I wouldn’t necessarily call mine a ture blog since it’s on MSN Spaces, but it does give me an outlet (not to mention it’s in my prices range … FREE). And I don’t link to a blog hoping they link back to mine — I just do it because I think the blog to which I link is worth reading.

Anyway, just thought I’d let you know that, as a n00b to the blogosphere, I don’t care the gender, sexuality, or anything else of the person behind the blog. A blog either sucks, or it doesn’t.

Take care, and keep up the great work!!

I found you via Scott Matthewman’s blog and I keep coming back because I like reading what you have to say.

PS I’m a lesbian

A good way to get around the blogroll maintenance “drama”, is to subscribe to your blogs via Bloglines, your normal agregator, it also allow to post the blog you are subscribing to as a blogroll on your blog via a small bit of HTML code you can just past on your blgo’s template… easy!

When I was conducting my 100 Comments In 100 Hours project in 2003, I kept running across the obstacle of “Blog Circles”. I had to aske myself why were the same (unpopular) blogs turning up on certain lists.

I don’t post a blogroll because it’s too difficult for me to manage and I hate dealing with “de-linking” drama. Also, a long list of links isn’t aesthetically pleasing to me.

How would it matter if more females linked to you than males? Would you change the way you write one way or another?

Coming down to the actually numbers however, it turns out that out of current 19 blogs on my blogroll, 4 only are female. My explanation for this is that being gay, I will be looking for male blogs more easily (especially if they are gay) as I will probably be in a better position to relate to them. I must say however that it is not really a conscious decision and that I will link to whatever tickles my fancy regardless of who writes it. Show me good female blogs and I will link to them.

On a more general note (and I am rather new to the blog thing), I seem to notice that linking is quite incestuous. Ie groups of people will interlink with each other which means that some blogrolls are rather unspiring and not very varied.

Finally, I can’t remember where I first saw your blog… is that helpful or what? :O)

My blogroll initially began as an easy way for me to follow my blogs day-to-day. Of course, I had never heard of Bloglines, Kinja or RSS feeds. But I like to keep up a blogroll, it’s like a posse, and chat up whoever’s on it.

Months ago, I origially linked here because it’s a great read. Our politics are very similar, but our blogs very dissimilar … you’re extremely progressive,political and consciousness … and my site is entertainment, media and other vapid non-such. But my impression is that we admire each other’s take on issues.

There are some blogs that I link to that do not link to me, it’s not a requirement. And that’s okay.

I can see why many women would link here. You’re very thoughtful, and talk about core issues like family, reproductive and sexual freedom, the war, etc.

Rod
brotha2brotha

Oh, hello there cyber world. I thought I was alone. Let me tell you how the D. met the T. I first encountered T in a qaint little cafe in Paris. It was a crisp Spring morning and T was sipping a cappuccino while reading La Resistance…..oh fuck, wrong T again.

Ok, ok, I met this T through Liberal Blogs and got linked to his old blog. I linked T on my blog because I love reading his unique view points and it’s refreshing to look at the world through his eyes.

I link because of substance, not gender or race or whatever. But you gotta be liberal…I mean that’s a given.

Keep up the good work T. One fist in the air!

I only have a couple of women on my blogroll as well. I don’t have a good explanation for it. I’ve thought about it for a long time, but somehow my blogroll is just the way it is.

Also, you’re the only African-American on my blogroll that I know of. Again, no good explanation.

But here’s a thought. Most of us, at least those of us who don’t live in ethnically diverse cities, tend to hang out with people like ourselves. Despite all of the changes that we like to think have occured in our culture, somehow it still works out that way, sort of like the tables in the high school cafeteria. Maybe the blogroll is the 21st century’s lunchroom table.