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

Sun Jul 7 18:42:20 EDT 2024

Thank you. I see.  One more question. How do you add a permanent QR code to
a plinth?  Glue?  I ask because it seems to me easy to remove. Ellen

On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 6:18 PM <mhussey at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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
> *To:* Mitchell Alcrim <mitchoualcrim at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* vwoolf listerve <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] More....but not Google Alerts!
>
>
>
> 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?
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> Ellen
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> 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!0AjJxTCFrsXJm4Qts1UDXmazPKrgHMuBQDEo05D1MaSMfYMsxJN6NS_eHVY6-2IaiWTOW3ZmQE92fqXPl1WEs72w$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.thetimes.com__;!!KGKeukY!1DcUZaIxLTCcLhoXXa2cIyMhOfQpl4pXOFwhxCXoMQc0UqVIQxcUhviR6Ff6raF40OiBlmq3ybSkmXorV-aA8Hn1aFME$>
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> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/06/27/nolte-qr-code-virginia-woolf-statue-lists-her-unacceptable-views/__;!!KGKeukY!0AjJxTCFrsXJm4Qts1UDXmazPKrgHMuBQDEo05D1MaSMfYMsxJN6NS_eHVY6-2IaiWTOW3ZmQE92fqXPl-BlfjBA$ 
> <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$> (with
> a photo of the wrong sculpture).
>
>
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/06/27/nolte-qr-code-virginia-woolf-statue-lists-her-unacceptable-views/__;!!KGKeukY!1DcUZaIxLTCcLhoXXa2cIyMhOfQpl4pXOFwhxCXoMQc0UqVIQxcUhviR6Ff6raF40OiBlmq3ybSkmXorV-aA8H8uzqnU$>
>
> Nolte: QR Code on Virginia Woolf Statue Lists Her ‘Unacceptable’ Views
> <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$>
>
> Left-wing fascists in London are beginning to add QR codes to statues of
> famous people that deliver a list of their “unacceptable views.”
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.breitbart.com__;!!KGKeukY!0AjJxTCFrsXJm4Qts1UDXmazPKrgHMuBQDEo05D1MaSMfYMsxJN6NS_eHVY6-2IaiWTOW3ZmQE92fqXPl1yCHtw5$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.breitbart.com__;!!KGKeukY!1DcUZaIxLTCcLhoXXa2cIyMhOfQpl4pXOFwhxCXoMQc0UqVIQxcUhviR6Ff6raF40OiBlmq3ybSkmXorV-aA8KznY_A2$>
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> Vara Neverow
>
> (she/her/hers)
> Professor, English Department
>
> Editor, *Virginia Woolf Miscellany*
> Southern Connecticut State University
> New Haven, CT 06515
> 203-392-6717
> neverowv1 at southernct.edu
>
>
>
> *I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut **State University was built on
> traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the
> Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples.*
>
>
>
> *Recent Publications:*
>
> Lead editor, *Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources *(Bloomsbury,
> 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume
> One, 1975-1984, *Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources* (Bloomsbury,
> 2020); Co-editor, *The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and
> Contemporary Global Literature* (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino,
> Paulina Pająk, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka)
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Neverow, Vara
> S. via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 4, 2024 8:14 AM
> *To:* vwoolf listerve <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Google Alerts!--the QR on the bust in Tavistock
> Square, the "Upmarket" gardeners, the "wokerati, " and Woolf Works
>
>
>
> And...one more...written by Emma Woolf.
>
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> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/29/wokerati-have-ruined-a-statue-of-my-great-aunt-virginia/__;!!KGKeukY!0AjJxTCFrsXJm4Qts1UDXmazPKrgHMuBQDEo05D1MaSMfYMsxJN6NS_eHVY6-2IaiWTOW3ZmQE92fqXPl_QUv8Wm$ 
> <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
> <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$>
>
> The writer is accused of being anti-Semitic, a snob and homophobic, but
> she was a complex, fragile woman who pushed literary boundaries
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.telegraph.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!0AjJxTCFrsXJm4Qts1UDXmazPKrgHMuBQDEo05D1MaSMfYMsxJN6NS_eHVY6-2IaiWTOW3ZmQE92fqXPlwuExK2K$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.telegraph.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFuxrjwsBy$>
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>
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>
>
> Vara Neverow
>
> (she/her/hers)
> Professor, English Department
>
> Editor, *Virginia Woolf Miscellany*
> Southern Connecticut State University
> New Haven, CT 06515
> 203-392-6717
> neverowv1 at southernct.edu
>
>
>
> *I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut **State University was built on
> traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the
> Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples.*
>
>
>
> *Recent Publications:*
>
> Lead editor, *Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources *(Bloomsbury,
> 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume
> One, 1975-1984, *Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources* (Bloomsbury,
> 2020); Co-editor, *The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and
> Contemporary Global Literature* (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino,
> Paulina Pająk, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka)
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Neverow, Vara S. <neverowv1 at southernct.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 3, 2024 8:12 PM
> *To:* vwoolf listerve <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> *Subject:* Google Alerts!--the QR on the bust in Tavistock Square, the
> "Upmarket" gardeners, the "wokerati," and Woolf Works
>
>
>
> Greetings to all,
>
>
>
> Four interesting articles....See below.
>
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>
> Cheers,
>
> Vara
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> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/25/virginia-woolfs-unacceptable-views-explained-to-the-public/__;!!KGKeukY!0AjJxTCFrsXJm4Qts1UDXmazPKrgHMuBQDEo05D1MaSMfYMsxJN6NS_eHVY6-2IaiWTOW3ZmQE92fqXPl7ciu61N$ 
> <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$>
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> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/25/virginia-woolfs-unacceptable-views-explained-to-the-public/__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu05Cy8Iy$>
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> Virginia Woolf’s ‘unacceptable views’ explained via QR code on her statue
> <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$>
>
> Digital addition part of scheme by London’s Camden council to address
> connections between monuments and “racism, slavery, imperialism’
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.telegraph.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!0AjJxTCFrsXJm4Qts1UDXmazPKrgHMuBQDEo05D1MaSMfYMsxJN6NS_eHVY6-2IaiWTOW3ZmQE92fqXPlwuExK2K$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.telegraph.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFuxrjwsBy$>
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> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.apollo-magazine.com/bloomsbury-group-ottoline-morrell-virginia-woolf-garden-museum/__;!!KGKeukY!0AjJxTCFrsXJm4Qts1UDXmazPKrgHMuBQDEo05D1MaSMfYMsxJN6NS_eHVY6-2IaiWTOW3ZmQE92fqXPlzvetNPg$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.apollo-magazine.com/bloomsbury-group-ottoline-morrell-virginia-woolf-garden-museum/__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFux2RdZox$>
>
> The upmarket gardeners of the Bloomsbury Group | Apollo Magazine
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.apollo-magazine.com/bloomsbury-group-ottoline-morrell-virginia-woolf-garden-museum/__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFux2RdZox$>
>
> Outdoor activities offered Bloomsbury’s women welcome respite from their
> indoor pursuits, writes Sophie Barling
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.apollo-magazine.com__;!!KGKeukY!0AjJxTCFrsXJm4Qts1UDXmazPKrgHMuBQDEo05D1MaSMfYMsxJN6NS_eHVY6-2IaiWTOW3ZmQE92fqXPl-ML2bUy$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.apollo-magazine.com__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu2fmlFNM$>
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> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13576345/Virginia-Woolfs-great-niece-slams-wokerati-council-adding-QR-code-renowned-writers-statue-explain-unacceptable-views.html__;!!KGKeukY!0AjJxTCFrsXJm4Qts1UDXmazPKrgHMuBQDEo05D1MaSMfYMsxJN6NS_eHVY6-2IaiWTOW3ZmQE92fqXPl5yAGdru$ 
> <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$>
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> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13576345/Virginia-Woolfs-great-niece-slams-wokerati-council-adding-QR-code-renowned-writers-statue-explain-unacceptable-views.html__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu6RFBgbf$>
>
> Virginia Woolf's great-niece slams 'wokerati' council's QR code stunt
> <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$>
>
> Labour-run Camden Council added the digital tag on the famed writer's
> monument in Bloomsbury, central London , which outlines Woolf's
> 'imperialist attitudes'.
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.dailymail.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!0AjJxTCFrsXJm4Qts1UDXmazPKrgHMuBQDEo05D1MaSMfYMsxJN6NS_eHVY6-2IaiWTOW3ZmQE92fqXPl0BAojrF$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.dailymail.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu46Bc1Qb$>
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> https:/
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/playbill.com/article/woolf-works-at-american-ballet-theatre-dives-into-virginia-woolf-and-gender-fluidity__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu9Xn2Usb$>
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> Woolf Works at American Ballet Theatre Dives Into Virginia Woolf and
> Gender-Fluidity
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/playbill.com/article/woolf-works-at-american-ballet-theatre-dives-into-virginia-woolf-and-gender-fluidity__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu9Xn2Usb$>
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> Wayne McGregor’s Olivier Award-winning ballet gets its New York premiere.
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> playbill.com
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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
>
>
>
> *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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