Laurie Penny

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Laurie Penny
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Penny in 2016
BornLaura Barnett
(1986-09-28) 28 September 1986 (age 37)
Westminster, London, England
OccupationJournalist, author, screenwriter
Education Brighton College
Alma mater Wadham College, Oxford

Laurie Penny (born Laura Barnett, 28 September 1986) is a British journalist and writer. Penny has written articles for publications including The Guardian, The New York Times and Salon . Penny is a contributing editor at the New Statesman and the author of several books on feminism, and they have also written for American television shows including The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Nevers . [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Penny was born in London, England, to two lawyers of Irish, Jewish and Maltese descent, [3] and grew up in Lewes [4] and Brighton. [5] Penny suffered from anorexia as a teenager and was hospitalised with the condition aged 17. They recovered from the illness and wrote about the experience from a feminist perspective in their book Unspeakable Things . [6]

Penny attended the independent school Brighton College before studying English at Wadham College, Oxford. [7]

Career

Penny's blog "Penny Red" was launched in 2007 [8] and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for blogging in 2010. [9] Penny went on to become a columnist at The Independent in 2012 [10] and then a columnist and contributing editor for the New Statesman. [11] They are a regular contributor to The Guardian. [12]

In April 2011, they presented the Channel 4 Dispatches programme "Cashing in on Degrees". [13] and also appeared on Channel 4's satirical current affairs programme 10 O'Clock Live [14] and on BBC Two's Newsnight . [15]

In 2012, Tatler magazine described Penny as one of the top 100 "people who matter". [16] In October 2012, The Daily Telegraph ranked Penny as the 55th most influential left-winger in Britain, describing them as "without doubt the loudest and most controversial female voice on the radical left", [17] and the knowledge networking company Editorial Intelligence awarded Penny its "Twitter Public Personality" award. [18] In 2015, Penny was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. [19]

Several of Penny's articles have provoked criticism, including a 2014 article for the New Statesman that argued short hair on women was a "political statement" [20] and a 2015 article defending vandalism of the Monument to the Women of World War II. [21]

Publications

Penny is the author of seven books, including Bitch Doctrine, Unspeakable Things and Everything Belongs to the Future. [22] Penny's book Penny Red: Notes from the New Age of Dissent was shortlisted for the first Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing in 2012. [23] Their seventh book, Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults, was longlisted for the 2018 Orwell Prize. [24]

Screenwriting

Penny has also written for streaming TV, contributing to episodes of the Netflix show The Haunting of Bly Manor and HBO's The Nevers , and acted as a story editor on Carnival Row . [25]

Personal life

Penny came out as genderqueer, pansexual and polyamorous in 2015. [26] [27] In 2020, Penny stated a preference for the pronouns they/them; they also use she/her pronouns, although they consider them to be "less accurate". [28]

In December 2020, Penny married in Los Angeles, California. [29]

Penny has spoken of having complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) [30] and autism. [31]

Awards

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References

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  2. ↑ Johnston, Rich (12 July 2019). "Talking to Laurie Penny About the Switch From British Politics to Hollywood". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Laurie Penny on the politics of the personal (From Herald Scotland)". The Herald. Glasgow. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Penny, Laurie (6 November 2014). "So they burned Alex Salmond in my hometown". New Statesman. London. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Laurie Penny". Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Laurie Penny (30 June 2014). "Being a perfect girl can kill you". The Guardian . London.
  7. ↑ "Laurie Penny". Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "We have achieved preambulation. Bring me a sweetie-bag of amphetamines and the head of Margaret Thatcher". Laurie Penny – via Penny Red blogspot. 23 September 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  9. ↑ "Orwell Prize 2010 Longlists Announced". The Orwell Foundation. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Laurie Penny leaves The Independent after nine months to rejoin New Statesman".
  11. ↑ "Laurie Penny, Author at New Statesman". New Statesman. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Laurie Penny profile at The Guardian online". The Guardian. London. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  13. ↑ "Cashing in on Degrees- Channel 4 Dispatches". 5 April 2011.
  14. ↑ "10 O'Clock Live". IMDb . Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "Newsnight". IMDb . Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "The Future of Humanity". LSE. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  17. ↑ "Top 100 most influential figures from the Left 2012". The Daily Telegraph. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  18. ↑ Turvill, William (18 October 2012). "The late Marie Colvin among seven Times and Sunday Times winners at Comment Awards". Press Gazette. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  19. ↑ Nieman Fellowship Class of 2015, Harvard University, 30 April 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  20. ↑ "Sorry Laurie Penny, but the patriarchy likes short hair | Coffee House". The Spectator. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  21. ↑ "Laurie Penny defends war memorial vandalism at anti-Tory march | Coffee House". The Spectator. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  22. ↑ "Laurie Penny | Authors". Macmillan. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  23. ↑ "New prize for radical writing announces shortlist".
  24. ↑ Onwuemezi, Natasha (10 April 2018). "The Bookseller". The Bookseller.
  25. ↑ "Talking to Laurie Penny About the Switch from British Politics to Hollywood". 12 July 2019.
  26. ↑ Penny, Laurie (31 October 2015). "How To Be A Genderqueer Feminist". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  27. ↑ Laurie Penny [@PennyRed] (11 October 2015). "Hi. I'm pansexual, polyamorous and a genderqueer woman. I prefer the pronouns 'she' or 'they' and sometimes 'oi, you!' #NationalComingOutDay" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  28. ↑ Laurie Penny [@PennyRed] (9 August 2020). "TLDR my preferred pronouns are they/them. She/her is also fine, just less accurate. I'm not out to threaten anyone else's identity here, I've got no time for bullies, and if you're going to be a wanker about it I'd prefer you not address me at all" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  29. ↑ Penny, Laurie (13 December 2020). "My Highly Unexpected Heterosexual Pandemic Zoom Wedding". Wired.
  30. ↑ Laurie Penny [@PennyRed] (7 March 2022). "Last night, I wrote about a recent experience of a CPTSD-related flashback. I'm now getting a lot of harassment about it. I want to be clear to anyone else who has been through trauma that actually, it's okay to talk about it, and not everyone out there is a gaslighting wanker" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  31. ↑ Penny, Laurie (8 May 2022). "Thread: I'm autistic". Substack . Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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