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On 26 March 2012, Penny announced via her Twitter account that she was leaving the ''Statesman'' to take up a full-time post at ''[[The Independent]]'' newspaper as a reporter and columnist.<ref>Laurie Penny [http://www.twitlonger.com/show/gl5s5r "Laurie Penny (@PennyRed)"], twitlonger, 26 March 2012</ref> |
On 26 March 2012, Penny announced via her Twitter account that she was leaving the ''Statesman'' to take up a full-time post at ''[[The Independent]]'' newspaper as a reporter and columnist.<ref>Laurie Penny [http://www.twitlonger.com/show/gl5s5r "Laurie Penny (@PennyRed)"], twitlonger, 26 March 2012</ref> |
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In June 2012, she clashed with historian [[David Starkey]] at the ''Sunday Times'' Festival of Education which took place at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]].<ref>[http://www.theweek.co.uk/uk-news/47617/videos-show-laurie-penny-and-dinosaur-starkey-full-rant "Videos show Laurie Penny and 'dinosaur' Starkey in full rant"], ''The Week'', 25 June 2012</ref> |
In June 2012, she clashed with historian [[David Starkey]] at the ''Sunday Times'' Festival of Education which took place at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]].<ref>[http://www.theweek.co.uk/uk-news/47617/videos-show-laurie-penny-and-dinosaur-starkey-full-rant "Videos show Laurie Penny and 'dinosaur' Starkey in full rant"], ''The Week'', 25 June 2012</ref> Penny accused Starkey of being a racist "playing xenophobia for laughs" in his statements about the [[Rochdale sex trafficking gang|Rochdale 'grooming' case]]. |
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Laurie Penny (born 28 September 1986) is a British columnist, blogger and author.
Early life and education
Penny was born in London and grew up in Brighton.[1][2] She attended the independent school Brighton College.[1] She has written about her hospitalisation at age 17 for anorexia and subsequent recovery.[3]
She studied English at Wadham College, Oxford, graduating in 2007. Whilst a student she joined and performed in a burlesque troupe,[4] and was a committee member[5] and appeared in amateur dramatic productions with the Oxford University Light Entertainment Society.[4] She then completed her NCTJ journalism training certificate in London.[citation needed]
Career
Penny's blog, "Penny Red", was launched in 2007[6] and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2010.[7] (The name Penny Red refers to a Victorian stamp.) She began her career as a staff writer at One in Four magazine and then worked as a reporter and sub-editor for the socialist newspaper Morning Star. She has written columns and features for several publications,[8] and is a columnist for the New Statesman[9] and regular contributor to The Guardian.[10] Penny is the author of the Zero Books publication Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism (2011).[2] In it she mounts an attack on liberal feminism, which she characterises as embracing the consumer choice offered by capitalism as the path to female emancipation.[11]
In April 2011, Penny presented the Channel 4 Dispatches programme "Cashing In on Degrees", and appeared on the same channel's satirical current affairs programme 10 O'Clock Live.[12] and BBC Two's Newsnight.
Penny was selected by Truthdig as "Truthdigger of the Week" for the week of 25 November 2011.[13]
On 26 March 2012, Penny announced via her Twitter account that she was leaving the Statesman to take up a full-time post at The Independent newspaper as a reporter and columnist.[14]
In June 2012, she clashed with historian David Starkey at the Sunday Times Festival of Education which took place at Wellington College.[15] Penny accused Starkey of being a racist "playing xenophobia for laughs" in his statements about the Rochdale 'grooming' case.
Awards
- 2012 Bread and Roses Award, shortlist, Penny Red: Notes from the New Age of Dissent.[16]
References
- ^ a b "Shut up, little girl, don't you know grown-ups are talking?". Laurie Penny – via Penny Red blogspot. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ a b "Laurie Penny author profile at Zero Books". Zero books. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "Life tastes better than skinny feels". London Evening Standard – Laurie Penny. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ a b "Burlesque laid bare". London: Laurie Penny – via The Guardian. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "Previous committees – 2006 social secretary (Wadham)". Oxford Light entertainment society. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Laurie Penny – Student Media Awards judge". The Guardian. London. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "Home page on "Penny Red"". Laurie Penny – via Penny Red blogspot. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "Pop culture and radical politics with a feminist twist". Laurie Penny blog at the New Statesman online. Retrieved I3 April , 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Laurie Penny profile at The Guardian online". The Guardian. London. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "Chocolate, Snuggles, and Straight Hair, review of Meat Market". Oxonian Review. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "10 O'Clock Live Episode 11 guest listing at Channel 4 online". Channel 4. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ Truthdigger of the Week: Laurie Penny – Truthdigger of the Week – Truthdig
- ^ Laurie Penny "Laurie Penny (@PennyRed)", twitlonger, 26 March 2012
- ^ "Videos show Laurie Penny and 'dinosaur' Starkey in full rant", The Week, 25 June 2012
- ^ "New prize for radical writing announces shortlist". 6 March 20. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
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