During most of the 1980s , Geller worked at the '' New York Daily News '' - first as a financial analyst , and then in advertising and marketing . Subsequently , she was associate publisher of '' The New York Observer '' from 1989 through 1994 . In a '' Village Voice '' interview , Geller indicated that she had only become political since the 9/11 attacks . She created a blog called '' Atlas Shrugs '' ( a reference to '' Atlas Shrugged '' , the novel by Ayn Rand ) in 2004 . Geller was a frequent and prolific commenter on the blog '' Little Green Footballs '' when , encouraged by a fellow commenter , she started her own blog in late 2004 . She has referred to her blog as " my living room and kitchen — a place where she can kick back and yell , like some people shout at their TV " , in contrast to her books and published articles which are " more studied and more measured " . The blog gained attention in 2006 , when Geller reprinted the controversial cartoons of Muhammad originally published in the Danish '' Jyllands-Posten '' newspaper . In 2007 , her campaign against an Arabic language public school in Brooklyn was said to have played " an important role " in the resignation of its principal , Debbie Almontaser . The blog has been criticized by progressive Media Matters for America . Conversely , it has been praised by Caroline Glick , managing editor of '' The Jerusalem Post '' , who hailed the blog 's coverage of Muslim " honor killings " and called her " an intrepid blogger " specifically for Geller 's coverage of treatment of women under Sharia law and in Islamic countries
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