The Broadsheet: February 23rd

EVERYONE'S TALKING

• Patricia Arquette's feminist rallying cry. After previously criticizing pay disparities revealed by the Sony email hack, last night's Best Supporting Actress winner called for equal pay for women. "To every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody’s equal rights," she said. "It is our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America." Can a Hollywood actress achieve in an Oscar acceptance speech what generations of politicians haven't? Only time will tell, but Twitter was excited about the prospect. Washington Post

ALSO IN THE HEADLINES

• The reluctant Mrs. Bush. Jeb Bush's wife, Columba, has managed to stay out of the national spotlight for most of her more than 40 years as part of one of America's most powerful political families. Columba is a staunch advocate for the arts and underserved communities but has long preferred to do her work privately. With the 2016 presidential election looming, however, that may change. In addition to the regular duties of a candidate's wife, the Mexican-born Columba also could be a huge lure for Republican-wary Hispanic voters.  NY Times

• Lessons learned. Duke Energy will pay $102.2 million to settle criminal charges related to a February 2014 spill that released 39,000 tons of coal ash and waste water and as much as 27 million gallons of basin water into North Carolina's Dan River. “This has had a profound impact on the company," said Duke Energy president and CEO Lynn Good in an interview with the Charlotte Observer. "This is a hard day for Duke Energy. I’m so proud of our team; we’ve learned so much from this experience, and I think we’ll be a better company for our customers going forward." Charlotte Observer

• Sticking to her guns and denying the gun was hers. Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner continues to profess her innocence in connection with the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman. On Saturday, after hundreds of thousands had marched in Buenos Aires to protest Nisman's death, Fernandez responded by accusing the judiciary of orchestrating the demonstration. “The true political and institutional significance of the march was the public and now undeniable appearance of the Judicial party,” she said.  Bloomberg

• Into the hot seat. Facing pressure from both the right and the left, Fed Chair Janet Yellen is set to testify before Congress this week. The left sees the Fed as too close to the industry it regulates, while the right, led by Rand Paul, has called for an audit.  Bloomberg

• Leaning out. Even as tech companies make extra efforts to recruit women, many female employees are finding the workplace environment too hostile to endure. LA Times

• All eyes on the courts. Interim Reddit CEO Ellen Pao's gender discrimination suit against former employer Kleiner Perkins goes to trial this week. Whether the jury finds for Pao or Kleiner Perkins, the results have the potential to be far-reaching. Meanwhile, The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a religious discrimination suit against Abercrombie & Fitch. Seven years ago, the retailer rejected a female applicant because her head scarf, which it said was in violation of its "look policy."

• Taking a closer look. China often is lauded for its gains in workplace gender equality, but The New York Times reports that the country's recent economic success has "also fostered a resurgence of long-repressed traditional values." NY Times

• Trying to loosen the fundraising noose for small companies. The SEC is considering allowing stock exchanges to open less regulated markets to make it easier for small companies to raise funds. “Clearly what we are looking at is how do we improve or deepen the liquidity of the securities of small companies,” SEC Chair Mary Jo White said on Friday.  Bloomberg

• MOVERS AND SHAKERS. Facebook executive Rebecca Van Dyck has been nominated to join the board of The New York Times Co., and Xerox CEO Ursula Burns has been appointed to the board of the Ford Foundation.

MPW INSIDER MONDAYS

Each week, Fortune asks our Insider Network — an online community of prominent people in business and beyond — for career and leadership advice. Here's some of the best of what we heard this week:

• Don't trust the privacy settings. Accept the basic truth that everything you post online can and will be seen by your boss. Now use that to your advantage. Pam Wickham, vice president of corporate affairs and communications at Raytheon, explains how.   Fortune

• Look beyond your boss. Kat Cole, group president of FOCUS Brands, says too many new employees focus on just impressing their bosses, losing sight of everyone else. "They miss meeting, learning and developing relationships with others who are equally as important to impress during those first few critical days and weeks," she says. Don't forget about your boss, but don't obsess over him or her, either.   Fortune

• Choose wisely. Sure a big salary and an impressive title are nice, but don't let them be the sole basis of your career decisions, says Lisa Donohue, CEO of Starcom USA. Company culture matters more. Fortune

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

• All in a day's work? Feminist blogger Lindy West recently said on This American Life that “being insulted and threatened online is part of my job.” She is hardly alone. Feminist writers are learning that taking an online beating is now an everyday occurrence, leading some to early retirement.  Washington Post

• Glass half full. Bored with your career? Take a page from this former accountant's playbook and try your hand at the wine business. "I would have told my clients do not touch this industry with a large pole because it’s so regulated and capital intensive and difficult to get your product to market," Kathleen Inman of Inman Family Vineyards told Fortune. "But the training I had taught me to look at those risks and find ways to mitigate them."  Fortune

• Survival skills. CC Conrad, creator of Boobypack, tells Fortune readers how to swim with the sharks and live to tell. She would know: In a recent episode of Shark Tank, the 26-year-old entrepreneur convinced Barbara Corcoran to invest $80,000 in her company.  Fortune

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ON MY RADAR

The marketing of Hillary 2.0  Washington Post

Tough As Nails: Female scientists rise up in Nigeria  NPR

Natalie Portman joins calls for Harvard to sell off big energy stocks  TIME

Binders full of women foreign policy experts  NY Times

QUOTE

This is the kind of story that defines a certain type of New Woman of Ginsburg’s generation — people whose gift for overachievement and overcoming adversity is so immense, you can see how even a nation of men bent on maintaining the old patriarchal order were simply run over by the force of their determination.

Gail Collins on The Unsinkable R.B.G,