Lilli Petersen

Elite Daily • 3rd February 2022

Speed Skater Maame Biney Is Blazing Her Own Way To The Winter Olympics

Olympic speed skater Maame Biney isn't afraid to be first, metaphorically or literally.

Elite Daily • 27th January 2022

I'm 17 With Long-Haul COVID, & I’m Terrified I Will Never Live A Normal Life

I was convinced that my dad would die and then I’d die soon after.

Elite Daily • 10th January 2022

The Supreme Court Is More Complicated Than You Thought — Experts Explain

When it comes to the three branches of government, the U.S. Supreme Court probably carries the most mystery behind it. But what really goes on behind closed doors?

Elite Daily • 20th December 2021

There’s A Reason TikTok Is So Nostalgic For The 2010s

Ironically, users on the app are reminiscing about a time when “TiK ToK” was just the name of a Kesha song.

Elite Daily • 5th November 2021

Texas’ Abortion Law Gives Domestic Abusers A Frightening Tool

Without [my abortion], I literally would not be here now,” says Zoe*, 21.

Elite Daily • 2nd September 2021

I Had An Abortion In Texas As A Teen. What Comes Now For Girls Like Me?

I had an abortion at 17. Under Texas' new abortion law, it could never have happened.

Elite Daily • 25th June 2021

When Will People Like Britney & I Get To Control Our Own Bodies?

The news that Britney Spears' conservatorship has allegedly forced her to use an IUD is raising red flags about disability and reproductive rights.

Elite Daily • 6th May 2021

Shelly Bell Is Making Sure Black & Brown Women Entrepreneurs Get What They're Worth

Black women are four times less likely to inherit wealth than are white men, and Black entrepreneurs are 20% less likely to start a business using bank loans.

Elite Daily • 1st April 2021

If Hell Is As Sexy & Gay As Lil Nas X Made It Look, Sign Me Up

It was too ironic: Huge swaths of Christianity suggests that queers will go to hell, yet Christians are angry when a queer person accepts that, moves in, and decorates.

Elite Daily • 4th February 2021

I'm A Sexual Assault Survivor Too, & This Is Why We Need Voices Like AOC's In Congress

As our government grows more diverse in gender and ethnicity, inevitably our legislature will also consist of more and more people living with the trauma of gender-based violence. That’s messed up. But when we have survivors in government who are able to speak openly about their experiences while making decisions for the welfare of the people, it gives survivors a chance to equalize the playing field.

Elite Daily • 12th January 2021

I Survived A School Shooting & The Capitol Riot Should Be A Wake-Up Call To Congress

The terror that students faced while they hid under desks preparing for the possibility of a gunman entering their classroom was the same fear members of Congress surely felt while crouched in desperation as the mob attacked the Capitol.

Elite Daily • 28th October 2020

I'm Undocumented & Can't Vote. Please, Do It For Me

Nereida Ortiz, an undocumented immigrant in the United States, shares how her undocumented status has shaped her political views, what she wishes she could vote on in 2020, and why it’s so important for young people to go out and vote in this election.

Elite Daily • 24th September 2020

Black Joy Is The Key To Change For These Young Revolutionaries

In 2020, many Black people are indignant at the low bar of asserting that, as a bare minimum, Black folks deserve to live.

Elite Daily • 7th August 2020

Teen Inventor Gitanjali Rao Is Innovating Kindness Through Tech

Gitanjali Rao missed the first day of eighth grade in 2018. Instead, the entrepreneur from Lone Tree, Colorado, was in New York City demonstrating a device she created to detect lead in drinking water on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Elite Daily • 4th June 2020

America Is Still Gaslighting Black People About Racism

America tells Black people, especially young Black people, that we are allowed two emotions towards our nation: forgiveness and gratitude.

Elite Daily • 7th February 2020

Teen Activists Are Fighting For Their — & Your — Right To Vote

Amira Tripp Folsom believes in change. The 18-year-old activist from Portland, Oregon, is passionate about discussing issues that affect teens across the country — like climate change, systemic racism, and school policing — and what she thinks should be done about them. "We should have a say in the things that happen to us," Tripp Folsom tells Elite Daily. That's why she's pushing so hard to lower the voting age to 16.