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Laurie Penny
@PennyRed
Writer of books, essays, columns and tv shows. Credits: The Haunting Of Bly Manor, The Nevers and more. They/them/ Public Universal Friend with Benefits.
Airstrip Onelauriepenny.substack.comJoined January 2009

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Someone just showed me a picture where it looks like their baby doesn't have real hands. Told them that's what happens when you generate your baby using Kidjourney.
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I’ll never forget the first time I accidentally waded into a discussion on trans issues. It was a few years ago, I hadn’t really encountered the transphobic crowd before. Someone posted complaining about the term “people who menstruate” to describe, well, people who menstruate 1/
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It’s just funny that as the quality of everything from airlines to infrastructure to food safety and availability to healthcare continues to precipitously erode around us millions of people blame socialism, an economic system that we do not live under
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Have you been diagnosed with autism in the past 5-10 years? How did that happen, and how did it change your life? Would you like to talk to me about it for a giant massive feature I'm writing? You don't have to be quoted directly, and self diagnosis counts. Get in touch here x
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Jeremy Clarkson: I GET KNOCKED DOWN! BUT I G- Every former member of Chumbawamba, on behalf of the British people: Stay the fck down.
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So anyway today we turned down £30,000 for our song to be used for a trailer for Jeremy Clarkson’s new TV series. I can’t tell you how much satisfaction that gave us.
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Jeremy Clarkson: I GET KNOCKED DOWN! BUT I G- Every former member of Chumbawamba, on behalf of the British people: Stay the fck down.
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So anyway today we turned down £30,000 for our song to be used for a trailer for Jeremy Clarkson’s new TV series. I can’t tell you how much satisfaction that gave us.
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I will always have mad love for Chumbawamba (and all who sailed in her). Going to guess the song was 'Give The Anarchist A Cigarette'?
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So anyway today we turned down £30,000 for our song to be used for a trailer for Jeremy Clarkson’s new TV series. I can’t tell you how much satisfaction that gave us.
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Fed up of being sick and burned out, itching to get back to regular writing. Got a huge feature to finish which I'm pretty excited about, but what I miss most is having a regular column. I reckon my will be the place for that.
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Fay Weldon. One of the great prose stylists of her age. Ave atque vale. If you haven't, do yourself a favour and read 'the Life and Loves of a She-Devil.' #rip #fayweldon
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I'm aware that it's embarrassingly earnest. Ten years on I'm still embarrassingly earnest. But strangers have been giving me shit for writing this one tweet for a decade? Wtf?
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Desperate British Government, amid ongoing public support for the strikes: 'a generation of passengers will just write off the railways'. The British Public:
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I try not to jump into Twitter fights or add to the noise around people who thrive on it. But if Julia Hartley-Brewer really did tweet something to Greta Thunberg, about the value of her life as an autistic person, I would beg my media colleagues to reconsider giving JHB airtime.
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Whenever I tweet about Greta Thunberg, I get non-disabled people replying they “find it difficult to see her as disabled.” It’s meant as a compliment but what they’re really saying is: “I equate disability with weakness and failure so can’t see a brilliant woman as disabled.”
I’m 100% behind Greta Thunberg but find it very difficult to see her as disabled! If her autism means anything, it adds to her power.
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Step 1: arrive at awesome warehouse music thing full of interesting people Step 2: realise you are totally out of XP and have Become Odd again Step 3: locate kettle, make tea Step 5: locate hiding spot behind curtain Step 6: hide, drink tea, read novel until capacity returns. :D
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