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

Tue Jul 9 15:01:30 EDT 2024

 This is just to clarify the role of the VWSGB in the QR code business and clear up any confusion. Sorry for the delay: I wasn't involved myself so had to ascertain the facts from colleagues who aren't on the list.
Representatives from the Society took up Camden Council's invitation to attend meetings about the QR code, alongside other organisations representing the other two busts, so that we could be aware of what was being done. We expressed concerns about the emphasis on anti-semitism and racism, where we would have liked to see more focus on her feminism, pacifism and modernism. We provided a written account of Woolf's life and work and a detailed critique of their consultant's research document (which Camden Council asked for and kept) and we believe that this helped to reduce the criticism of Woolf.
Incidentally, the QR code is fixed to a wooden post next to the plinth, not to the plinth itself.
Sarah

Sarah M. Hall
Executive Council
Virginia Woolf Society of GB
Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk
Facebook: @VWSGB
Twitter/X: @VirginiaWoolfGB
Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety

    On Sunday, 7 July 2024 at 23:52:53 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> 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@ lists. osu. edu>
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>
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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
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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!27fYYmE6rr25Z7tRwMHwPiinyyAVEgcwuN5f52ZY6sYoaAKgzYm_TmnvNGnJBQELJY7B5qnJAU9DXIy4NkSiG9-6$ 
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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!27fYYmE6rr25Z7tRwMHwPiinyyAVEgcwuN5f52ZY6sYoaAKgzYm_TmnvNGnJBQELJY7B5qnJAU9DXIy4NuhiYDJl$  (with a photo of the wrong sculpture).

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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.”

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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
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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!27fYYmE6rr25Z7tRwMHwPiinyyAVEgcwuN5f52ZY6sYoaAKgzYm_TmnvNGnJBQELJY7B5qnJAU9DXIy4No2Z-0P8$       

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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

https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.telegraph.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!27fYYmE6rr25Z7tRwMHwPiinyyAVEgcwuN5f52ZY6sYoaAKgzYm_TmnvNGnJBQELJY7B5qnJAU9DXIy4Nn0-JT5_$ 
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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.

Cheers,

Vara

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/25/virginia-woolfs-unacceptable-views-explained-to-the-public/__;!!KGKeukY!27fYYmE6rr25Z7tRwMHwPiinyyAVEgcwuN5f52ZY6sYoaAKgzYm_TmnvNGnJBQELJY7B5qnJAU9DXIy4Nkfaz3GB$ 

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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!27fYYmE6rr25Z7tRwMHwPiinyyAVEgcwuN5f52ZY6sYoaAKgzYm_TmnvNGnJBQELJY7B5qnJAU9DXIy4NoTpo1ma$ 

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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!27fYYmE6rr25Z7tRwMHwPiinyyAVEgcwuN5f52ZY6sYoaAKgzYm_TmnvNGnJBQELJY7B5qnJAU9DXIy4NnhLqT1N$ 

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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'.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.dailymail.co.uk__;!!KGKeukY!27fYYmE6rr25Z7tRwMHwPiinyyAVEgcwuN5f52ZY6sYoaAKgzYm_TmnvNGnJBQELJY7B5qnJAU9DXIy4NmN2WhsX$ 
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https:/

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Woolf Works at American Ballet Theatre Dives Into Virginia Woolf and Gender-Fluidity

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

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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