Bitch Doctrine by Laurie Penny

Bitch Doctrine by Laurie Penny

An invaluable case for truth-telling in an age of chaos and lies. --Emily Nussbaum

Penny] bravely keeps thinking and talking and learning and trying to make the world better. --Caitlin Moran

Smart and provocative, witty and uncompromising, this collection of Laurie Penny's celebrated essays establishes her as one of the most important and vibrant political voices of our time. Bitch Doctrine takes an unflinching look at the definitive issues of our age, from the shock of Donald Trump's election and the victories of the far right to online harassment and the transgender rights movement.

Penny is lyrical and passionate in her desire to confront injustice, and she's writing at the raw edge of a revolution-hungry zeitgeist, a time when it has never been more vital to actively question and fiercely dispute all forms of complacency, including social norms. This darkly comic, often biting yet empathic, revelatory collection will inform, challenge, and engage, and give readers hope and tools for change.

Laurie Penny is a London-based journalist, feminist, and political activist. She contributes to the New Statesman and the Guardian on a regular basis, as well as the Independent, Red Pepper, and the Evening Standard. Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism is her first book. She's hosted Channel 4's Dispatches and served on the BBC's Any Questions panel. In 2010, her blog, 'Penny Red,' was nominated for the Orwell Prize.