Monday, January 15, 2007

Garbage comes in all kinds of bags

Capital Weekly Newspaper is the best newspaper in Bulgaria. They publish well-researched news and analytical pieces and reading the paper on Sunday morning is one of my most favorite rituals. Capital Light is their leisure-time supplement. They write about books, and plays, and tech stuff. They also interview popular public figures...You get the picture. I don't like Light nearly as much as I like the paper. I trust the paper quite a bit but find the Magazine rather superficial and well...unrelateable. But I've chosen to attribute that to a difference in tastes, nothing more.

An article in their most recent issue, however, has left me pretty disappointed with a serious publication that has been a model of good journalism in Bulgaria for the last 10 years or so. For the non-Bulgarian speakers in your ranks, the article is practically a eulogy about luxury brand shopping bags.

Now, I'm all in favor of making brainless arguments. Also, I have no problem with being interested in and loving all that is superficial. We have so much of "serious", and "proper", and "businesslike", and "professional" in our daily lives that we could all use a little bit of a break every once in a while. But to push that paper-bag style of writing in a publication that self-identifies as the best and brightest on the market, well, THAT is just pathetic.

6 Comments:

Blogger DJ said...

Wow--that is pretty bad! and I am a big fan of Capital otherwise as well. Apart from the article being completely out of place I think her argument can easily be opposed... I say that most high-fashion ladies with lots of money couldn't care less about the bags and just throw them away as soon as they get home. Yeah, they might feel high-powered while carrying them around town, but shopping bags, albeit designer ones, certainly are not collectibles in my mind.

1/15/2007 11:35 AM  
Blogger K. said...

за бога...егати статията.

интересно, какво ли би сложила авторката в лелеяната оранжева hermes торба? gucci парцалки втора употреба?
грубо звучи, но е така. чак ме хвана срам, че някой ще седне да напише това нещо и то за капитал. аргументът и, че се продавали в интернет е страшно паянтов. в интернет се продават всякакви боклуци и това не ги прави ценни (в ebay можеш например да си купиш стар сандвич).

и "Маняшки звучи, но е факт"??? маняшки? тази откъде е?

1/15/2007 4:21 PM  
Blogger petya said...

Denny and Kris: in response I wrote you a new entry. Muah!

1/16/2007 9:54 AM  
Blogger Yana said...

аааа, аз веднъж засякох статия, посветена на крем за лице в К Лайт. Ъх.

1/16/2007 3:33 PM  
Blogger petya said...

яна: капитал light май трябва да се казва капитал too light. ;)

1/24/2007 1:30 AM  
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