Penny Red

My, what a can of worms. If I’m not willing to admit I’ve messed up occasionally, then this blog and all of my journalism is just wanking; s...

John Prescott has made eating disorders news again by coming out as bulimic. This, of course, is a perfect opportunity for me to lash myself...

Have you got worries? Are you struggling to deal with the hefty demands of modern womanhood? Are you unable to sleep in patriarchal space? A...

Back in the meatspace I'm now a journalism student, and I learnt something very interesting at hack school today: You do not fuck with t...

The latest post has been removed for copyright reasons and will return shortly, as will normal service. Yours in stress and decrepitude, PR ...

Radicalism is a dirty word in British youth politics today. Three days ago, the NUS threw out a proposal to drastically restrict its campaig...

Microsoft, it seems, do a damn good sideline in chocolates. I was rather jigged up to be able to go to a conference on women in technology a...

Hold everything: regulatory reform is rearing its stinking head again, just when we thought we'd flushed it forever. Hats off and trous...

A victory this week for the Safety First Coalition , as legislation attempting to further criminalise prostitutes was thrown out, once more,...

Ladies, gentlemen, girls, boys and anyone else out there in the meatspace: welcome to the 55th carnival of feminists! I'm immensely hono...

This is a transcript of a speech I gave at Sussex University on the 6th March, 2008, to tie in with International Women's Day. You'r...

A very merry International Women's Day to all. I've just come home from the Million Women Rise march in London, which was massively...

A lot of knickers twisted in the press this week over the supposed inefficiency of prescription anti-depressants . Cue a yapping, snarling m...

The past week in the meatspace life of Pennyred has been spent guzzling pink drinks at goth parties, rolling in my own filth and trying to g...

Today is the third anniversary of the suicide of Hunter S Thompson . Rest in peace, you mad old bastard, and thanks for the dream. A brief d...

If you just threw up a little bit in your mouth, you're not the only one. Go and swill out, then keep reading. Images like the one on th...

Today, Tanya Gold in the Guardian has an interesting take on why so many young women are boozing, shagging around and otherwise checking in...

Nice, angry little protest outside the CMF today: real energy from the picketers, and CMF were waiting for us with biscuits and explanatory ...