Francesca Donner
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Jan 24, 2025 |
thepersistent.com | Haley Swenson |Francesca Donner |Ruchika Malhotra
💛The Persistent is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. This week, the CNN journalist Christina Macfarlane asked the World Cup rugby star Ilona Maher how she overcomes her imposter syndrome. If you don’t know Maher, you should. She’s not only a brilliant athlete who helped Team USA win its first Rugby medal in 100 years at last year’s Summer Olympics, she’s also an outspoken feminist who constantly challenges gender and body norms on social media.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
thepersistent.com | Haley Swenson |Francesca Donner
As millions of eyes were turned toward Monday’s inauguration of Donald Trump, another well-heeled event was getting underway a few thousand miles away. This week marks the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum—a gathering of billionaires, hosted in the Swiss Alps—known affectionately as “Davos,” the town where it all takes place.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
thepersistent.com | Haley Swenson |Francesca Donner
AI — 10 min read 💛The Persistent is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. When my now wife and I moved in together in 2019, I was pretty smug about my lesbian lifestyle. We were two women with good incomes, who knew how to handle our business, keep a tidy house, and communicate about everything from our deepest feelings to the tedium of household life. Five years later, I am not as smug. We have a house and a busy 1-year-old to care for.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
thepersistent.com | Francesca Donner |Holly Baxter |Haley Swenson
šThe Persistent is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. My wife and I share the load of parenting and housework, but having a toddler and engaging in paid work has pushed us beyond our capacity. I started forgetting tasks on my to-do list and dropping the ball on appointments and other important life business. After talking with dozens of fellow parents and a few thoughtful AI experts, I realized that AI could be as useful in the home as it could be at work.
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Jan 21, 2025 |
thepersistent.com | Francesca Donner |Holly Baxter
On Monday, Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and a defender of abortion rights, died. She was 67. The cause was brain cancer. Richards started getting involved in politics as a teenager. She was a lifelong activist, working in labor organizing before heading to D.C. to support her mother's—Ann Richards—gubernatorial bid. In 2006, Richards became the highly-visible president of Planned Parenthood—the work for which she is best known.
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Our story on the amazing life of the remarkable Lilly Ledbetter. Words by @JosieCox_NYC writing for @ThePersistent_ https://t.co/WWwAg0eOjF
At #CGI2024 - The Iranian activist Masih Alinejad was called "ugly woman" by a man who said she was ruining the image of women in Iran with her social media initiatives. She asked him to repeat it on camera and he would not. What does this say about anxiety, fear and power?
At #CGI2024 Can Kosovo be a leading example of women, peace and security? Women in the police force, in the army...they take in the interest of all. When women have a strong voice, countries thrive. Her excellency @VjosaOsmaniPRKS interviewed by @clarissaward