Laurie Penny

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

Laurie Penny (born Laura Barnett, 28 September 1986) is a British journalist and writer, publlished in The Guardian, The New York Times and Salon. Penny was a contributing editor at the New Statesman and the author of several books on feminism plus contributing to American television shows The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Nevers.[1][2]

Early life and education[edit]

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. Penny recovered and wrote about the experience from a feminist perspective in a book Unspeakable Things.[6]

Privately educated at an independent school Brighton College before studying English at Wadham College, Oxford.[7]

Career[edit]

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] Penny was a regular contributor to The Guardian.[12]

In April 2011, Penny presented the Channel 4 Dispatches programme "Cashing in on Degrees".[13] and appeared on a Channel 4 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: "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]

Penny's articles have been rebutted, 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[edit]

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[edit]

Penny has 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[edit]

Penny self-described 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 Penny considered 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[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism (Zero Books, 2011)
  • Penny Red: Notes from the New Age of Dissent (Pluto Press, 2011)
  • Discordia: Six Nights in Crisis Athens (Random House, 2012)
  • Cybersexism: Sex, Gender and Power on the Internet (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013)
  • Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014)
  • Everything Belongs to the Future (Tor.com, 2016)
  • Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults (Bloomsbury USA, 2017)
  • Sexual Revolution: Modern Fascism and the Feminist Fightback (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2022) ISBN 978-1526602213

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Laurie Penny". IMDb. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  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.
  32. ^ "Laurie Penny". The Orwell Prize. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  33. ^ Flood, Alison (6 March 2012). "New prize for radical writing announces shortlist". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  34. ^ "Laurie Penny shortlisted for the Red Women of the Year awards 2014". Blake Friedmann. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  35. ^ "Nieman announces named fellowships for the class of 2015". Nieman Reports. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  36. ^ "Berkman Center Announces 2015-2016 Community". Berkman Klein Center. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  37. ^ "2017 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  38. ^ "Ellies 2018 Finalists Announced". American Society of Magazine Editors. 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

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