Aside from real life friends whose blogs I stalk, there are some bloggers I’ve never met but will probably follow as long as they keep writing, like Ernie, even if he’s not as inclined to put himself out there as he used to be, because I’ve read him since the beginning, and his blog feels like an old friend.

There are others that I’ve added gradually over the years, like Dooce, whose daughter was born within a week of Ana and whose second child would have been the same age as Angie if she hadn’t miscarried, or Mimi Smartypants, whose wickedly funny stories about her adopted Chinese daughter make me snort all unladylike. But overall my blog reading list has remained very stable. Until recently.

For one, I stumbled upon a whole slew of mommy academics to whom I could relate not just personally but also professionally, such as Professing Mama. It’s fun to read stories that segue seamlessly from an anecdote about the kids to another about a departmental brouhaha. I’ve also started reading a whole lot of daddy bloggers, such as MetroDad, in which I get perspectives other than Kevin’s on how the male half in a traditional parental unit sees the role he plays in his children’s lives.

And finally, I’ve been adding blogs that discuss race and ethnicity overtly. I admire them for tackling topics for which our society doesn’t seem equipped with the vocabulary to discuss, which is why I think these conversations so often degenerate into senseless finger pointing. It all started when I began reading Ernie’s 8 Asians group blog and has grown from there to include Racialicious, Mixed Race America, Mixed Race Families, and Anti-Racist Parent.

The rest of my blog reads can mostly be categorized under work and news. How about you? What themes do you find in the blogs you read?

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