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Znet Article Penny: I Don’t Want To Be Told I’m Pretty As I Am - I Want To Live In A World Where That’s Irrelevant

Znet Article, May, 20 2013 Laurie Penny
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Beauty is about class, money, power and privilege - and it always has been

Znet Article Penny: The Death Of More Magazine Is A Price Worth Paying For A Better Media

Znet Article, May, 02 2013 Laurie Penny
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The traditional press still remains a man’s world, struggling with the violence of a cornered creature to stay relevant and in charge

Znet Article Penny: Columnists Now Are Like Street Performers – Collecting Coins In A Hat And Dodging Angry Racists

Znet Article, April, 26 2013 Laurie Penny
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I’m part of a growing cohort of reporters and columnists who are not surprised when our readers chat to us like old friends, correct our mistakes or call us unprintable things

Znet Article Penny: What We Talk About When We Talk About Margaret Thatcher

Znet Article, April, 18 2013 Laurie Penny
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Margaret Thatcher was wrong: there is such a thing as society, and it's bloody annoyed, bitter and desperate

Znet Article Penny: Where Are The Activists As Austerity Bites? They Have Been Beaten Back

Znet Article, April, 06 2013 Laurie Penny
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Protesters face violence, arrest and serious charges. Only the brave dare face this savage suppression

Znet Article Penny: Steubenville: This Is Rape Culture's Abu Ghraib Moment

Znet Article, March, 20 2013 Laurie Penny
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The pictures from Steubenville don’t just show a girl being raped. They show that rape being condoned, encouraged, and celebrated

Znet Article Penny: Feminism Is The One F-Word That Makes Eyes Widen In Polite Company

Znet Article, March, 17 2013 Laurie Penny
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I have no interest in equality with men within a system of class and power that slowly squeezes the spirit out of most people unfortunate enough not to be born into wealth

Znet Article Penny: How Did The "Lord Grope" Case Become An Excuse For Men To Score Points Off Each Other?

Znet Article, March, 09 2013 Laurie Penny
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Systematic abuse happens when the system is abusive

Znet Article Penny: With Tasers And Placards, The Women Of Egypt Are Fighting Back Against Sexism

Znet Article, February, 26 2013 Laurie Penny
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The women of Egypt and their allies have understood what the rest of the world has failed so far to grasp – that meaningful social progress cannot exclude women

Znet Article Penny: Dear Vatican, I Would Like To Be Pope, Love Laurie Penny

Znet Article, February, 14 2013 Laurie Penny
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There is literally no reason she couldn't be Pope. Except for the Catholic thing. And the woman thing

Znet Article Penny: The Courage Of The Vigilante Feminists Is Contagious

Znet Article, February, 13 2013 Laurie Penny
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In Ireland and Egypt – and beyond – women are coming together to combat sexual violence

Znet Article Penny: Why Do We Accept The Status Quo? Why, Frankly, Isn’t Parliament Square On Fire?

Znet Article, January, 25 2013 Laurie Penny
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As most of us struggle with plummeting wages and living standards, the more interesting question is: “Why aren’t there riots in the streets?”

Znet Article Penny: What Does The SWP's Way Of Dealing With Sex Assault Allegations Tell Us About The Left?

Znet Article, January, 15 2013 Laurie Penny
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How do we deal with sexual violence on the left? Here's a case study

Znet Article Penny: Facebook And Google Know That We Value Conformity More Than Our Privacy

Znet Article, November, 27 2012 Laurie Penny
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This is how totalitarianism works. It’s not just the threat of violence – it’s also the threat of exclusion

Znet Article Penny: Why Selling Out Is No Longer An Option

Znet Article, October, 11 2012 Laurie Penny
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Capitalism’s betrayals will cost youth dear

Znet Article Penny: The Reality of Rape

Znet Article, August, 26 2012 Laurie Penny
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It's nice to think that only evil men are rapists - that it's only pantomime villains with knives in alleyways. But the reality is different

Znet Article Penny: How Protest is Being Outlawed

Znet Article, March, 26 2012 Laurie Penny
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The message being sent may as well have been printed on official police stationary and distributed outside the court: in protest situations, police are never in the wrong

Znet Article Penny: Human WiFi, Not Just Part of the Furniture

Znet Article, March, 18 2012 Laurie Penny
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The normalisation of exploitation is the real scandal here

Znet Article Penny: Rick Santorum and the Sexual Counter-Revolution

Znet Article, February, 26 2012 Laurie Penny
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Politicians have launched an all-out assault on women's sexual and reproductive freedom and LGBT rights, attacking gay marriage, abortion and contraception

Znet Article Penny: Occupational Hazards

Znet Article, February, 05 2012 Laurie Penny
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The so-called 1 per cent can dismiss as many petitions as they like, but sweeping cultural transformation is the one thing that may yet have them running scared

Znet Article Penny: Occupy the Media

Znet Article, November, 24 2011 Laurie Penny
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Dissatisfaction with mainstream journalism is leading to a profound change in the way that protest is reported

Znet Article Penny: Occupying Wall Street

Znet Article, October, 03 2011 Laurie Penny
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Occupy Wall Street is sending a message to the American people: the 99 percent are still here

Znet Article Penny: The Anti-Choice Minority are Dictating Policy

Znet Article, September, 03 2011 Laurie Penny
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If we truly believe that nobody should be bullied or forced into carrying an unwanted pregnancy to term, it is vital that the changes be seen for what they are

Znet Article Penny: Demonizing the Young Won’t Heal Our Cities

Znet Article, August, 14 2011 Laurie Penny
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Many are using the riots to confirm their own prejudices

Znet Article Penny: Panic on the Streets of London

Znet Article, August, 10 2011 Laurie Penny
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I'm huddled in the front room with some shell-shocked friends, watching my city burn

Znet Article Penny: Meat Market

Znet Article, August, 04 2011 Laurie Penny
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Interview on sexualisation, eating disorders, transphobia and domestic labour

Znet Article Penny: The Momentum Of The Murdoch Backlash Must Not Slow

Znet Article, July, 12 2011 Laurie Penny
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These oligarchs need to understand that the public are not mindless consuming animals

Znet Article Penny: Will The Revolution Begin In London? – J30 General Strike!

Znet Article, June, 30 2011 Laurie Penny
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The history of Britain isn’t just a history of kings and queens: it’s also a history ordinary people fighting for their right to suffrage and survival

Znet Article Penny: What Really Happened In Trafalgar Square

Znet Article, March, 28 2011 Laurie Penny
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Neither mindless nor violent, young protesters were forced into a stand-off with police.

Znet Article Penny: Moving Towards Solidarity

Znet Article, December, 23 2009 Laurie Penny
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For decades, the feminist movement has been split over the status of trans people, and of trans women in particular. High-profile feminists such as Germaine Greer, Jan Raymond and Julie Bindel have spoken out against what Greer terms "people who t...

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