Laurie Penny
Laurie Penny is a freelance journalist who blogs regularly for the New Statesman.
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Labour's leadership debate could end up like a competition to be chief executive of an ailing company. But activists are intent on taking it somewhere more interesting. Laurie Penny and Hilary Wainwright did the round of post-election think-ins to find out more
It is right to celebrate the re-emergence of feminism, says Laurie Penny, but we need to build a broad movement that has a clear analysis of the economic basis of women's oppression
Ireland's Hidden Diaspora by Ann Rossiter (Irish Abortion Solidarity Campaign), reviewed by Laurie Penny
Our special feature, to be continued in future issues and on our website, looks at policing - and policing the police - in modern Britain
Laurie Penny speaks to Mary Wilson, the longest-standing member of Motown's most successful group, the Supremes
From school meals to school selection policies, Margaret Tulloch has been a tireless campaigner for state education for half a lifetime. She spoke to Laurie Penny
The falling value and rising price of a degree is hitting some harder than others. Laurie Penny looks at what's left of the egalitarian dream of universally accessible education
Whether he's talking about Boris Johnson, the credit crunch or China, Laurie Penny finds Ken Livingstone full of infectious energy - and planning his comeback
Laurie Penny interviews Rebecca Schoenkopf about politics, life, feminism and getting 'finger-fucked' by Hillary Clinton
Laurie Penny interviews the Turkish feminist and author Meltem Arikan
MP Nadine Dorries unveiled 20 'reasons' for lowering the abortion limit to 20 weeks. Here Laurie Penny gives 24 reasons why it should remain at 24 weeks
The anti-choice lobby, with David Cameron at the helm, has proposed amendments to the abortion law that would target a vulnerable minority of women. Reforms are needed, but to extend rather than restrict women's reproductive freedoms, argues Laurie Penny
With student debt spiralling and higher education being reduced to a commodity, Laurie Penny calls for a change of course
Laurie Penny explains what it means to have hopes dashed twice, first by the Spice Girls and second by Blair's Babes
Laurie Penny finds only middle-class male fantasy in Billie Piper's call girl
Feminism is back - and this time it's hypertextual. Laurie Penny reports on the new women's spaces on the web
