I'm somewhat surprised at the surprise some folks seem to be having at the results of a survey that found that 79% of blog readers are more male than female -- Josh Marshall laments his 81%, Kos responded with his own single question mini-poll, and Matt Yglesias pins it on women's indifference to politics. As a lady myself, I have two thoughts. One, the war details that were in many ways blog miracle-gro may have been less than engaging for many women, for whatever reason. And two, there may be for some women something slightly off-putting about the authoritative tendencies of some bloggers. When I read political blogs I'm pretty much looking for two things -- facts I don't know yet and perspectives I haven't thought of. The "quite so," look at me I went to grad school, retort/rejoinder nit-pickity blogging style might just strike those charged with the keeping the species alive as somewhat petty. I'm just saying. If I had to bet, I'd put money on a fall off in that sort of thing in the near future. What I think will stay interesting is folks who find news that is hard to find in mainstream press and those who are able to fit both little details and the big events into a bigger-picture understanding of what's going on.
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