Blogging in the bubble: my third piece for the Guardian

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Blogging in the bubble: my third piece for the Guardian

My third piece for the Guardian newsblog is about bloggers who don’t like to write about politics. It starts like this:

One of Israel’s most famous bloggers never writes about politics. “It bores me,” explains Liat Bar-On, a 36-year-old journalist. “I consider myself a leftist and I was against the Gaza war, but I don’t want to write about the violence and the corruption and the crappy reality around me. I prefer to bury my head in the sand and ignore it all.”

Bar-On’s blog, Doda Malka (Auntie Malka), is about “life and relationships – that is, about my relationships.” She channels her considerable writing talents into musings about topics that range from why she gets irritated with friends who send long text messages to her mobile phone, to whether or not she would like to become a single mother via artificial insemination.

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5 Comments so far (Add 1 more)

Thanks for featuring me in the article! I wrote a post in English about the elections as well, so that the British readers can understand…

1. Yohay
on February 6th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Cappuccino bubbles. Great post, Lisa.

2. Ralf
on February 6th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Lisa,

All statistics I have read show that even most Tel Avivans supported the war in Gaza. I believe you do your city a great deal of harm by showing your ‘bubble’ of friends as representative of the mainstream of Tel Aviv. It is true that Tel Aviv is considered a liberal city, and that a certain [in my opinion] destructive ‘post zionist’ attitude finds its center in Tel Aviv. But this does not mean most Tel Aviv residents are swishy leftists who prefer ‘Palestine’ to Israel and have turned to suicidal Gandhian philosophies. (Gandhi himself believed that the British should give up and not fight Nazis, as that would serve as the ‘ultimate model’ of nonviolence)

I believe columns like your’s ultimately do a tremendous disservice to Israelis and Tel Aviv residents.

3. Red Tulips
on February 9th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
babe, the automatic translator sucks

4. mike
on February 15th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
I know it sucks. I’m thinking of just getting rid of it.

5. Lisa Goldman
on February 16th, 2009 at 7:55 am