Opinion

The Return of WKM and Elizabeth Edwards

By Elizabeth N. Riley

Ok, so it’s been a while. Like the rest of the Womankind Team, I have been busy. Really busy. But alas, I am returning to the blog project I started a few months back, which I hope to continue on a more constant and regular basis.
Moving onward…
The recent release of Elizabeth Edwards book has really [...]

Nintendo-Playing Voyeurs, Just as Nerdy as it Sounds

By Elizabeth N. Riley

I’ll admit it. I’ve constructed a few stereotypes in my lifetime–some true, some not. It’s against everything I stand for, but I’ll go ahead and let you in on one of them–guys who love gaming (so much that they blog about it) are nerds. Ouch. That was mean. And said guys who mix their favorite [...]

Reading Cosmo, a Lot Like Time Travel

By Eleanor Perry-Smith

This isn’t national pick on Cosmo week, however Elizabeth’s recent comments about the magazine reminded me of a 1955 Housekeeping Monthly article. You can read it in its entirety here, but essentially it provides tips for women whose husbands are about to return from work. It renders such advice as,”Greet him with a warm smile [...]

Rihanna’s Right To Privacy?

By Jennifer A. Freeman

The latest in the Rihanna/Chris Brown saga comes from the folks at TMZ getting a hold of a picture of Rihanna, allegedly after Chris Brown assaulted her. When I saw it splashed all over the Internet last night I clicked on it out of sheer curiosity to see why the recent hullabaloo had developed. I [...]

You Go Mo Jo

By Elizabeth N. Riley

Mother Jone’s blog “The Riff” examined Esquire’s article “75 Books Every Man Should Read” and eloquently pointed that only one of the 75 books are written by women.
If you read more about what some great women of letters have on their mind, you wouldn’t just be drooling over “women we love” from afar. Hey, even [...]

Why I Buy Playboy, Not Cosmo

By Elizabeth N. Riley

It’s true. I would rather stare at a pair of naked boobs than read the following coverlines: “Be a Sex Genius,” “The Silent Ways He Shows You He’s Whipped,” “Her Orgasm Almost Killed Her,” and “10 Relax-Him Tricks to Try Tonight.”
This may be shocking to some of you since our Web site is dedicated to [...]