I am officially declaring this a Winona-bashing-free zone. Sure I thought her stint on the MTV Movie Awards was pretty sad but from what I've heard she was actually quite funny on Saturday Nite Live and frankly I'm sick of the way the media is pouncing on her - it's like they're bored and hungry and she's an easy target.
First Newsweek gives us its two cents, quoting a "famous actress" as saying

"She lost that kind of cool a long time ago and watched the Gwyneth Paltrows and the J. Los take over.”

and then Entertainment Weekly chimed in with its reasons on why her career is probably kaput...
give her a break already. She may or may not have swiped a few thousand dollars worth of crap from an over-priced store. It's not like she ran over someone with her car and then called them white trash.
It's not like she killed anyone.
It's not like she abused anyone.
It's not like she slept with every young rock star in Hollywood.
Oh wait, she did do that.
But still.
And besides, for me, picking on Winona feels like I'm picking on my own teenage self. Shoplifting. Sleeping around. Bad choices all around ... it's like she's going through an extended puberty...
Just leave her alone.
Free Winona indeed.