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The Fundamental Trouble With AI Art
It matters that it isn’t you.
Oct 8
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Laurie Penny
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Write Like A Person: New New New Journalism
I was a teenage Hunter Thompson fan and all I got was this weird career. Have a writing exercise and thank me later.
Oct 4
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Laurie Penny
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September 2026
Birthday Subscription Drive: 40% Off!
Help me celebrate a new decade. This is the biggest discount I’ll ever do.
Sep 26
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Laurie Penny
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Write Like A Person, Lie Like A Pro.
An essay, an exercise and a bad writing habit to stop doing forever starting right now. Thank me later.
Sep 22
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Laurie Penny
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Back to School: Join my ‘Write Like A Person’ Seminar for the New Term.
Commit to a writing practice. Trick yourself into writing more and better. Fight the chatbot army. Hear the lamentations of their LLMs. Read Baldwin…
Sep 5
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Laurie Penny
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August 2026
The Great ADHD Myth.
Apparently, THE SYSTEM is to blame. For everything else, there’s Elvanse.
Aug 24
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Laurie Penny
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A very silly writing exercise
On iambic pentameter, no less- and also in it, just because I can. I promise you, I know how to have fun.
Aug 22
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Laurie Penny
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Write Like A Person: Sunday Writing Exercises
This would be a great time to jump in if you've not done one of these for a while. This week: Hermit Crab Essays!
Aug 16
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Laurie Penny
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They Know Who They Are, and They Know What They Did.
This is all I’m going to say about Jason Arday.
Aug 15
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Laurie Penny
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No, I Will Not Wear A Sunflower Lanyard
A Preliminary Taxonomy of Neurodivergent Aesthetics
Aug 11
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Laurie Penny
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Autism and The English
The neurodiversity backlash is about class.
Aug 10
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Laurie Penny
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Confidence Is Not A Feeling. It’s A Skill You Can Practice
An exercise in writing and thinking clearly.
Aug 3
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Laurie Penny
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