding-QR-code-renowned-writers-statue-explain-unacceptable-views.html__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu6RFBgbf$> 

 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13576345/Virginia-Woolfs-great-niece-slams-wokerati-council-adding-QR-code-renowned-writers-statue-explain-unacceptable-views.html__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu6RFBgbf$> 

 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13576345/Virginia-Woolfs-great-niece-slams-wokerati-council-adding-QR-code-renowned-writers-statue-explain-unacceptable-views.html__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu6RFBgbf$> Virginia Woolf's great-niece slams 'wokerati' council's QR code stunt

Labour-run Camden Council added the digital tag on the famed writer's monument in Bloomsbury, central London , which outlines Woolf's 'imperialist attitudes'.

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Wayne McGregor’s Olivier Award-winning ballet gets its New York premiere.

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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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