In the past, I've listed blogs alphabetically by name.  Just to mix it up, I thought that this week, I'd list them in approximate order of appearance on the last comment thread.  We like to live dangerously here at MyDD.

• Feministing, written by Jessica Valenti, is one of the most well-known feminist blogs.  Valenti's recent book, Full Frontal Feminism, which draws heavily on her blog, argues that feminism needs to get back in touch with young women, and needs to be made relevant to them.  The blog itself is stocked with plenty of fresh content and a hopping comments section, and is written by five other editors and three more contributors.  The content itself focuses on a variety of feminist issues reproductive rights perhaps foremost; images of women in media; the chastity movement; marriage; and a variety of posts from guest contributors.  There's a new book club which was announced yesterday, so non-fiction feminist readers will have a regular weekly fix.

• Feministe, written by three women (Jill, Piny and Zuzu, each with a slightly differing level of anonymity), and a clutch of others not named in the about section.  The content varies a bit more than Feministing's, with recent posts covering dowries in India, husbands gone wild in Chicago, book recommendations for children, a pre-period poem, Paris Hilton and Rakhi Sawant, and fundraisers for Planned Parenthood and the Pointe Foundation (which provides scholarship to LGBT youth.)  As with Feministing, there's plenty of fresh content and the comments are very active.

• Pandagon is group-written by a lengthy cast of contributors, including Amanda Marcotte, Pam Spaulding, Auguste, Chris Clarke, Roxanne Cooper, Sheelzebub, and Ilyka Damen.  The blog was lurched into sudden celebrity in probably the least desirable way this past February.  For those who don't know, Marcotte was hired by the Edwards campaign and then loudly criticized by right-wing ideologue Bill Donohue; after a firestorm of protest from right-wingers, Marcotte eventually resigned from the campaign.  It's a shame, because Marcotte clearly would have added considerable depth to the Edwards blog.  Pandagon's focus has had an LGBT slant of late, with recent posts discussing a nutty homophobic mayor in Fort Lauderdale, marriage equality in Massachusetts, and staffing overlaps between Fred Thompson and homophobic Rick Santorum.  That content is supplemented with a healthy dose of coverage of sexual politics, including an interesting survey from Pew Research Center about popular conceptions about marriage.  There's also there are also plenty of posts on national politics, including a SiCKO review, the Scooter Libby pardon, and the recent Parents v. Seattle Supreme Court case (the case which rolled back Brown v. Board of Education).

• Pam's House Blend, written by Pam Spaulding (also one of the writers of Pandagon), has actually been on my blogreader list for quite a while.  Pam's coffeehouse covers a wide variety of LGBT issues, and in fact won the Best LGBT Blog award in the 2005 and 2006 Weblog Awards.  She's particularly critical of Mitt Romney, and has been for a while (so much so that I assumed she lived in Massachusetts; in fact, she lives in North Carolina).  The blog is co-written with a couple of other contributors - The Educated Eclectic and Terrance.  The blog is harshly critical of anti-gay wingnuts, from Focus on the Family, to the mayor of Fort Lauderdale and Ann Coulter.  From time to time, it also features roundups of conservative reactions to various events - including a recent roundup of Republican candidates reacting to Scooter Libby's commutation to the howls of protest from anti-equality activists in Massachusetts.

• The Field Negro has an interesting layout: full blog posts on the left hand side, and a sort of running track of quick hits, usually complete with photos, on the right.  The right side bar is used for any number of tidbits: Field/House Negro of the Day features, quick position statements (he's for the return of the draft), a whole ton of media criticism, etc.  The left hand side, where the full blog posts are run, covers topics ranging from Scooter Libby's commutation, the country's sudden fascination with interracial sex, the Parents v. Seattle case, domestic violence, etc.  The writer is based in Philadelphia, and is a member of the Afrospear; he's also been a writer for the Philadelphia Daily News, USA Today, and Philadelphia Tribune.

• Latino Politico is a group blog with nine contributors, started by Man Eegee.  Eegee started the blog to push back on the spin and b.s. coming out of the White House, and it looks like his attempt to put his thoughts down on paper is gaining steam.  The blog has a nice measure of personal reflective writing (including recipes), and a good deal of commentary on national political stories, like Keith Olbermann's call for Bush to resign and hate crimes legislation, state-wide issues like Arizona Gov. Napolitano's recent decision to sign a bill aimed at immigration reform, and a side of Republican presidential campaign coverage.  This is great reading for Arizona denizens.

• The Mex Files, begun in Mexico City but written in English, this blog evolved out of an email list started by Richard Grabman.  It now includes another blogger, Lyn_2, and covers a variety of topics about Mexico - politics, culture, history, etc.  There's been some fascinating discussion about the on-the-ground realities of the drug war, the border fence, and dealing with crime as a tourist in Mexico City.  There's also interesting coverage of Mexican politics, including the question of how much support Lopez Obradór still has, traffic policy in Mexico City, and recent municipal elections in the northern Mexican states of Chihuahua, Durango, and Zacatecas.

• Adventures of the Coconut Caucus (subtitle: "We put the PANIC in Hispanic") is a semi-serious, semi-funny blog covering Latino issues in DC politics.  There's been a lot of rumination on the failed attempt at immigration reform lately, and a smattering of coverage about related topics, like the border fence.  A few other themes of interest: fairly steady and frequent criticism of LA Mayor Villaraigosa, and a decent amount of coverage of celebrities - including Paris Hilton, Cameron Diaz, and radio DJ Piolín (who recently made waves by getting 1 million signatures on a petition for comprehensive immigration reform.)

• The Unapologetic Mexican (where Manifest Destiny goes to die) is one of the most graphically striking blogs I've seen in a while.  The writer, who is a US citizen of Mexican descent, chose the blog title to embrace his heritage (which is the opposite of what he did as a child).  Recent posts have focused on the Scooter Libby commutation, consciousness-raising among white guys, the Jena Six, Stevie Wonder, and a bit more music-blogging.  As you can tell, the content varies widely, and it's not exclusively (or, apparently, predominantly) political in nature.  The posts range from interesting to reflective, and the voice is conversational and endearing.  If you're interested, don't just subscribe to the feed; be sure to check out the visuals and click through to the blog.

• Where's the Outrage is written by Errington Thompson, author of A Letter to America: 10 Reasons to Give President Bush an Extended Vacation; Dr. Thompson also publishes a weekly podcast.  The blog appears to be half-current events, half-thoughtful political reflection (with recent posts alternating between Scooter Libby, Thomas Paine, Barry Goldwater, and the war on terror; actually, Scooter and all things related have been a big emphasis lately.)  This blog is much more video-heavy than most of the others, with nearly every post featuring some kind of video, and a pretty good number of videos coming from Keith Olbermann's show.  The podcast, which I haven't had a chance to listen to, also looks very interesting, with recent shows covering presidential politics and the Electoral College, the Iraq funding bill, immigration and prescription drugs.  Dr. Thompson appears to be a rising star within the progressive movement.

• WhirledView is written by a globe-trotting trio of women - including a chemist, a political scientist, and a poet.  Together their experience spans the continents and covers a wide variety of topics.  As you might imagine, the content focuses on issues not usually covered in the US press (no Scooter posts!)  Lately there's been a lot of coverage of the Carnegie Nonproliferation Conference, population biology of bees, the State Department's inability to issue passports (this series actually goes back a ways), and a shocking tale called "The Men of Rufrad Sat and Sat".  There are also a few occasional open threads about Scrophulariaceae, and other sorts of plants that bloom in the bloggers' backyards, but I find the regular content fascinating and tightly-focused.