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

Sun Jul 7 19:37:52 EDT 2024

I was thinking it would be easy to remove the "offending" material until
these people got tired of the publicity stunt, and then to put it back.

Ellen

On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 6:52 PM <mhussey at verizon.net> wrote:

> Probably ‘in collaboration with’ is not 100% accurate, but my
> understanding is VWSGB did offer advice to Camden Council.
>
> And, Ellen, the statue of Woolf sitting on a bench is in Richmond, by the
> river.
>
>
>
> *From:* Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Mark Hussey
> via Vwoolf
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 7, 2024 6:18 PM
> *To:* 'Ellen Moody' <ellen.moody at gmail.com>; 'Mitchell Alcrim' <
> mitchoualcrim at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* 'vwoolf listerve' <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] More....but not Google Alerts!
>
>
>
> 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
>
> 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?
>
>
>
> 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!wc_drg1JYuV3h6iuCJFzNb_OtonqrEG1BRTScDMu7CyoxDsqmaSR6uSp-StpZ2AeD5qnh8dNXqAcTjcSd5t2hc8J$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.thetimes.com__;!!KGKeukY!1DcUZaIxLTCcLhoXXa2cIyMhOfQpl4pXOFwhxCXoMQc0UqVIQxcUhviR6Ff6raF40OiBlmq3ybSkmXorV-aA8Hn1aFME$>
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> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/06/27/nolte-qr-code-virginia-woolf-statue-lists-her-unacceptable-views/__;!!KGKeukY!wc_drg1JYuV3h6iuCJFzNb_OtonqrEG1BRTScDMu7CyoxDsqmaSR6uSp-StpZ2AeD5qnh8dNXqAcTjcSd_Wh8tfC$ 
> <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$>
>
> Left-wing fascists in London are beginning to add QR codes to statues of
> famous people that deliver a list of their “unacceptable views.”
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.breitbart.com__;!!KGKeukY!wc_drg1JYuV3h6iuCJFzNb_OtonqrEG1BRTScDMu7CyoxDsqmaSR6uSp-StpZ2AeD5qnh8dNXqAcTjcSd8rLTKfR$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.breitbart.com__;!!KGKeukY!1DcUZaIxLTCcLhoXXa2cIyMhOfQpl4pXOFwhxCXoMQc0UqVIQxcUhviR6Ff6raF40OiBlmq3ybSkmXorV-aA8KznY_A2$>
>
>
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>
> Vara Neverow
>
> (she/her/hers)
> Professor, English Department
>
> Editor, *Virginia Woolf Miscellany*
> Southern Connecticut State University
> New Haven, CT 06515
> 203-392-6717
> neverowv1 at southernct.edu
>
>
>
> *I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut **State University was built on
> traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the
> Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples.*
>
>
>
> *Recent Publications:*
>
> Lead editor, *Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources *(Bloomsbury,
> 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume
> One, 1975-1984, *Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources* (Bloomsbury,
> 2020); Co-editor, *The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and
> Contemporary Global Literature* (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino,
> Paulina Pająk, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka)
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Neverow, Vara
> S. via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 4, 2024 8:14 AM
> *To:* vwoolf listerve <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Google Alerts!--the QR on the bust in Tavistock
> Square, the "Upmarket" gardeners, the "wokerati, " and Woolf Works
>
>
>
> And...one more...written by Emma Woolf.
>
>
>
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/29/wokerati-have-ruined-a-statue-of-my-great-aunt-virginia/__;!!KGKeukY!wc_drg1JYuV3h6iuCJFzNb_OtonqrEG1BRTScDMu7CyoxDsqmaSR6uSp-StpZ2AeD5qnh8dNXqAcTjcSd7QLEOiM$ 
> <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$>
>
> The writer is accused of being anti-Semitic, a snob and homophobic, but
> she was a complex, fragile woman who pushed literary boundaries
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.telegraph.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!wc_drg1JYuV3h6iuCJFzNb_OtonqrEG1BRTScDMu7CyoxDsqmaSR6uSp-StpZ2AeD5qnh8dNXqAcTjcSdz9fP9ZK$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.telegraph.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFuxrjwsBy$>
>
>
>
>
>
> Vara Neverow
>
> (she/her/hers)
> Professor, English Department
>
> Editor, *Virginia Woolf Miscellany*
> Southern Connecticut State University
> New Haven, CT 06515
> 203-392-6717
> neverowv1 at southernct.edu
>
>
>
> *I acknowledge that Southern Connecticut **State University was built on
> traditional territory of the indigenous peoples and nations of the
> Paugussett and Quinnipiac peoples.*
>
>
>
> *Recent Publications:*
>
> Lead editor, *Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources *(Bloomsbury,
> 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume
> One, 1975-1984, *Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources* (Bloomsbury,
> 2020); Co-editor, *The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and
> Contemporary Global Literature* (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino,
> Paulina Pająk, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka)
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Neverow, Vara S. <neverowv1 at southernct.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 3, 2024 8:12 PM
> *To:* vwoolf listerve <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> *Subject:* Google Alerts!--the QR on the bust in Tavistock Square, the
> "Upmarket" gardeners, the "wokerati," and Woolf Works
>
>
>
> Greetings to all,
>
>
>
> Four interesting articles....See below.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Vara
>
>
>
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/25/virginia-woolfs-unacceptable-views-explained-to-the-public/__;!!KGKeukY!wc_drg1JYuV3h6iuCJFzNb_OtonqrEG1BRTScDMu7CyoxDsqmaSR6uSp-StpZ2AeD5qnh8dNXqAcTjcSdy458qo9$ 
> <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$>
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> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/25/virginia-woolfs-unacceptable-views-explained-to-the-public/__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu05Cy8Iy$>
>
> 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$>
>
> Digital addition part of scheme by London’s Camden council to address
> connections between monuments and “racism, slavery, imperialism’
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.telegraph.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!wc_drg1JYuV3h6iuCJFzNb_OtonqrEG1BRTScDMu7CyoxDsqmaSR6uSp-StpZ2AeD5qnh8dNXqAcTjcSdz9fP9ZK$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.telegraph.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFuxrjwsBy$>
>
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.apollo-magazine.com/bloomsbury-group-ottoline-morrell-virginia-woolf-garden-museum/__;!!KGKeukY!wc_drg1JYuV3h6iuCJFzNb_OtonqrEG1BRTScDMu7CyoxDsqmaSR6uSp-StpZ2AeD5qnh8dNXqAcTjcSd6uQBVKd$ 
> <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!wc_drg1JYuV3h6iuCJFzNb_OtonqrEG1BRTScDMu7CyoxDsqmaSR6uSp-StpZ2AeD5qnh8dNXqAcTjcSdziXQIXO$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.apollo-magazine.com__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu2fmlFNM$>
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> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13576345/Virginia-Woolfs-great-niece-slams-wokerati-council-adding-QR-code-renowned-writers-statue-explain-unacceptable-views.html__;!!KGKeukY!wc_drg1JYuV3h6iuCJFzNb_OtonqrEG1BRTScDMu7CyoxDsqmaSR6uSp-StpZ2AeD5qnh8dNXqAcTjcSd6lQW8mj$ 
> <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$>
>
> Labour-run Camden Council added the digital tag on the famed writer's
> monument in Bloomsbury, central London , which outlines Woolf's
> 'imperialist attitudes'.
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.dailymail.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!wc_drg1JYuV3h6iuCJFzNb_OtonqrEG1BRTScDMu7CyoxDsqmaSR6uSp-StpZ2AeD5qnh8dNXqAcTjcSdwW5k0Ow$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.dailymail.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu46Bc1Qb$>
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> https:/
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> Woolf Works at American Ballet Theatre Dives Into Virginia Woolf and
> Gender-Fluidity
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/playbill.com/article/woolf-works-at-american-ballet-theatre-dives-into-virginia-woolf-and-gender-fluidity__;!!KGKeukY!wkffquQxKHTu-1Na1J5FtxfmyGQ8xXE8DXQ1lnZxtyRb0c1RYdsEDtMHfKLU5EEkWiyuP_yMioIAjL5vIjiFu9Xn2Usb$>
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> Wayne McGregor’s Olivier Award-winning ballet gets its New York premiere.
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> 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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