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2 months ago | 
thepersistent.com | Emma Haslett |Anne Quito |Lucy Webster
It’s taken decades, but the face of the movie industry may finally be changing—even if slowly and imperfectly. A new working paper authored by three academics at the University of Southern California Annenberg, found that across the top 100 movies that came out in 2024, more than half featured a story that was centered on a female-identified actor as a lead or co-lead. Katherine L. Neff, Dr. Stacy L.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Lucy Webster
There is a scene in We Might Regret This that made me truly laugh, but not because it was funny. The BBC comedy follows Freya, a young woman who uses a wheelchair, played by Kyla Harris, who also co-created the series. We see her move in with her much older boyfriend, Abe, and, frustrated with patronising and restrictive agency staff, hire her friend Jo (Elena Saurel) to be her carer.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Lucy Webster
A woman and her friend are sitting at a bus stop, watching Paralympic sport on a phone. “She’s doing so well, considering,” says the woman. There is a pause before her companion replies: “Considering what?”This conversation is the gut-punch moment in Channel 4’s new trailer for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Lucy Webster
Skip to main content February 21, 2024 Volume XIV, Number 52 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found. Trending News Now the Work Begins: What’s Next for Women’s Football in 2024?
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
sports.legal | Lucy Webster |Katie Smith
Our international Sports & Entertainment group has market-leading experience in the legal, commercial and regulatory issues affecting the sports industry. We bring you a dynamic team of sports specialists, fully immersed in the business and abreast of new developments and opportunities. Operating efficiently and commercially, we deliver clear, straight-talking advice and work with our clients to achieve results on time and on budget.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Lucy Webster |Katie Smith
2023 saw further impressive growth in interest around women’s sport, with increased viewership in the UK across television, social media and in-person attendance.[1] Almost one million more people tuned in to watch a minute or more of women’s sport in 2023 compared with the previous record set in 2019.[2]Women’s football is still dominating the field, attracting 74% of the total viewing hours of women’s sport.
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Oct 27, 2023 | 
lucywebster.substack.com | Lucy Webster
Hello,I was going to write this newsletter about the countless micro instances of ableism I’ve experienced this week and how they’ve been weighing on me, but to be honest I just couldn’t face summoning rage or having something interesting to say about it beyond “do better, world,” which didn’t really feel like a whole piece. But it got me thinking about how big the little things are. And how that’s true for both the bad stuff and the good stuff.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
standard.co.uk | Lucy Webster
Dating in London is bad. We all know it. Dating as a woman in London is worse. And dating as a disabled woman? Let me tell you: it’s the absolute pits. Quite how bad the dating world is for me, a very visibly disabled woman, seems to come as a surprise to even the most seasoned and jaded dater. So let me just give you a flavour of some of the hatred and nastiness that has come my way over the past 10 years.
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Sep 9, 2023 | 
theguardian.com | Lucy Webster
My friends and I are lounging by a beautiful pool in Oman, enjoying our girls-only break. There is lighthearted chat about jobs and boys and the stupid things we’ve done on nights out. It takes one mention of a dress worn somewhere, one adjustment of a bikini, for the conversation to turn to our bodies. My group of friends are all gorgeous.
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Mar 6, 2023 | 
lucywebster.substack.com | Lucy Webster
Hello,Over the weekend, the world lost a hero, and the disability community lost its matriarch. It’s impossible to list everything Judy Heumann did for the disability rights movement, so let me give you the highlights. She sued New York for the right to work as the city’s first wheelchair-using teacher, and won.
