Top 50 5/5
Apr 21st, 2008 by lavonardo
The analysis series of Guardian’s list of top 50 blogs concludes here. Hopefully the fifth batch might bring some fresh faces.
- The F-Word
- The tagline, Contemporary UK Feminism, proves it - this is not a blog I was meant to read.
- Jonny B’s private secret diary
- Haircut (including a healthy relationship with barnyard animals) from UK. Yet another on the “to skip, like, forever”-stack.
- Pop Justice
- Somewhat thoroughly UK-specific pop music blog. Which completes a hat trick of blogs to forget originating from the Blighty.
- Waiter rant
- The outbursts of a well-writing cynical waiter have been a guilty pleasure in the past (I’ve once even linked to the guy). Definitely time to put this back where it belongs (and that’s Google Reader for those keeping score at home). The forthcoming book might be just the thing to read in a pretentious wine bar (or when bored to death at an airport).
- Hecklerspray
- Low grade celebrity gossip interspersed with occasional movie trivia (that usually ends up abusing some has-been celebrity). To avoid, in two words.
- WoWinsider
- In a completely game journalist-career shattering move, I’ve got a confession to make: I’ve never played World of Warcraft. The ongoing Rookie-series might be a good thing to catch up on if I ever get bitten (and I inevitably will).
- Angry Black Bitch
- More feminist diatribes. Another blog for the deadbook.
- Stylebubble
- Styleblog for the fairer sex. If I cannot enjoy the far more topical Sartorialist, this is so out of contention.
- AfterEllen
- Just say no.
- Copyblogger
- If I were a copywriter or even pretended to be one, this would be invaluable. Now, it’s just a curiosity passed by on the unending trawl for interesting bits to read.
Read-ratio: 10% (with a possibility of occasionally checking out the WoW-action).
The last episode thus concludes with a happy reunion with the Ranting Waiter, so the exercise was by no means futile. Next up: Time Magazine’s take on the same subject.