Came across a post called “NxE’s Fifty Most Influential ‘Female’ Bloggers.”

I assume the people who created this list are men because there are quote marks around the word ‘Female’ in the headline (what does that mean… does the blogger think some of the ‘female’ bloggers are transgender? Or perhaps they’re male bloggers disguised as women?).

The blogger also notes that “blogging can seem like a boys’ club to many.” I agree that the stereotypical blogger profile is a single male, 20-something techno-geek who lives in the U.S.

But blogging statistics prove otherwise. The breakdown between men and women bloggers is as follows:

• Men – 54%
• Women – 46%

The majority of all bloggers are hobbyists, doing it in their spare time. About 13 percent are devoted bloggers who post new material every day (Pew Internet & American Life Project November-December 2005 survey).

The “influential” list, understandably, focuses on women whose blogs rank high on Technorati and who likely comprise the 13 percent of die-hard bloggers who blog diligently.

The list gives a “30 Second Rundown” of each blogger, and explains “why she matters.”

In browsing the list, I loosely organized the topics each blogger focuses on into categories.

Here’s what I came up with:

• Technology – 19
• Life & lifestyles – 6
• Blogging and blogging for bucks – 6
• Marketing – 4
• Politics – 4
• Business issues – 3
• Fashion – 2
• Gossip – 2
• Food – 1
• Social Issues – 1
• Crafts – 1
• Self-Help -1

The list-makers ignore niche bloggers (except for one knitting blogger) and largely ignore mommy bloggers, who constitute the vast majority of the blogs written by and for women.

While I’m delighted to see women bloggers get a nod (despite the fact that the list-makers seem most impressed by tech bloggers), I think we need to expand the list.

Who are your favorite female bloggers and why? (Yes, you can nominate yourself; I know you want to!). What topics do your fave females cover?

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