As a followup to the recent BlogHer conference, here's the first in our series of posts on top female bloggers, organized by category. Although every metric has problems and limitations, we used Technorati rank to select and sort the blogs.

Up first: our Society & Culture category covers mom blogs, food blogs, pop culture, feminism and more. The largest category is "Personal"; we welcome suggestions for a more specific category for any of these blogs.

Some of this research was started several months ago, and there are several sources that we haven't had a chance to tap. Also, many blogs lack an "about" page or similar information about who is behind a blog. I'm sure we're missing lots of blogs and bloggers. Comments are open, and my email address is on our about page.

Society & Culture 94 contributors to 78 blogs
Pop Culture
	823			The Underwire		Sonia Zjawinski	former Blogger
						Angela Watercutter	Contributor
						Jenna Wortham	Contributor
	4,484			Racialicious		Carmen Van Kerckhove	Founder and Publisher
						Latoya Peterson	Editor
Life
	1,318			passive-aggressive notes		Kerry Miller
	1,690			Overheard in New York		Adina	Editor
						Danielle Lindemann	Editor
						Kristina Ryan	Editor
						Jenny Weiss	Editor
Education
	3,848			Joanne Jacobs		Joanne Jacobs
Esoterica
	5			Boing Boing		Xeni Jardin	Co-Editor
	1,902			The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks		Bethany Keeley
Personal
	43			dooce		Heather Armstrong
	53			Confessions of a Pioneer Woman		Pioneer Woman
	501			Xiaxue		Wendy Cheng
	659			Putting the eek in geek		WendyTime
	704			At0mica.net		Heather Onnen
	804			indexed		Jessica Hagy
	3,507			TNChick.com		tnchick
	4,184			Maryannaville™		Saboma
	4,296			Making Light		Teresa Nielsen Hayden
	4,710			Crazy Aunt Purl		Laurie Perry
	4,832			Laura Williams' Musings		Laura Williams
	5,436			Much of a muchness		Diane Aldred
	6,542			Mighty Girl		Margaret Mason
	6,938			Amalah		Amalah
	7,044			Tasty Blog Snack		Justine Ezarik
	7,223			Veronica Belmont		Veronica Belmont
	8,126			Snippets of Life		Karen Cheng
	8,230			Christy's Coffee Break		Christy Zutautas
	8,418			Life in the Fast Lane		Deborah Peterson
	8,926			Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters		Melissa
	9,292			fussypants		Allison Worthington
	10,156			Queen of Spain Blog		Erin Kotecki Vest
	10,202			RConversation		Rebecca MacKinnon
	10,440			molly.com		Molly Holzschlag
	11,238			Fussy		Eden Marriott Kennedy
	11,577			Fausta's blog		Fausta Wertz
	11,966			Boobs, Injuries, & Dr. Pepper		Crystal McKee
	12,250			Climb to the Stars		Stephanie Booth
	13,086			AngryBlackBitch		Pamela Merritt
	14,582			Half of Me		Jennette Fulda
	14,983			Back in skinny jeans		Stephanie Quilao
	19,421			Writes Like She Talks		Jill Miller Zimon
	22,603			MsDanielle		Ms. Danielle
	24,338			Ariel Waldman		Ariel Waldman
	25,103			Greek Tragedy		Stephanie Klein
	25,408			Allied		Jeneane Sessum
	29,184			Nothing But Bonfires		Holly Burns
	31,224			Amber Mac		Amber MacArthur
	31,531			a geek by any other name		Gia
	36,937			flutter		Christine Schrock
	39,898			Meryl Yourish		Meryl Yourish
	40,491			Anne Truitt Zelenka		Anne Truitt Zelenka
	41,472			Bookworm Room		Bookworm
	46,172			mothergoosemouse		Julie Marsh
	48,106			She Just Walks Around With It		Kristy Sammis
Mom Blogging
	313			5 Minutes For Mom		Janice	Co-Founder
						Susan	Co-Founder
						Joan Winter	Co-Founder
	1,336			Rocks In My Dryer		Shannon Lowe
	11,405			Motherhood Uncensored		Kristen Chase
	12,806			Attack of the Redneck Mommy		Tanis Miller
	13,828			Toddler Planet		Susan Niebur
	14,249			Woulda Coulda Shoulda		Mir Kamin
	14,494			CityMama™		Stefania Pomponi Butler
	15,887			Autism Vox		Kristina Chew
	16,700			A Mommy Story		Christina McMenemy
	16,910			Suburban Bliss		Melissa Summers
	21,029			Her Bad Mother		Catherine Connors
	29,889			Sarah and the Goon Squad		Sarah Braesch
	46,335			Mom to the Screaming Masses		Carmen Staicer
Food & Drink
	648			101 Cookbooks		Heidi Swanson
	867			Simply Recipes		Elise Bauer
	899			Smitten Kitchen		Deb
	1,257			SlashFood		Shayna Glick
						Emily Matcher
						Marisa McClellan
						Ellen Slattery
	1,556			Chocolate and Zucchini		Clotilde Dusoulier
	3,633			Cupcakes Take The Cake		Allison Bojarski
						Rachel Kramer Bussel
						Nichelle Stephens
	4,562			yumsugar		Yum Sugar	Contributor
						Party Sugar	Contributor
Parenting
	4,999			Scribbit		Michelle Mitchell
	17,759			Sweetney		Tracey Gaughran-Perez
	23,128			Babylune		Eliza Ferree
Self Help
	5,290			Think Simple Now		Tina Su
Green Lifestyle
	23			TreeHugger		Jessica Root	Project Manager
Feminism
	1,705			Feministe		Jill Filipovic	Contributor
						Holly	Contributor
						ZuZu	Contributor

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Update: fixed formatting error; fixed blog name per the comment.