Blogging Women

The other day, Megan McArdle had a piece on Andrew Sullivan (whom, by way, I’ve never actually read, but I’m told went a little crazy with Palin Derangement Syndrome) and his decision to stop blogging, and on the past and future of blogging, in general.  Multiple of the commenters pointed out that Megan’s blog has a particularly engaging comment section, with a diversity of opinion, a fairly civil discourse, and with commenters who contribute in interesting ways.

It occurs to me that Ann Althouse’s blog is similar — and that both women actually interact with readers through the comments.  We all know, of course, that her interaction in the comments gained her her husband.

Are there similar blogs that I’m not aware of?  There are the various blogs at National Review online, and the “blog-like” sections of Slate — but the comments there aren’t nearly as interesting, and in neither case do the bloggers/article authors interact with the readers.  And, of course, Glen Reynolds added comments a while back, but doesn’t himself comment, and it doesn’t really fit with the nature of his blog for him to do so, anyway.

And that has me wondering:

Is it just a coincidence that both McArdle and Althouse (or Megan and Ann — I’m never quite sure whether to think of bloggers as being on a first-name or last-name basis — though, of course, the very nature of  my “blog identity” means that you all are on a first-name basis with me) are women?

Or is there something about women’s blogging, even when it’s about politics and (more for McArdle than Althouse) business and the economy (as opposed, that is, to the Mommy Blogging genre) that means that the nature of their blogging is different?

Or do I just gravitate towards female bloggers without really being aware of it, and need to expand my horizons?  (See above:  never read Sullivan.)

(Side note:  is it “female bloggers” or “women bloggers”?  Proper grammar says “female bloggers” because “women” is a noun, not an adjective, though it’s increasingly used that way.  Women CEOs vs. male CEOs, and the like.)

As you can tell by the speculative nature of this post, your thoughts are most welcome!