Laurie Penny

Author, journalist, narrative designer, screenwriter. Geek, gender goblin, feminist killjoy, force of culture. Writer for hire, weirdo for free. They/them.

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

So.

I wrote a book about modern fascism as a backlash to LGBTQ rights and women’s liberation.

It breaks down why this happened, how we fight the new misogyny, and how we win. 

You might find it useful. 

https://t.co/Mwj5UjgC8D

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

I spy a vibe shift.

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

As writers, we've all been conscripted into the Robot Wars. We can't win on quantity, so we'll have to win on quality.

Storytelling is not magic. It's a craft skill. I will literally teach you. Basic training starts here:
https://t.co/1BQT5iahGK

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

@fta973457558 She did though

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

@postoctobrist ‘You have to let me in. These poppers belong to my sick grandfather.’

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

@postoctobrist I predict that it’s precisely what happened to *insert epic bisexual club night that ran in the Arches for two glorious years in the late 2010s*.

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

@postoctobrist I thought the passphrase was ‘oh no, did their polycule explode again?’

[Cathy Reisenwitz @CathyReisenwitz]

PSA: Sex workers and sluts are not why men treat women poorly. Blaming women who are simply living our lives, not hurting you, for misogyny broadly out there in the world is, itself, misogynistic behavior.

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

@postoctobrist That’s not what I heard you say in training

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

@POISONOMICON I hear the pharmacist closes early…

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

I’ve just spent a solid week at WW2 resistance training school and I might never be the same.
I don’t know if it’s the profound sense of moral purpose, the historical vertigo, or just the effect of fresh air and regular mealtimes.

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

I’M 40 TODAY.
And if you would like to help me celebrate, I would love nothing better than if you’d subscribe to my Substack.
It means a lot to me.
And just for today, I’m doing a 40% sale for new subscribers:

https://t.co/RNAql18fJV

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

@nattyover Omg I miss you and am proud of you and have NEWS for you guys, message me! Xxx

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

I’M 40 TODAY AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

If you are over 40 and have sensible advice to offer I would be even MORE excited :D

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

@EthanZ Yes! Message me?

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

@OdbolzComics Aw thank you so much

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

'The Voynich manuscript is untranslatable! It's a mystery!'
'Actually it turns out to be about female sexual health.'
...
'IT'S A MYSTERY.'

[Justine Moore @venturetwins]

Ngl I appreciate the strategy of hallucinating back at the AI interviewer

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

‼️ @PennyRed on Britain’s failure to confront its imperial history in 2017:

“If you ask British people who voted for Brexit what their major fear is, their fear is that people will come to our country and take our things.”

After describing Britain’s own history of colonial conquest:

“It just doesn’t compute.”

Nearly ten years after the referendum, one of Brexit’s least examined ingredients remains Britain’s dysfunctional relationship with its own history.

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

First Dolly, now Tim Curry. This is horrendous.

All we can do is keep the memory of these icons alive.

Who would we be otherwise? What kind of world would we be leaving for Keith Richards?

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

@docAnnaM Oh damn that was a brutal read. I’m so glad you have answers now.

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

Only one type of person has ever questioned my ADHD, and that’s adults who have spent their lives wrestling with very similar traits. They’ve worked very very hard to convince everyone that they’re normal. >