Suchandrika Chakrabarti

Nov 21, 2024 | thepersistent.com | Francesca Donner |Emily Goligoski |Emma Haslett |Suchandrika Chakrabarti

Design — 9 min read Has this happened to you? One day, it happened to me. I looked up and realized: I had boob mugs, boob cups, boob pins, a boob puzzle and a boob throw. I had boob-print beach towels, aprons, dish towels, sweaters, plant pots, stickers and a busty hat. Most of these items were gifted to me, but I’d also just started doing ceramics and found myself making boob vases, as well.

Nov 19, 2024 | thepersistent.com | Emily Goligoski |Emma Haslett |Suchandrika Chakrabarti |Francesca Donner

Last month when I was in Paris at the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society, I had the opportunity to interview Agathe Bousquet who is president of Publicis Groupe France. Publicis is a multinational advertising and PR agency. I wanted to ask Bousquet how we might use advertising not just to sell a product, but also to sell an idea—possibly even a progressive idea. Could advertising be, I wondered, an activist tool? As we know, much of advertising is built on stereotypes.

Nov 13, 2024 | thepersistent.com | Suchandrika Chakrabarti |Holly Baxter |Francesca Donner |Emma Haslett

Culture — 9 min read Hayley Standing had been trying for a baby for more than two years when she finally became pregnant. But at her 12-week ultrasound, she learned that her baby had a severe genetic disorder—Trisomy 18 or Edwards Syndrome—which would make her baby girl “incompatible with life,” according to the doctor.

Nov 11, 2024 | thepersistent.com | Holly Baxter |Francesca Donner |Suchandrika Chakrabarti

Culture — 9 min read In mid-September, the Hot Water Comedy Club, a well-known and much-beloved stand-up comedy venue in the English city of Liverpool tweeted that it was committed to diversity—but added a caveat: “The reality is that certain professions, including stand-up comedy, naturally have gender imbalances.”It went on: “Based on our own applicants, roughly 85-90% of comedians applying for spots are male, compared to 10-15% female.

Nov 7, 2024 | thepersistent.com | Emma Haslett |Suchandrika Chakrabarti |Holly Baxter |Francesca Donner

U.S. Election 2024 — 5 min read Donald Trump’s election victory—built on a campaign of rampant misogyny and xenophobia, and fueled by a nation that feels disenfranchised and angry—is hard to stomach. But what’s just happened shouldn't obscure the enormous gains we have made over the decades—and yes, that includes in this week’s election. Even the very presence of Kamala Harris on the ballot was the result of decades of hard work by women.