Lucy Webster

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

The Trump administration’s attempt to overhaul the United States’ election system was met by a slew of legal challenges this week claiming that an executive order issued last week on voting rights is unconstitutional and that it would prevent millions of citizens from voting—in particular women and people of color. The Campaign Legal Center and the State Democracy Defenders Fund—two non-profits—brought the first lawsuit Monday afternoon.

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.

2 months ago | thepersistent.com | Anne Quito |Lucy Webster |Emma Haslett

Infertility — 6 min read How did something so joyful quickly become something so sour? Late last month, Lily Collins, the star of the Netflix series, “Emily in Paris,” endured a brutal backlash after she announced the birth of her daughter, Tove, on social media and—naively, perhaps (though really was it anyone’s business?)—added that “words will never express our endless gratitude for our incredible surrogate.” The reaction was swift and brutal.

Sep 10, 2024 | thepersistent.com | Anne Quito |Julia Craven |Lucy Webster |Emma Haslett

Royalty — 9 min read Queen Elizabeth II was famous for longer than anyone who has ever lived, a new biography of the U.K.’s late monarch points out—and it’s true. The Queen, who died two years ago, reigned for 70 years, and from the moment she was crowned until her death, she was probably the most famous—and most photographed—person on earth. Seven decades is a long time to be in the public eye.

Sep 5, 2024 | thepersistent.com | Julia Craven |Lucy Webster |Holly Baxter |Anne Quito

The world is awash in images. With over 3.2 billion photographs published online each day—that’s over 60,000 snapshots per second—knowing how to read visual images has become an essential skill. To the Vietnamese-American documentary photographer and educator Daniella Zalcman, this literacy begins with questioning who is behind the camera. In monitoring the photo credits of news images, she realized that men are overwhelmingly the ones framing stories in the media.