The rise of 'mummy porn' vs the fall of the Women's Library

We are very sad to hear the following from the Morning Star:

The coalition's cuts are reducing access to all forms of education and knowledge, from universities to libraries, for the less affluent.
Only last month we were treated to the unedifying spectacle of a dawn raid on Kensal Rise library ordered by Brent Council, in which it was stripped of its books to scupper resistance to selling it off. Police even removed the wall-plaque commemorating Mark Twain, who donated the library to the public over 100 years ago, in the middle of the night as if to erase all evidence of the building's purpose.
Now the spotlight is on the Women's Library in Castle Street, east London. In March London Metropolitan University announced plans to "unload" its special collections, which include the Women's Library and the TUC archives as a cost-cutting measure.
The archives got a temporary reprieve thanks to the efforts of the TUC itself. But the Women's Library must find a new home - a big ask in straitened economic times - or it will be reduced to opening just one day a week. In the longer term it seems probable that the university wants to get its hands on its very valuable building. [...]
The library's collections do show just what can happen when the ladies get uppity - they trace the history of the British suffrage campaign from John Stuart Mill's 1866 letter to Parliament calling for votes for women to a congratulatory letter from the prime minister to Millicent Fawcett when women finally got the vote six decades later.
In 2011 the unique nature of the collection was acknowledged when the library was included in Unesco's Memory of the World Register.
It was established in 1926 as the Library of the London Society for Women's Service headed by Fawcett, beginning with a mere three shelves.
Librarian Vera Douie was appointed in 1926 and developed the collections beyond all recognition over the next 40 years.
The library aimed not just to commemorate and preserve the history of the suffrage movement, but to provide up-to-date information on the status of women, particularly in terms of their employment.
Members included working women as well as writers and intellectuals from Virginia Woolf to Rose Macaulay. Both women attended its events and donated materials and funds.
It holds first editions not only of Woolf but of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, the Brontë sisters and George Eliot. (Louise Raw)

Outrageous and short-sighted are two of the many and not at all positive adjectives that come to mind right now.

Anyway, on to lighter matters as the forthcoming Jane Eyre Laid Bare has even reached Perez Hilton's ears. Here some suggestions for retellings along the same lines:

What other books will be remade for the seXXXy book trend?
A Tale of Two Tittays? The Not-So Secret Garden? Wuthering Peen? LOL!
Gawd, we hope not!

And speaking of mash-ups, Screenrant has a slideshow on '30 Literary Mash-Ups Crazier Than ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’' which includes a few Brontë-related books such as Jane Slayre (8/29), Wuthering Heights and a Werewolf... and a Zombie Too (20/29), The Eyre Affair (really?) (24/29) and Wuthering Bites (29/29).

Wauwatosa Now looks at zomebie-related activities:

"Blood soaked survival horror" is now a business opportunity. In Reading, UK, you can participate in an interactive zombie attack in an empty mall. Four hours of terror in spooky environments for only $189.
Now, I'm sure the first thought that comes to your mind is Northridge Mall. And the second, Sydney Hih. But wait: what about the Eschweiler buildings right here in Wauwatosa? Since the developers can't see beyond apartments, perhaps we can think more creatively for them. And so I offer this idea. No charge. You're welcome.
(It's true, the builidngs, with their Gothic swagger, are more suited for a Jane Eyre experience. When it comes to zombie soul-lessness, nothing beats a shopping mall.) (Christine McLaughlin)

The Globe and Mail thinks that

Last year was good for girls: Bridesmaids, The Help, Soul Surfer, Hanna, Sucker Punch, The Iron Lady, Jane Eyre, Friends With Kids and Young Adult all performed well at the box office, and were all about women. (Kate Carraway)

While IFC Fix loves the Joe Wight - Keira Knightley combo and has a suggestion.

This [Anna Karenina] is Knightley and Wright’s third time working together, following their collaborations on “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement.” We’ll call these three films their classic literature trilogy, as all three are period pieces based on novels that have become famous in their own rights. Except the tone of each project gets darker with each film they make, despite the fact that Knightley and Wright seem to trust each other more the longer they work together. What next, an adaptation of “Wuthering Heights”? Okay, that would actually be pretty awesome. (Terri Schwartz)

The Belfast Telegraph on Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights:

Or what says 'here' more than the glorious eccentricity of Wuthering Heights, instantly recognisable from those first notes? (Gail Walker)

Most of the people who have walked to Anne Brontë's grave in Scarborough will be familiar with the aptly-named Paradise Street nearby. Here's an article from the Yorkshire Post on its new lights.
The Telegraph and Argus features Rebecca Chesney's exhibition at the Brontë Parsonage Museum opening tomorrow.

Vulpes Libris wonders who actually penned the poem Often rebuked, yet always back returning - a highly recommended read. An Armchair by the Sea reviews The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Ipsa Legit posts in Italian about Juliet Gael's Romancing Miss Brontë.