Lakshmi Chaudhry kicks some ass in Can Blogs Revolutionize Progressive Politics?, the latest cover story from In These Times. Love it. (And not just because Feministing's logo is featured, I swear.)

The whole piece is fab, but the focus on the “mainstream” political blogosphere’s lack of diversity is where Chaudhry really hits the nail on the head.

This little snippet is my fave:

As for the relative paucity of top female progressive bloggers, [Daily Kos’] Moulitsas is indifferent: “I haven’t given it a lot of thought. I find it totally uninteresting. What I’m interested in is winning elections, and I don’t give a shit what you look like.” It’s an odd and somewhat disingenuous response from an advocate of blogging as the ultimate tool of democratic participation.

Yawn. We’re sooo uninteresting, I’m totally boring myself out of writing anymore.

Just kidding: Also check it out because Amanda from Pandagon is quoted as the vagina-in-residence of the blogosphere.