Andrew Michael Sullivan (born 10 August 1963) is a British-American author, editor, and political commentator.
He is considered the pioneer of web journalism (weblogging), having been one of the first journalists to open his own personal blog, The Daily Dish, in 2000.
Fifteen years later he decided to stop blogging because, as he said, he thought he had to move on to new things, before burning out.time
He felt imprisoned in digital life and wanted to return to the actual world, where people can have an idea and let it slowly take shape, rather than be instantly blogged, they can read and write books and spend some real time with family and friends, those friends he had abandoned because he was always tied to his blog,In addition, he did not want his partner to feel like he was a ‘blog-widow” any longer.
The non-stop blogging lifestyle, those fifteen years of daily, hourly, always-on-deadline stress were almost killing him.
The proximity of a blogger and a reader is palpable, they are “not just connected but linked in a visceral, personal way. The only term that really describes this is friendship….These friends are an integral part of the blog itself—sources of solace, company, provocation, hurt, and correction.”
“Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.”
Andrew Michael Sullivan (nato il 10 agosto 1963) è un autore, editore e commentatore politico britannico-americano.
È considerato il pioniere del giornalismo in rete (weblogging) essendo stato uno dei primi giornalisti ad aprire il proprio blog personale, The Daily Dish, nel 2000.
Quindici anni dopo decise di smettere perché, come disse, pensava di dover passare a cose nuove, prima di esaurirsi,
Si sentiva imprigionato nella vita digitale e voleva tornare nel mondo reale, dove le persone possono avere un’idea e lasciarla lentamente prendere forma, senza doverla postare istantaneamente, possono leggere e scrivere libri e trascorrere del tempo reale con la famiglia e gli amici, quegli amici che aveva abbandonato perché era sempre legato al suo blog, Inoltre non voleva più che il suo compagno si sentisse una ‘vedova del blog’.
Lo stile di vita non stop del blog, quei quindici anni di stress quotidiano, e sempre con i minuti contati lo stavano quasi uccidendo.
La vicinanza tra blogger e lettore è palpabile, sono “non solo connessi ma legati in modo viscerale, personale. L’unico termine che lo descrive davvero è amicizia… Questi amici sono parte integrante del blog stesso: fonti di conforto, compagnia, provocazione, sofferenza e rettifica.”
“Bloggare sta allo scrivere come gli sport estremi stanno all’atletica: più liberi e improvvisati, più inclini agli incidenti, meno formali, più vivi. È, in molti modi, come scrivere ad alta voce”.
Ovviamente dipende dalla popolarità.
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Certo: lui lo faceva per mestiere e penso che sia piuttosto estenuante, sempre sul pezzo
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Probabilmente il rispondere sempre e trovare argomenti
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Penso che sia proprio stato così
Buon pomeriggio 🌼🦋🌼
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Grazie anche a te.
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What he writes is true. I hope that this does not mean that you are planning to quit blogging anytime soon. Take a break if you need to, but we would certainly miss you in the blogosphere. How long have you been blogging?
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No, I’ m not going to quit blogging also because here I have met people with whom I feel there is a fantastic connection : my friendship with you, for example, is not just a pure abstraction. But maybe virtual reality is taking over the real world for me too. In this bad pandemic period it has been and still is a great help, but as soon as we get out of it, I’ll start spending more time in the real world: meeting friends, going to conferences, theaters, presentations.
By the way, I’ve been blogging for seven years now 💕
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That’s a long time, Luisa. I feel the same way about my friendship with you. I’ve been blogging for four years now. Some days are more inspired than others. 😉
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😘😘😘
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Back at you.
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Wonderful post about blogging! Loved the comparison to athletics.
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I’m really glad that you liked it. Thank you for your kind words and for sharing your thoughts here.
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Me too!
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🙏🧡🙏
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Meraviglioso Lu e condivido il suo pensiero più che mai! Buon pomeriggio
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Grazie per il messaggio, Paola
Buona serata 😘😘😘
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A te Lu
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Anche io, in particolare come arriva al concetto di Amicizia
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Vero😁
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Bello, vero? 🤗🤗🤗
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Molto!
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Farlo come mestiere deve essere senz’altro stressante, uno ci si rifinisce nel blog. Ma se è un passatempo, un esercizio di scrittura e memoria, può ancora andare bene!!!! Ciao Luisa! ❤
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Sono d’accordo con te, Vitty cara
Fra un po’ passo da te per vedere se abbiamo continuato il tuo meraviglioso viaggio alla luce per 24 ore 🌞🌞🌞
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E’ Indubbio che tra blogger e lettore (a sua volta blogger) si instaura spesso un rapporto di condivisione che può sfociare in concreta amicizia ma anche qui dipende dal perché si blogga e cosa si voglia comunicare.
Lascerei il paragone sportivo il blog può essere piu libero, certo.
Ciao Lu’ cara buon pomeriggio 🦋💚
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Grazie Shera carissima: anch’io sono dell’idea che con alcuni dei blogger che si frequentano nascono delle amicizie non meno reali di quelle che si hanno con chi si frequenta di persona🦋💖🦋
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I agree in his statement that ideas need time to take shape. Perhaps the greatest challenge to serious bloggers is to exchange ideas rather than mere information with their readers. And that takes time.
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Thank you so much, I’m glad you stopped by! Your comment is really valuable and thought-provoking🙏🙏🙏
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C9ncordo pienamente con gli ultimi due paragrafi dell’articolo: è un mondo splendido personalmente me ne sono innamorata. Grazie Luisa dell’articolo 😘
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Grazie a te, Giusy cara. Sono grata a questo mondo che mi ha fatto incontrare persone speciali come te 😘
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Well said.
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Thank you so much 🙏💐🙏
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It is indeed writing out loud 👍 And I totally agree with him, sometimes you just have to take the time you need away from technology and take time to reflect on yourself and spend time with family and friends.
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Wonderful recollections beautifully shared, thank you.🙏
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Most welcome ☺️ Reading your blogs is a great pleasure and very informative 🙂
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Thank you again for your kind words and for sharing your thoughts here.🙏💖
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Its always a pleasure ❤️🙂
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I often wondered who started the blog craze. I am astonished that he quit blogging because the deadlines, the topics, the frequency is all up to the blogger. It doesn’t have to be stressful. I like his quote about writing out loud.
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If you do it as a profession and not as a hobby I think it becomes really stressful because it is so hectic 🙏😘🙏
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Andrew Sullivan has just published another book, Luisa. I don’t know whether you heard news of this. It is called ‘Out on a Limb’ and it follows his tracks through his blogs and other writings across 32 years.
He is much admired because it is believed that he did more than anyone to lay down the philosophical and political groundwork for the successful campaign for the marriage of gays.
He is reviled, equally, by some for allowing the racist ideology of blacks-are-genetically-inferior to be published in the magazine The New Republic when he was its editor.
He is an admirable because, in this book, he asks forgiveness for this. In his words “not as a writer, where good faith and honesty alone matter, but as a friend and human being, where empathy counts.”
He is in that small group who risks his reputation for what he considers good faith and honesty and is honest enough to understand that this will cost him and that sometimes he needs to say that he was wrong.
We are so predictably polarized now that we are looking at Andrew Sullivan as though he were a miracle. A miracle he himself created of himself.
Thanks for reminding me of him. Sarah
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Dear Sarah, I don’t know how to thank you for this precious information you have added, which makes Andrew Sullivan even more valuable 🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏
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‘Writing out loud’.
Perfect!
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🙏👍🙏
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Grazie, cara Luisa. Allora, lui è il nostro antenato, il primo blogosauro della storia! Bravo a lui!
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Blogosauro è fortissimo|
Nemmeno io sapevo chi fosse stato il primo.
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😊😊😊
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La parola create da Maria (kethuprofumo) è davvero deliziosa; vedo che anche tu l’hai apprezzata👍💐💐💐
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Sì! Molto simpatica!
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🙏😘🎈
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Carissima Maria, la tua definizione è bellissima!!!!
Te ne ringrazio di cuore e ti auguro una buona settimana 😘🙏😘🙏😘
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… e sono in attesa di conoscere la risposta al tuo indovinello così difficile🤔🧡🤔
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Mah, vista la parabola discendente dei “nostri” amatissimi blog, forse il pericolo della dipendenza mi pare poco reale, almeno nel nostro caso. Semmai la dipendenza, quella sì patologica, è quella che subiscono i vari maniaci delle piattaforme social, l’orrido Facebook in testa.
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Sono pienamente d’accordo con te, comunque Sullivan lo faceva per mestiere e forse era un modo di far giornalismo troppo frenetico per non esaurire, alla lunga, una persona
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Louisa, I feel this close friendship with you and I guess it is the spirit of the person that is carried through
the words. And the thoughtfulness. Quoting your paragraph :
“ The proximity of a blogger and a reader is palpable, they are “not just connected but linked in a visceral, personal way. The only term that really describes this is friendship….These friends are an integral part of the blog itself—sources of solace, company, provocation, hurt, and correction.”
Andrew Mitchell was a full time blogger and that can be hard on family and friends around you.
I am currently a lazy blogger but hope to be a little more active soon.
You keep writing, dear Luisa, you have a lot to give.
Miriam
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Dearest Miriam,
I too feel your closeness. It is palpable as if we met in the real world and and there was no ocean between us,
This is the gift that WordPress gave me: meeting beautiful people like you
Lots of love
Luisa
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As usual I did not know … the two quotes are fantastic.
THANKS Luisa! ❤
I share
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A heartfelt thank you 🙏💜🙏
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Thanks for linking and reblogging this on your website.😘💜😘💜😘💜😘
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Lo capisco! Io faccio fatica qualche ora a settimana, e a volte non sempre… 🙂
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Io sono molto d’accordo sull’empatia che si crea con altri blogger: è stupenda💕
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Much truth here. I have come to care for some bloggers so much that I care about what happens to them and their families. As for the bloggers who have died? I mourned the passing of these friends and still remember them fondly. Thanks for sharing this post.
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I fully share your thoughts, Cynthia.
I too have really grieved for the bloggers I knew who died
Thank you for your precious words 🙏🙏🙏
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Very interesting and informative post about Andrew Sullivan and the travails and upsides of blogging! Thank you! 👍🌟
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I am really happy to know that this post was to your liking and I thank you very much for letting me know🙏🙏🙏
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non è facile dire stop ma 15 anni sono un bel bottino
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Vero! Buona serata ⭐🌙🌺
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Io sono sulla buona strada 11 di wordpress. 😀
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finchè ce la faccio vado a vanti
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Tout à fait d’accord, il ne faut jamais exagéré, ne pas se laisser emporter par une seule chose, même si il nous paraît bonne
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Tu as raison, il ne faut jamais exagérer, malheureusement pour Sullivan c’était un travail et il devait continuellement s’efforcer de maintenir son blog à jour.
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Hi there, you write awesome!!
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No doubt he sees his words as the truth in his world, but not everyone will see the world through his eyes. You have to be truthful to yourself and that can be different for different people 🙂
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Many thanks for reblogging. 🙏 😊 🙏 😊 🙏 😊 🙏
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That was an interesting biography.
I would love to know more about this blogger.
I am doing a series on blogging quotes called Blogging Insights. May I have your permission to use these quotes?
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Please, use them! It will be a pleasure 🙏🙏🙏
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Thank you so much 💐💐💐
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Wow! Thanks for sharing the information.
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I appreciate your saying so and I am happy that you liked it!
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