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Laurie Penny is a contributing editor to the New Statesman.

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What we talk about when we talk about Margaret Thatcher
17 April 2013

The left have been painted as tasteless, heartless people trying to make political capital out of Thatcher’s death. Only the government is allowed to do that, says Laurie Penny.

Media
Columnists now are like street performers – collecting coins in a hat and dodging angry racists
10 April 2013

By 70, will I be screeching about immigrants from an enormous throne made of my clippings?

Laurie Penny
Steubenville: this is rape culture's Abu Ghraib moment
19 March 2013

The pictures from Steubenville don’t just show a girl being raped. They show that rape being condoned, encouraged, celebrated. What type of culture could possibly produce such pictures?

Society
Feminism is the one F-word that makes eyes widen in polite company
16 March 2013

It’s not enough for us to sit back and wait for the system of power to become a little more equal.

UK Politics
The left has no monopoly on political correctness. Just try being rude about Margaret Thatcher
06 March 2013

Right now, the list of things we’re not allowed to say about the rich and powerful is getting longer - and not just for professional writers.

UK Politics
How did the "Lord Grope" case become an excuse for men to score points off each other?
28 February 2013

Systematic abuse happens when the system is abusive.

Middle East
With Tasers and placards, the women of Egypt are fighting back against sexism
24 February 2013

Laurie Penny reports from Cairo.

Society
Kate Middleton: benefit scrounging mother moves into palace at taxpayer's expense
21 February 2013

Britain only permits two types of outrage today: dog-whistle disgust for the extremely poor and spanielish devotion to the aristocracy.

UK Politics
Ten years ago we marched against the Iraq war and I learned a lesson in betrayal
14 February 2013

In the end, it was in our name.

Laurie Penny
Dear Vatican, I would like to be Pope, love Laurie Penny
11 February 2013

Laurie Penny has GCSE Latin and a collection of ridiculous hats, plus years of experience dealing with in-fighting and intrigue (on the British Left). There is literally no reason she couldn't be Pope. Except for the Catholic thing. And the woman thing.

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