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How I Changed Michigan's Surrogacy Law

1 week ago | thepersistent.com | Monique El-Faizy |Ginanne Brownell

Infertility — 7 min read A few months after my twins were born via surrogacy in 2018, I sat down with a former state legislator named Gretchen Whitmer. She was running for governor in my home state of Michigan and I was interviewing her. After our interview we made small talk, as Midwest gals do. I explained that while I had grown up in Michigan, I was now based in London, but I was home for a few months waiting for my kids’ passports.
Gérard Depardieu Trial: Another Possible #MeToo Moment for France.

2 weeks ago | thepersistent.com | Monique El-Faizy

— 8 min read The sexual assault trial of the actor Gérard Depardieu which took place in Paris last week, has been hailed in the press as yet another moment of cultural reckoning for France. The timing, on the heels of the historic rape case—yes, we’re talking about the Pelicot case, of course—couldn’t be more apt. But France has a long tradition of protecting powerful men accused of sex crimes.
Multiple Lawsuits Filed Over Trump’s Attempt to Overhaul U.S. Elections

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.
Post Covid, Why Are Women Still Suffering More?

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.
Disabled in a Swimsuit

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.
How to Make Urban Spaces Less Misogynist

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.
Why WFH Should Stay

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.
AI Skews Beautiful. What Is That Doing to Us?

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.
A Refusal to Be Forgotten, Two Years On.

1 month ago | thepersistent.com | Gabriella Griffith |Preeti Jha |Luba Kassova |Ruchi Kumar

Turkey — 9 min read When she was just 13, Dicle Hayat Dağdeviren’s life was upended. A massive, 7.8 magnitude earthquake flattened most of her small hometown of Adiyaman in southeastern Turkey. You certainly read about the earthquake in the news. It ravaged Turkey and Syria. It killed over 60,000 people across both countries. It was February, 2023. Shielded by her father, the teenager, now 16, survived the earthquake, but it took the lives of her mother and brother.
What is the Great Wealth Transfer? Millennials to Inherit $80tn

1 month ago | thepersistent.com | Gabriella Griffith |Preeti Jha |Luba Kassova

Money — 9 min read The Persistent is available as a newsletter. Sign up here. The world of money—the universe of wealth and trading and investments, but also, by extension, power and influence—is about to change dramatically. Sometime over the next one or two decades, we’ll witness the greatest transfer of wealth that history has ever seen—a changing of hands, by some estimates, of more than $80 trillion. And the majority will flow directly to women. Got all that? Great.