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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.
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| 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 | ||||||||
| Legend | ||||||||||
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| Blogcosm profile of this blog | |||||||||
| Link directly to the blog | |||||||||
Technorati Rank as of July 2, 2008 (or later)
Update: fixed formatting error; fixed blog name per the comment.
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Thanks for doing this - very interesting.
My blog is mostly politics, specifically Latin American and American politics and how they relate to each other.
Jill: coming soon
Fausta: changed ... so your blog will appear again soon
Michelle: glad you like it. Picking a single category for each blog fails to do justice to the diverse content of most blogs. However, with so many great blogs out there, I think that some sort of focus can be helpful.