Blogger, Ben Smith, from Politico interviews NOW President Terry O'Neill about the Newsweek cover of former US veep candidate Sarah Palin: "Sarah Palin's complaint that Newsweek's cover image this week was "sexist" and "a wee bit degrading" has drawn a notably muted response from the women's rights groups who often serve as arbiters of the treatment of female public figures."

Read NOW President Terry O'Neill opinion for the Washington Post on women and health care: "Women are providing more health-care services, unpaid, to their family members and receiving fewer health-care services themselves under the current system. A new paradigm for health care that doesn't address this disparity won't be any fairer to women than the failed system we have now."

According to Washington Post reporter, Ann Hornaday,"the historical drama, about the pioneering aviatrix Amelia Earhart, represents a major risk in Hollywood, where studio executives have been increasingly chary of making movies about strong women."

CNN.com's Lisa Respers France interviewed NOW President Terry O'Neill about many people are outraged over Hollywood's support of Roman Polanski: "While several high-profile actors and directors have rallied around Roman Polanski, not everyone in Hollywood believes he should be freed and forgiven."

NOW President Terry O'Neill speaks out about the Polanski controversy in a Washington Times article by Jennifer Harper: "The rekindled legal case of film director Roman Polanski has set off a noisy culture war, pitting Hollywood values against traditional American decency, feminists, international officials and the proverbial long arm of law."

The editors of The Washington Post published an editorial arguing that: "Sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl isn't 'a little mistake.'"

On NPR's website, Jennifer Pozner writes: "Think carefully: can you remember any passionate TV news debates about whether journalists or voters might want to get naked with Dick Cheney? No? Good. Because such an insulting, irrelevant topic would—and should—never be considered newsworthy. Unfortunately, this sort of drivel frequently passes for journalism when the politician at the center of the story is female."

Dave Zirn writes for The Nation: "Women athletes find themselves in the same vise they have been in for a century: with sexism on one side and homophobia on the other. Accepting this sexist construct has become conventional wisdom for how to market and sell women's sports: sex, and specifically hetero sex, sells."

Jackie Bischof writes for Women's eNews, "Women put in a strong showing at the progressive movement's largest annual conference earlier this month. MomsRising appeared among leadership groups and five out of six finalists for an annual award for community activism were women."

Erin Digitale writes for a Stanford School of Medicine press release, "Health Web sites that tell teens about sex are often riddled with errors and omissions, according to new research from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine. Myths about birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and Pap exams are not dispelled even on several sites reviewed by doctors, the study found."

Melissa Silverstein writes for the Women's Media Center, "Most women, including feminists, have a love/hate relationship with the chick flick. A mere mention of the term can send you into a lather bemoaning the disparagement that the entire genre has wrought on womankind. The current offerings are especially troublesome. But this was not always the case."

For the Austin Chronicle, Belinda Acosta writes, "Walking through the Convention Center during the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in years past, it didn't take a demographer to note that the crowd was predominantly white, male, and 30-ish. Not that that's surprising. Internet and computer access largely depend on means, knowledge, and information. But if it's called the World Wide Web, one has to wonder if that world is really that worldly or wide and how broadly that Web is cast and to whom."

Washington Post staff writer Monica Hesse presents arguments for and against Oscar night's gendered acting award categories. Hesse also addresses the lack of a female presence in nominations for other types of awards--and in speaking roles in the films themselves.

Sheila Gibbons writes for Women's eNews, "Here we go again: another inauguration, a new president and a new first lady facing the challenge of defining her new role even as pundits and reporters rush to do it for her."

Sheila Gibbons writes in Women's eNews about a study confirming that "right-wing talk show hosts are especially vicious toward women." She notes: "What is appalling is how these attacks go largely unchallenged, even by people who should know better."