Letterman and Me

One of the few women ever to write for Late Night with David Letterman, the author (Nell Scovell, a longtime Vanity Fair contributor) remembers a hostile, sexually charged atmosphere. What’s to be done? Start by breaking late night’s all-male gag order.

Date-Rape Drugs: Real Risk Or Urban Legend?

Watch NOW President Terry O’Neill on MSNBC’s Dr. Nancy Show:
Is spiking drinks with date rape drugs really happening as often as we think? British researchers think some women are simply unwilling to accept that they drank too much.

NOW President on President Obama’s All-Male Athletic Outings: ‘It’s Troubling’

ABC’s White House Senior Correspondent Jake Tapper blogs about NOW President Terry O’Neill’s response to President Obama’s all-male athletic outings that leave women out in the decision-making process: “We asked Terry O’Neill, the new president of the National Organization for Women, what she thought of those Democratic women and others quietly complaining about a “boy’s Read more …

Women & Film

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.”

Chris Rock’s ‘Good Hair’ Gets Tangled Up in Controversy

Maria Puente reports for the USA Today: “Secrets, comedian Chris Rock declares slyly, are bad for the human spirit. That’s why he’s gleefully talking out of school in his new documentary, Good Hair, which has some people rolling in the aisles and others…