Female Kossacks in particular.
This diary is so controversial that I can't even begin above the fold.
This is one of those diaries that sorta came to me in my dreams. The last time this happened, a lot of effort resulted in a long series of diaries that culminated in a recommended diary that people seemed to enjoy. I hope this idea requires less effort yet produces a similar amount of enjoyment.
So I was thinking, in that half-lucid state, about my favorite people on this site. After a while, it hit me that almost every name that came up was a person that I happen to know was a woman. Even those rare exceptions where a male Kossack came to mind, it was often a handle that once made me wonder if in fact he wasn't a woman (see: Trix, trashablanca, et. al.)
The people who got me thinking about this topic initially are the type of folks who read, recommend, and leave positive comments in diaries day after day. A few of such people include the following DKos members:
SallyCat, noweasels, Cedwyn, Spedwybabs, TexMex, Julie Gulden, cfk, maggiejean, JanF, Land of Enchantment, navajo, earicicle, lineatus, BlueJessamine, Kristina40, Angie in WA State,
This list is of course by no means exhaustive. Out of 10,000 members (and 240,000+ trolls), these are merely the names I came up with off the top of my head. I also got help from always checking this list, which appears every week in jotter's HID series.
I can't omit my partner in the WNU series, smileycreek.
Virtually the entire IGTNT/NFTT team seems to be XX to me
SisTwo, Chacounne, a girl in MI, jlms qkw, roses
I suspect many others on that team are indeed women too, but without being pretty certain, I'm not about to add them until I get a green light.
Many of our cherished pootie people are in fact XXers. Includcing of course Queen pootie herself, triciawyse. Lest not we forget the lovely IRITI, who once seemed to me to be the deputy pootie queen.
Ekaterin, blue jersey mom, Debbie in ME, etc.
My eco peeps? Almost entirely women!
beach babe in fl, rb137, Oke, boatsie, Ellinorianne, PDNC, SolarMom, Regina in a Sears Kit House, RLMiller, Hopeful Skeptic, princesspat
Some of the site's most consistently recommended authors are female
blackwaterdog, Femlaw, slinkerwink, Deoliver47, icebergslim, LaFeminista, nyceve, Muzikal203
Some of the finest, funniest and most prolific commenters are women too
citizenx, Lize in San Francisco, Colorado is the Shiznit, GlowNZ, stagemom, gchaucer2, Elise, Eternal Hope, Floja Roja, NCrissieB, CityLightsLover, soccergrandmom, makahali overdrive, annetteboardman
And yes, let us not forget the awesomeness of the front page females.
Susan Gardner, Barbara Morrill, Joan McCarter, Kaili Joy Gray, Laura Clawson, exmearden
The majority of the editors of Daily Kos are XXers.