Is Patriarchy Too Big to Fail?
February 11, 2020
On the trials of Trump and Weinstein.
Laurie Penny
Laurie Penny is a journalist and screenwriter from London. She has contributed to The Guardian, The New Statesman, the New York Times, Time Magazine and many more. She is the author of six books, the latest of which, Bitch Doctrine, was published by Bloomsbury in 2017.
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