If -- as it seems -- you actually care that much about the presentation of your blog/article repository, then either find a minimalistic theme or make it yourself.
You can, of course, go completely old-style: get web space somewhere and write HTML by hand.
This sounds like a valid approach actually. I like the oldschoolness of writing HTML. Any recommendations of free hosting providers?
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