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'Nasty, British and short.' Writer, journalist, social justice bard. Next book: 'Bitch Doctrine', Bloomsbury 2017. Patreon below!

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    Laurie Penny‏Verified account @PennyRed 7 Jul 2016

    You know what women's liberation doesn't look like? A choice of two right-wing, anti-woman leaders who happen to be female. #ToryLeadership

    9:55 AM - 7 Jul 2016
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      2. Earl 11‏ @11thEarl 7 Jul 2016
        Replying to @PennyRed

        Laurie, this is true irony. YOU, after all, are as about as anti-woman as it's possible to get

        4 replies 15 retweets 106 likes
      3. Laurie Penny‏Verified account @PennyRed 7 Jul 2016
        Replying to @11thEarl

        i don't even understand how you arrived at this logic.

        10 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. Earl 11‏ @11thEarl 7 Jul 2016
        Replying to @PennyRed @11thEarl

        one doesn't ARRIVE at logic

        3 replies 2 retweets 63 likes
      5. Alice Ayres (Art.50)‏ @missaliceayres 7 Jul 2016
        Replying to @11thEarl

        ha, literally why I clicked on this tweet...to say exactly that. Oh well.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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    1. Kate Austin‏ @kateaustin496 11 Aug 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      Isn't it, rather, the right/ freedom 2 go 4 which direction/ position u want, without glass ceilings, diff view, culture impeding?

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    2. Liberty‏ @southernconser4 13 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      if there r two women in that position doesn't it mean u have been liberated? Feminists r ridiculous!

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    3. K Patrício‏ @thekpat 13 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      Typical 3rd wave mindset. @PennyRed

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    4. Daniel James‏ @DanielMichaelJ 13 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      Women's liberation looks like women doing whatever the fuck they like with their career in spite of authoritarians like you.

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    5. Bogorus Spatzki‏ @bogorislav 12 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      I'm sorry you don't appreciate their vaginas, despite theirs having done a lot more than yours

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    6. Coco Nutdog‏ @Coconutdog01 11 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      It doesn't pay to be on the wrong team.

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    7. Pointed Commentary‏ @RoyCalbeck 10 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      Stop attacking women in positions of authority and power, Penny. Stay in your hateful little lane.

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    8. Jimmy Salford‏ @1Fubar 10 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      So you want equal rights for women, but not all women, just the right sort of women? @JuliaHB1

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    9. ShowMeTheMoney 🇺🇸‏ @SMTM2016 9 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      the #hypocrisy of the left is astounding. The only #misogynist here is you! it's really hard to gender-bait when WOMEN reject you!

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    10. Facetious Truth‏ @kevinmc70 9 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      I just know what a real woman doesn't look like... You!

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    11. Henry Thoreau‏ @Thoreau_H_D 9 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      When your children aren't gang raped by muslims, and the EU is waving the flag of the Caliphate, you'll change your mind.

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    12. Patricia Canon‏ @pcanon 9 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      Feminism now looks like state-sanctioned mass rape, light sentencing... Young ppl don't understand freedom, are renewing slavery.

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    13. Daniel Way  🇬🇧‏ @LordWay7 9 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      And the conservative leadership has had two which has done a lot for women in politics which is why you are being petulant

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    14. Daniel Way  🇬🇧‏ @LordWay7 9 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      The painful realisation is that the left wing ideals you hold dear have never manifested in a female prime minister

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    15. John Locke‏ @JohnUt8t7 9 Jul 2016
      Replying to @PennyRed

      Laurie Penny is a misogynist - you dismiss and do not respect these women's right to not subscribe to your political dogma.

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