Laurie Penny - Revision history

LGBT-HP: Fix bare tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing

2026-07-10T13:08:17Z

Fix bare <references> tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing <references/>

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:08, 10 July 2026
Line 29:		Line 29:

	Based on a Wikipedia article.		Based on a Wikipedia article.
	<references>		<references/>

	[[Category:Journalists]]		[[Category:Journalists]]

Ross Burgess: /* Early life and education */

2016-03-13T11:44:51Z

Early life and education

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:44, 13 March 2016
Line 4:		Line 4:
	Penny was born in London and grew up in [[Brighton]].<ref name="pennyone">http://pennyred.blogspot.com/2009/11/shut-up-little-girl-dont-you-know-grown.html "Shut up, little girl, don't you know grown-ups are talking?" Laurie Penny – via Penny Red blogspot 16 November 2009</ref><ref name="books">Laurie Penny author profile at Zero Books</ref> She is of Irish, Jewish, and Maltese descent.<ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2010/09/jewish-woman-chauvinism-rape "Zionism, chauvinism and the nature of rape" Laurie Penny 12 September 2010 ''New Statesman''</ref><ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/02/jew-baiting-israel-burchill "Julie Burchill’s imperialist froth over Israel Laurie Penny 13 February 2011 ''New Statesman''</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/PennyRed/status/347404463390208001 ''Twitter'' Laurie Penny 19 June 2013</ref> She attended the independent school Brighton College.<ref name="pennyone" /> She has written about her hospitalisation at age 17 for anorexia and subsequent recovery.<ref name="thislondon">http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/health/article-23809323-life-tastes-better-than-skinny-feels.do "Life tastes better than skinny feels" ''Evening Standard'' – Laurie Penny 24 February 2010</ref>		Penny was born in London and grew up in [[Brighton]].<ref name="pennyone">http://pennyred.blogspot.com/2009/11/shut-up-little-girl-dont-you-know-grown.html "Shut up, little girl, don't you know grown-ups are talking?" Laurie Penny – via Penny Red blogspot 16 November 2009</ref><ref name="books">Laurie Penny author profile at Zero Books</ref> She is of Irish, Jewish, and Maltese descent.<ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2010/09/jewish-woman-chauvinism-rape "Zionism, chauvinism and the nature of rape" Laurie Penny 12 September 2010 ''New Statesman''</ref><ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/02/jew-baiting-israel-burchill "Julie Burchill’s imperialist froth over Israel Laurie Penny 13 February 2011 ''New Statesman''</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/PennyRed/status/347404463390208001 ''Twitter'' Laurie Penny 19 June 2013</ref> She attended the independent school Brighton College.<ref name="pennyone" /> She has written about her hospitalisation at age 17 for anorexia and subsequent recovery.<ref name="thislondon">http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/health/article-23809323-life-tastes-better-than-skinny-feels.do "Life tastes better than skinny feels" ''Evening Standard'' – Laurie Penny 24 February 2010</ref>

	She studied English at Wadham College, [[Oxford]].<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/30/general-election-unemployment-poverty "The jobless are no shirking scroungers - you try living on £65.45 a week" David Conn 30 April 2010 ''The Guardian''</ref> Whilst a student she joined and performed in a burlesque troupe,<ref name="burl" /> was a committee member<ref>http://oules.lightentertainment.org/comm.php "Previous committees – 2006 social secretary (Wadham)"Oxford Light entertainment society</ref> and appeared in amateur dramatic productions with the Oxford University Light Entertainment Society.<ref name="burl" >http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/may/15/burlesque-feminism-proud-galleries "Burlesque laid bare" Laurie Penny – via ''The Guardian'' date=15 May 2009</ref>		She studied English at [[Wadham College, Oxford]].<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/30/general-election-unemployment-poverty "The jobless are no shirking scroungers - you try living on £65.45 a week" David Conn 30 April 2010 ''The Guardian''</ref> Whilst a student she joined and performed in a burlesque troupe,<ref name="burl" /> was a committee member<ref>http://oules.lightentertainment.org/comm.php "Previous committees – 2006 social secretary (Wadham)"Oxford Light entertainment society</ref> and appeared in amateur dramatic productions with the Oxford University Light Entertainment Society.<ref name="burl" >http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/may/15/burlesque-feminism-proud-galleries "Burlesque laid bare" Laurie Penny – via ''The Guardian'' date=15 May 2009</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==

Ross Burgess: /* Career */

2015-05-24T20:42:48Z

Career

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:42, 24 May 2015
Line 17:		Line 17:
	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'' 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'' as a reporter and columnist.<ref>Laurie Penny [http://www.twitlonger.com/show/gl5s5r "Laurie Penny (@PennyRed)"], twitlonger, 26 March 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,<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> accusing him of being a racist "playing xenophobia for laughs" in his statements about the Rochdale "grooming" case.		In June 2012, she clashed with historian [[David Starkey]] at the ''Sunday Times'' Festival of Education which took place at [[Wellington College]], Berkshire,<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> accusing him of being a racist "playing xenophobia for laughs" in his statements about the Rochdale "grooming" case.

	In October 2012 it was announced that she was leaving ''The Independent'' to rejoin the ''New Statesman'' (in November) as a columnist and contributing editor.<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/staggers/2012/10/laurie-penny-rejoins-new-statesman "Laurie Penny rejoins the New Statesman"], ''New Statesman'' (The Staggers blog), 10 October 2012</ref> In the same month, ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked Penny as the 55th most influential left winger in Britain, reporting that she is "without doubt the loudest and most controversial female voice on the radical left."<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/9584228/Top-100-most-influential-figures-from-the-Left-2012-51-100.html		In October 2012 it was announced that she was leaving ''The Independent'' to rejoin the ''New Statesman'' (in November) as a columnist and contributing editor.<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/staggers/2012/10/laurie-penny-rejoins-new-statesman "Laurie Penny rejoins the New Statesman"], ''New Statesman'' (The Staggers blog), 10 October 2012</ref> In the same month, ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked Penny as the 55th most influential left winger in Britain, reporting that she is "without doubt the loudest and most controversial female voice on the radical left."<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/9584228/Top-100-most-influential-figures-from-the-Left-2012-51-100.html

Ross Burgess at 23:15, 21 May 2015

2015-05-21T23:15:46Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:15, 21 May 2015
Line 1:		Line 1:
	'''Laurie Penny''' (born ~~28 September~~ 1986) is a ~~British~~ columnist, blogger and author who writes for the ''New Statesman''. She has a feminist and left wing perspective: "Socialism without feminism, after all, is no socialism worth having".<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/12/swp-rape-implosion-why-i-care Laurie Penny "The SWP and rape: why I care about this Marxist-Leninist implosion", ''The Guardian'', 12 March 2013</ref>		[[File:Laurie Penny.jpg\|thumb\|Lauire Penny]]'''Laurie Penny''' (born 1986) is a columnist, blogger and author who writes for the ''New Statesman''. She has a feminist and left wing perspective: "Socialism without feminism, after all, is no socialism worth having".<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/12/swp-rape-implosion-why-i-care Laurie Penny "The SWP and rape: why I care about this Marxist-Leninist implosion", ''The Guardian'', 12 March 2013</ref>

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
Line 33:		Line 33:
	[[Category:Journalists]]		[[Category:Journalists]]
	[[Category:Bloggers]]		[[Category:Bloggers]]
	[[Category:Pink List 2011 National Treasures]][[Category:1986 births]]		[[Category:Pink List 2011 National Treasures]]
			[[Category:1986 births]]
	[[Category:Living people]]		[[Category:Living people]]
	~~[[Category:Articles with no pictures]]~~

Ross Burgess at 23:44, 26 December 2013

2013-12-26T23:44:28Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:44, 26 December 2013
Line 33:		Line 33:
	[[Category:Journalists]]		[[Category:Journalists]]
	[[Category:Bloggers]]		[[Category:Bloggers]]
	[[Category:Pink List 2011 National Treasures]]		[[Category:Pink List 2011 National Treasures]][[Category:1986 births]]
			[[Category:Living people]]
			[[Category:Articles with no pictures]]

Ross Burgess at 19:00, 24 August 2013

2013-08-24T19:00:56Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:00, 24 August 2013
Line 22:		Line 22:
	"Top 100 most influential figures from the Left 2012" ''The Daily Telegraph'' 3 October 2012</ref>		"Top 100 most influential figures from the Left 2012" ''The Daily Telegraph'' 3 October 2012</ref>

	She was listed as a "National Treasure" in the [[Pink List 2011]].		She was listed as a "National Treasure" in the [[Pink List 2011]].<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-ios-pink-list-2011-2374595.html Pink List 2011</ref>

	~~==Awards==~~		In 2012 she was shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award.<ref name=flood2012>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/06/bread-and-roses-shortlist-announced Alison Flood, "New prize for radical writing announces shortlist" 6 March 2012</ref>
	*2012 Bread and Roses Award~~, shortlist, ''Penny Red: Notes from the New Age of Dissent''~~.<ref name=flood2012>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/06/bread-and-roses-shortlist-announced Alison Flood, "New prize for radical writing announces shortlist" 6 March 2012</ref>

	==References==		==References==
Line 31:		Line 30:
	Based on a Wikipedia article.		Based on a Wikipedia article.
	<references>		<references>

			[[Category:Journalists]]
			[[Category:Bloggers]]
			[[Category:Pink List 2011 National Treasures]]

Ross Burgess: /* Career */

2013-08-24T18:57:35Z

Career

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:57, 24 August 2013
Line 21:		Line 21:
	In October 2012 it was announced that she was leaving ''The Independent'' to rejoin the ''New Statesman'' (in November) as a columnist and contributing editor.<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/staggers/2012/10/laurie-penny-rejoins-new-statesman "Laurie Penny rejoins the New Statesman"], ''New Statesman'' (The Staggers blog), 10 October 2012</ref> In the same month, ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked Penny as the 55th most influential left winger in Britain, reporting that she is "without doubt the loudest and most controversial female voice on the radical left."<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/9584228/Top-100-most-influential-figures-from-the-Left-2012-51-100.html		In October 2012 it was announced that she was leaving ''The Independent'' to rejoin the ''New Statesman'' (in November) as a columnist and contributing editor.<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/staggers/2012/10/laurie-penny-rejoins-new-statesman "Laurie Penny rejoins the New Statesman"], ''New Statesman'' (The Staggers blog), 10 October 2012</ref> In the same month, ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked Penny as the 55th most influential left winger in Britain, reporting that she is "without doubt the loudest and most controversial female voice on the radical left."<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/9584228/Top-100-most-influential-figures-from-the-Left-2012-51-100.html
	"Top 100 most influential figures from the Left 2012" ''The Daily Telegraph'' 3 October 2012</ref>		"Top 100 most influential figures from the Left 2012" ''The Daily Telegraph'' 3 October 2012</ref>

			She was listed as a "National Treasure" in the [[Pink List 2011]].

	==Awards==		==Awards==

Ross Burgess at 18:56, 24 August 2013

2013-08-24T18:56:05Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:56, 24 August 2013
Line 2:		Line 2:

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	Penny was born in London and grew up in [[Brighton]].<ref name="pennyone">http://pennyred.blogspot.com/2009/11/shut-up-little-girl-dont-you-know-grown.html "Shut up, little girl, don't you know grown-ups are talking?" Laurie Penny – via Penny Red blogspot 16 November 2009</ref><ref name="books">Laurie Penny author profile at Zero Books</ref> She is of Irish, Jewish, and Maltese descent.<ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2010/09/jewish-woman-chauvinism-rape "Zionism, chauvinism and the nature of rape" Laurie Penny 12 September 2010 ''New Statesman''</ref><ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/02/jew-baiting-israel-burchill "Julie Burchill’s imperialist froth over Israel Laurie Penny 13 February 2011 ''New Statesman''</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/PennyRed/status/347404463390208001 ~~\| title=~~Twitter ~~\| last1=~~Penny ~~\| first1=Laurie \| date=~~19 June 2013}}</ref> She attended the independent school Brighton College.<ref name="pennyone" /> She has written about her hospitalisation at age 17 for anorexia and subsequent recovery.<ref name="thislondon">http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/health/article-23809323-life-tastes-better-than-skinny-feels.do "Life tastes better than skinny feels" ''Evening Standard'' – Laurie Penny 24 February 2010</ref>		Penny was born in London and grew up in [[Brighton]].<ref name="pennyone">http://pennyred.blogspot.com/2009/11/shut-up-little-girl-dont-you-know-grown.html "Shut up, little girl, don't you know grown-ups are talking?" Laurie Penny – via Penny Red blogspot 16 November 2009</ref><ref name="books">Laurie Penny author profile at Zero Books</ref> She is of Irish, Jewish, and Maltese descent.<ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2010/09/jewish-woman-chauvinism-rape "Zionism, chauvinism and the nature of rape" Laurie Penny 12 September 2010 ''New Statesman''</ref><ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/02/jew-baiting-israel-burchill "Julie Burchill’s imperialist froth over Israel Laurie Penny 13 February 2011 ''New Statesman''</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/PennyRed/status/347404463390208001 ''Twitter'' Laurie Penny 19 June 2013</ref> She attended the independent school Brighton College.<ref name="pennyone" /> She has written about her hospitalisation at age 17 for anorexia and subsequent recovery.<ref name="thislondon">http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/health/article-23809323-life-tastes-better-than-skinny-feels.do "Life tastes better than skinny feels" ''Evening Standard'' – Laurie Penny 24 February 2010</ref>

	She studied English at Wadham College, [[Oxford]].<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/30/general-election-unemployment-poverty "The jobless are no shirking scroungers - you try living on £65.45 a week" \| David Conn 30 April 2010 ''The Guardian''</ref> Whilst a student she joined and performed in a burlesque troupe,<ref name="burl" /> was a committee member<ref>http://oules.lightentertainment.org/comm.php "Previous committees – 2006 social secretary (Wadham)"Oxford Light entertainment society</ref> and appeared in amateur dramatic productions with the Oxford University Light Entertainment Society.<ref name="burl" >http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/may/15/burlesque-feminism-proud-galleries "Burlesque laid bare" Laurie Penny – via ''The Guardian'' date=15 May 2009</ref>		She studied English at Wadham College, [[Oxford]].<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/30/general-election-unemployment-poverty "The jobless are no shirking scroungers - you try living on £65.45 a week" David Conn 30 April 2010 ''The Guardian''</ref> Whilst a student she joined and performed in a burlesque troupe,<ref name="burl" /> was a committee member<ref>http://oules.lightentertainment.org/comm.php "Previous committees – 2006 social secretary (Wadham)"Oxford Light entertainment society</ref> and appeared in amateur dramatic productions with the Oxford University Light Entertainment Society.<ref name="burl" >http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/may/15/burlesque-feminism-proud-galleries "Burlesque laid bare" Laurie Penny – via ''The Guardian'' date=15 May 2009</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==

Ross Burgess: /* References */

2013-08-24T18:54:21Z

References

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:54, 24 August 2013
Line 26:		Line 26:

	==References==		==References==

			Based on a Wikipedia article.
	<references>		<references>

Ross Burgess: /* Awards */

2013-08-24T18:53:39Z

Awards

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:53, 24 August 2013
Line 23:		Line 23:

	==Awards==		==Awards==
	*2012 [[Bread and Roses Award]], shortlist, ''Penny Red: Notes from the New Age of Dissent''.<ref name=flood2012>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/06/bread-and-roses-shortlist-announced Alison Flood, "New prize for radical writing announces shortlist" 6 March 2012</ref>		*2012 Bread and Roses Award, shortlist, ''Penny Red: Notes from the New Age of Dissent''.<ref name=flood2012>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/06/bread-and-roses-shortlist-announced Alison Flood, "New prize for radical writing announces shortlist" 6 March 2012</ref>

	==References==		==References==
	<references>		<references>