>When I think of Christmas, my mind obviously and immediately turns to everyone favorite and jolliest North Pole resident, Fox News’ Neil Cavuto. In this year’s installment of his “Annual Christmas Shopping Tips for Men,” Cavuto kicked off with a word of advice to women viewers: “[I]f I sound sexist, please get over it,” as visions of sugar plums hang limply in our heads.

This afternoon, America Live‘s Megyn Kelly tackled the mounting controversy surrounding Newsweek‘s rather odd choice of picture and headline for its cover profile on GOP presidential hopeful and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Some conservatives, as well as the National Organization of Women (NOW), are speaking out against the cover, calling it sexist and politically biased. Kelly brought on the Daily Caller’s Caroline May to discuss the outcry.

Here’s a fun game to play if you’re bored and/or tired of women all eating lunch or whatever: Pregnant, or ham sandwich? This delightful little game (which, let’s be honest, you’ve played silently on many a subway ride) is brought to you courtesy of FoxNews.com, and features such celebrated young women as Jennifer Garner (shown here), Uma Thurman, Mariah Carey and Pink.

Republican strategist Cheri Jacobus appeared on Martin Bashir‘s show with guest host Richard Lui to discuss a new poll analyzing Sarah Palin‘s potential entry into the presidential field. The results suggest Palin could mean serious trouble for Michele Bachmann. Jacobus not only was disturbed by the constant fascination of “trying to pit two women against each other because of their gender,” but also was annoyed that Bachmann, unlike male candidates, must deal with questions about her health and fitness.

It didn’t take long for Rep. Allen West‘s fundraising email calling DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz a series of harsh insults– “vile, despicable, unprofessional… not a lady… coward”– to set fire to the blogosphere and, predictably, it has not taken Rep. West too long to issue an apology. As accusations of sexism mounted against him, the Congressman told reporters today that he “just apologized” for the email personally.

In a funny clip from last night’s Sports Show with Norm MacDonald, the comedian accused Google of sexism! The reason? Whenever you search something relating to the WNBA, the search engine helpfully (or chauvinistically) asks if you really meant to type “NBA” instead. Sure, Google, maybe if I had typed “WNBA+dunking,” there would have been a mistake, but anything else and you’re just projecting!

On Monday, Friedman started Lady Journos, a project dedicated to aggregating the work of women writers and journalists in one place to once and for all answer the question “Where are all the women writers?”  Similar to projects like Longform.org and Longreads.com, Lady Journos is a Tumblr-based site that is dedicated to curating works of long-form writing and reporting by women across a variety of topics.

This morning Krystal Ball, the 28-year-old Democratic candidate for Congress in the first district of Virginia fired back in a statement accusing her critics of sexism. What happened to her, she said, is nothing unique – it could happen to any 28-year-old woman who grew up in the digital age – and they shouldn’t let their opponents use that to shame them into not running for office.

There are no sexist men in the 21st century, only stupid men. It’s time we reframe everyday misogyny in the West not as cagey determined acts, but evidence of staggering obtuseness. Consider: “This journalist has read so few books, he listed the top 25 novels of the decade and there are no women on it.” [...]

Who’s right? Who’s wrong? Who’s a clawing, cat-fighting bitch? No one. They’re both right: The women of the Daily Show have an awesome job, at an awesome place, and do awesome work. But the male/female ratio on late-night comedy shows is not awesome. Which Jezebel was 100% right to examine.

Earlier this week, The Daily Show responded to Jezebel’s allegations of sexism by having all of their female employees write an open letter. Last night on the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert also felt the need to defend his old stomping grounds and he showed just how seriously he takes Jezebel’s accusations by devoting an entire segment to- OH MY GOD, LOOK! CANDWICHES!

The new PBS show hosted by Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham and NPR’s Allison Stewart, Need To Know, debuted last week, and even PBS’ ombudsman had to admit the reviews were mixed. But no one was as vicious in their critique as Tom Shales of the Washington Post.

Stewart responded today – calling one comment “crude, crass and sexist.”

By now you’ve heard: Scott Brown, the Lt. Colonel of the Army National Guard, has just been elected to the United States Senate. Oh, also, he posed nude in Cosmo in 1982. And now that this campaign is over, I have to wonder – where was the outrage?

During the Fox & Friends interview with Sarah Palin last week, besides saying she wants to interview Katie Couric, she also weighed in on the potential of a Palin-Glenn Beck ticket in 2012. She thought Beck must think the whole discussion is a “hoot” and didn’t rule anything out.

Beck responded to the potential ticket on the radio Wednesday: he doesn’t think anything is a “hoot,” the ticket would have to be Beck-Palin, and she’d probably just be “yapping” instead of staying “in the kitchen.” You know, kidding, of course.

Here is a video of the GELF “Overlooked Women In Media” panel from September 2009, featuring Mediaite’s Rachel Sklar and Glynnis MacNicol, CNET’s Caroline McCarthy, Jezebel’s Anna Holmes and Slate Double X’s Jessica Grose.

Meme alert! Barack Obama’s fondness for golf is not a secret. This past weekend, however, Obama’s favorite pastime got some extra, significantly placed, mentions. Get ready for the President’s golf game to take the cablers by storm. Let’s take a look at the signs.

Diane Sawyer is on the cover of Washington magazine Capitol File magazine, with an accompanying article that goes to great lengths to present her as an ambitious, accomplished leader in her industry, made all the more impressive considering the challenges she faced as she rose to prominence as a woman in a man’s world.

The headline? WOMAN ON TOP.