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The writers, researchers, public figures, critics, and other brilliant people or women who have written or currently write for The Persistent — AND those who design our gorgeous artwork.
@aloner.bsky.social
Senior editor, @prospectmagazine.co.uk | Co-host, The Prospect Podcast | Ex: NS, Haaretz, TBI | UK, Israel/Palestine, feminism, politics, Ursula K Le Guin | Sign up to my newsletter: http://thebacklash.substack.com |
@vshabo.bsky.social
Policy, advocacy, and narrative maven fighting for a more gender-equitable world, with a focus on US work, family, and care policies and practices. Views are my own.
@dcopaken.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author. Journalist. TV writer. Photographer. Worried about the end of democracy. deborahcopaken.substack.com
@ginannebrownell.bsky.social
Mother. Journalist. Author. New book, “Elusive Mommyhood: an investigative reporter’s personal journey into IVF and surrogacy” out Feb. 2025.
@naomicahn.bsky.social
@sdgorton.bsky.social
Author, THE ICON & THE IDEALIST and CITIZEN REPORTERS. Writing in @newyorker, @parisreview, elsewhere. Find me at stephaniegorton.com.
@hollyjcbaxter.bsky.social
Applied behavioral scientist, transdisciplinary researcher, strategic designer. Baudelaire, situationism, walking the world 🦋🪬 @flanerie_land 📍CA/NSW vsco.co/hollyjcbaxter
@lubakas.bsky.social
Researcher, author, journalist who writes about social norms & trends, equality and democracy
@josephineleth.bsky.social
Writing, editing, comms. Climate education & mental health campaign manager @climatemajority.bsky.social; author of feminist newsletter The Evidence; media consultant & writing coach with a speciality in training academics/experts
@lucywebster.bsky.social
Disability advocate | Journalist | Author | Public speaker | Community organiser | Rep'd by Curtis Brown | My first book, THE VIEW FROM DOWN HERE, a very personal memoir of ableism and sexism, is out now 👩🦼🏳️🌈
@alicemiranda.bsky.social
Health Care Reporter for POLITICO focused on sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion, contraception and STIs. Author of the forthcoming book "Collateral Damage" with The New Press. https://www.politico.com/staff/alice-miranda-ollstein
@hannahfearn.bsky.social
Journalist and podcaster. Politics, social affairs and a little bit of Britpop. Once Independent, now independent. Find me in The i Paper, The New European, Obs, The Lead, Yahoo and on Oh God, What Now? & The Bunker pods https://muckrack.com/hannah-fearn
@shefali.bsky.social
Reproductive health @19thnews.bsky.social. I wrote UNDUE BURDEN, a book about abortion in post-Dobbs America. Past lives: KHN, The Texas Tribune. Julien Baker + Boston Celtics enthusiast. She / Her. sbluthra(at)19thnews(dot)org; Signal: shefaliluthra.94
@bcrodriguez.bsky.social
Reporter covering health and caregiving issues at The 19th. You can email me here: bcrodriguez@19thnews.org 📲 DM for Signal
@eramshaw.bsky.social
Co-founder and CEO @19thnews, former @TexasTribune EIC/enthusiast. Occasional mom content.
@buffer.com
Create and share social media content anywhere, consistently. Built with 💙 by a global, remote team. ⬇️ Learn more about Buffer & Bluesky https://buffer.com/bluesky
@newamerica.org
We are a community of innovative problem-solvers dedicated to renewing the promise of America. Stay in touch: ✉️ http://newamerica.org/subscribe
@earlylearningnatn.bsky.social
Independent magazine devoted to early learning (0-5 years), reporting on groundbreaking research, early learning policy and best practices in the field. Read on: https://earlylearningnation.com
@gracehaley.bsky.social
Feminist Writer and Researcher | Research in The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Fox, etc | Utahn in DC
@susanrinkunas.com
Journalist: abortion, reproductive justice. Jezebel, Slate, The New Republic, The Guardian, The Nation, Democracy Docket. @wgaeast.bsky.social Council. From PA, now in BK http://linktr.ee/susanrinkunas 📯 susanrinkunaswrites @gmail Signal: susanrinkunas.73
@moiradonegan.bsky.social
Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
@emilybell.bsky.social
Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
@jayrosen.bsky.social
I teach journalism at NYU, critique the press, try to suggest reforms. PressThink is the name of my subject and my site.
@leahlitman.bsky.social
Michigan Law Prof. Co-host, Strict Scrutiny Podcast LAWLESS - out May 13 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
@joshtpm.bsky.social
Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
@ilhanmn.bsky.social
Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
Subscribe to my tech and online culture newsletter UserMag.co Listen/watch Power User podcast on all platforms!!
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
@connieschultz.bsky.social
Columnist, novelist, j-prof. NYT bestselling novel, The Daughters of Erietown. Children’s book, Lola and the Troll. On Substack at Hopefully Yours. I love Sherrod Brown. https://connieschultz.substack.com/
@sulliview.bsky.social
Columnist at GuardianUS. Thinking/teaching at Columbia J School. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack)
@dansaltzstein.bsky.social
Deputy Editor, Projects and Collaborations, NYTimes. Queens, NYC, cocktail and rye enthusiast. Ruthless cosmopolitan.
@michellegoldberg.bsky.social
New York Times opinion columnist; MSNBC contributor; author.
@polgreen.bsky.social
New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff.
@brianstelter.bsky.social
Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
@dodai.bsky.social
writer at large on the Metro desk at The New York Times ✨ raised in Manhattan ✨ https://www.nytimes.com/by/dodai-stewart#latest ✨ https://instagram.com/dodai
@katelynburns.com
Freelance journalist. MSNBC and Xtra Magazine columnist. Co-founder: The Flytrap. Cancel Me, Daddy podcast co-host. Formerly: Vox For story leads, my signal is kab.80
@laurahazardowen.bsky.social
Editor of @niemanlab.org / a fun mom in Cambridge, MA https://illberightback.substack.com/ Ebikes | Mysteries | Baking | Parent gossip | Public schools
@ekp.bsky.social
CEO of Project Include early investor, ex-reddit, ex-VC, ex-lawyer ellenkpao.com
@lebassett.bsky.social
Journalist, columnist at The Cut, former EIC of Jezebel, longtime repro rights reporter. From South Louisiana 🐊. Author of Nightcap, an irreverent newsletter about politics: https://www.laura-bassett.com/
@niemanlab.org
We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news. 🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/