Radically committed: the famous British blogger and journalist, Laurie Penny, will read and discuss her new book "Bitch Doctrine" on Monday 6 November at Neimënster in Luxembourg-Grund at 18:30.
Laurie Penny, an on- and off-line activist, can definitively be considered as one of the most quick-witted, most argumentative and funniest feminist authors. At the invitation of CID | Fraen & Gender, the Ville de Luxembourg and Neimënster, Penny will introduce those attending to her newest book.
While, globally, populist-right wing politics are becoming increasingly popular, Laurie encourages her readers not to feel intimidated: "While the planet is very messed up, I will never stop dreaming of a better world and I will not stop writing for women, for the queer community and for everyone who is being excluded from the mainstream-discourse."
For Laurie Penny, the fight against discrimination isn't a trivial background issue waiting to be dealt with but the stepping stone towards demands for deep-rooted change.
Reading and discussion in English (Translation in German). Free admission; reservation advised by email: billetterie@neimenster.lu or tel: 262052-1.
About Laurie Penny
Laurie Penny writes, among others, for the Guardian and the New York Times. She was the youngest nominee for the for the Orwell price for political writing. Currently, Penny (@PennyRed) has 160,000 followers on Twitter and in 2012 she received the award of Twitter Public Personality of the year. Among the books that got published are Meat Market: Female Flesh under Capitalism (2012), Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution (2014) and Everything Belongs to the Future (2016).
