Emma Haslett

3 weeks ago | thepersistent.com | Lucy Webster |Josephine Lethbridge |Emma Haslett

The Pandemic — 6 min read It might be tempting to refer to the pandemic as a thing of the past; something that’s now part of history. But it’s not. The pandemic’s effects, at least, aren’t over: They linger in the form of a sweeping mental health crisis that’s disproportionally burdening young women. And they linger in the millions of individuals who are living with the debilitating symptoms of long Covid every day.

3 weeks ago | thepersistent.com | Josephine Lethbridge |Emma Haslett |Lucy Webster

This piece was first published on The View From Down Here, a Substack covering the unvarnished truth of disability by the U.K.-based writer, Lucy Webster. It is republished on The Persistent with Lucy's kind permission. You can subscribe to The View From Down Here here. Or you can buy Lucy’s book by the same name here. I tend to be hyper-aware of my body when I’m on holiday.

4 weeks ago | thepersistent.com | Emma Haslett |Ruchi Kumar |Josephine Lethbridge

💛The following piece is republished with kind permission of our friends at The Evidence newsletter. The Evidence is a monthly deep-dive into the causes of gender inequality, written by Josephine Lethbridge. Every month, Josephine sifts through the latest academic research to help readers understand the gender gap—and how to begin to close it. Sign up for The Evidence here.

1 month ago | thepersistent.com | Emma Haslett |Ruchi Kumar |Gabriella Griffith

“Unprecedented.”That’s the word that, five years ago this month, wormed its way into our everyday lexicon, as almost every country on earth went into lockdown. Everything became unprecedented. Schools shut. Shops shuttered. Offices closed. As people were driven back into their homes to work, the unprecedented levels of uncertainty created intense stress for one group in particular: women.

1 month ago | thepersistent.com | Ruchi Kumar |Gabriella Griffith |Preeti Jha |Emma Haslett

Technology — 12 min read In recent months, my social media feeds have been filled with videos like this: A woman stands on a stage in a floaty blue dress. She is very beautiful. She holds a peacock. Cut to the British TV talent show judge Cheryl Tweedy. She is dubious. Cut back to the woman. She wiggles her hips. Now she is the peacock! Or, her head is the head of a peacock—her body still that of a sexy woman. Cut back to Tweedy.