Housewives: The Housewife Bug Is this a welcome weekend trend - or is Gayle Allen Cox out of touch?
I'm proud to be a housewife Kudos to Gayle Allen Cox for her July 22 Viewpoints column "Housewife Bug - It's hitting the hip, young and well-educated." As one who was liberated and blessed enough to choose the profession of "housewife" over 25 years ago (when it wasn't hip), I am proud to call myself a housewife. I have had the full-time opportunity to use my creative talents to serve my...

'DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES',  IS DANDY DARK DOMESTICITY
The best new TV show this fall: ABC's "Desperate Housewives."Premiering at 9 p.m. Sunday on WTAE-TV, this one-hour drama is really more of a dark comedy about the lives of four women living on suburban Wisteria Lane. It's a little bit "Knots Landing," a hint of "Melrose Place" and even some of the mystery and weirdness of "Twin Peaks." But comparisons are pointless,...

It's a T-party for 'Desperate Housewives'
"Desperate Housewives" appears to be more than a popular, twisted soap-comedy-drama-mystery. Hot-selling T-shirts, baseball caps, bumper stickers and even chenille bathrobes plugging the ABC show and its sexy female characters are making "Desperate Housewives" a fashion statement, too.At the ABC online store and other T-shirt design shops, the TV-inspired garb is being snapped up like team flags proudly waved by die-hard college sports fans....

The secret lives of suburban Housewives,  Sordid tales and manicured lawns in ABC's prime-time soap; 'Desperate Housewives': Perfectly ordered lives have a dark side
The women of "Desperate Housewives" hardly lead lives of quiet desperation. In fact, the four frazzled and frantic housewives of this darkly comic and satirical prime-time soap opera on ABC are anything but hushed about their anxious existence. This boisterous bunch of mothers and wives are screaming for attention as they drown in a suburban seascape of baby strollers, casserole dishes and muffin baskets.Despite the white picket fences and manicured lawns, they live...

'Housewives': Worth Staying at Home For
Naturally, ABC describes "Desperate Housewives" as "darkly comic." Hey, come on, can't anything be brightly comic anymore? Kids get bright comedy stuff on their cable channels -- "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius," though even there, dark currents may swirl. One "SpongeBob" included the detonation of a nuclear bomb. Jimmy Neutron accidentally...

Desperate Housewives... What's For Dinner?
I count myself among the many desperate housewives who echo the daily question... What's for dinner? This all-encompassing question won't go away despite my desire that with a snap of my fingers a fully prepared nutritious meal is ready for consumption and on the table.

Desperate Housewives, Etc. Find Hope
What is is like to be a woman in prison? What happens behind the locked doors of a Maximum prison? Can there be hope there?

When Housewives (and others) Are Desperate
The main theme of the year’s biggest TV hit - Desperate Housewives - is that despite their beautiful clothes, perfect bodies, and high-end lifestyles, the women who live on Wisteria Lane are miserable. They struggle to find happiness by achieving a set of impossible social standards for women. And they invariably fail because they are looking for fulfillment in all the wrong places – in wealth, in power, in beauty, and in other people.

Why Desperate Housewives + Sex in the City= Edutainment TV Today
How many years of dating, being dumped, sleeping around, and generally degrading yourself does it take to get a clue?

Love the Desperate Housewives? Have Their Color Palette Samples Mailed to Your Door For Free!
When you watch the show, are you mesmerized by the decorating? Color plays an important role in creating the theme and personality of every room! Following is a list of colors used in each home on the Desperate Housewives set. Beware, you may never watch the program in the same way again!

Women's manifesto: From the housewives' trade union Santa Fe, Argentina
The people of Argentina have undergone severe economic and political shocks in the past few months. The government has frozen all bank accounts and people ...

They should keep that bunny away from those 'desperate housewives' first
POLITICIANS and military strategists searching for ever-more effective ways to wage their campaigns should look to a successful tactic employed in the ...

Housewives: Making time for you: try these timesaving ideas to streamline your day, stay better organized, and win back lost time for yourself and your family
Jeanette Rowland of South Riding, Virginia, is a master at making every minute of her day count. "I don't waste a lot of time. When I run errands ...