12 Facts About Laurie Penny

Laurie Penny was born on Laura Barnett, 28 September 1986 and is a British journalist and writer.

Laurie Penny is a contributing editor at the New Statesman and the author of several books on feminism, and they have written for American television shows including The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Nevers.

Laurie Penny was born in London, England, to two lawyers of Irish, Jewish and Maltese descent, and grew up in Lewes and Brighton.

Laurie Penny suffered from anorexia as a teenager and was hospitalised with the condition aged 17.

Laurie Penny attended the independent school Brighton College before studying English at Wadham College, Oxford.

Laurie Penny went on to become a columnist at The Independent in 2012 and then a columnist and contributing editor for the New Statesman.

In 2015, Laurie Penny was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.

Several of Laurie Penny's articles have provoked criticism, including a 2014 article for the New Statesman that argued short hair on women was a "political statement" and a 2015 article defending vandalism of the Monument to the Women of World War II.

Laurie Penny is the author of seven books, including Bitch Doctrine, Unspeakable Things and Everything Belongs to the Future.

Laurie Penny has written for streaming TV, contributing to episodes of the Netflix show The Haunting of Bly Manor and HBO's The Nevers, and acted as a story editor on Carnival Row.

Laurie Penny came out as genderqueer, pansexual and polyamorous in 2015.

In December 2020, Laurie Penny was married while living in the United States.