Opinion: Domestic Abuse is No Laughing Matter
By . Published 05 November 2012
Claire Askew analyses the trend of comedians telling jokes about domestic abuse, and shows why we should all think before we laugh
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Crystal Baws: November 2012 Horoscopes
By . Published 01 November 2012ARIES Your soul is so jam-packed and weighed down with demons that your local witch-doctor finally classifies it as ‘morbidly obese.’ You should concentrate on doing as much exorcising as...
Crystal Baws: Student Special
By . Published 18 October 2012ARIESAs Venus enters your sign you tell your physics professor about the role planets play in our daily lives according to the Zodiac. Shaking his head he corrects you, informing...
Creepy Ghost Stories
By . Published 11 October 2012Shelly, 29, from Aberdeen will chill your spine with this paranormal tale...“When I woke up at my boyfriend’s house covered in ghostly ectoplasm there could only be one explanation –...
Another Take on the Fifty Shades of Grey 'Phenomenon'
By . Published 08 October 2012E. L. James’s novel Fifty Shades of Grey is pissing Miriam Prosser off, while Matthew Bobbu wants to clarify some of the assumptions it makes about the BDSM community. Here...
Crystal Baws: October 2012 Horoscopes
By . Published 05 October 2012ARIES Your intestinal parasite has gotten rather large lately, and this month things cross a very special barrier when you finally become the parasite trapped inside its body. With your...
Pole Dancing For Feminists
By . Published 03 October 2012Pole-dancing - it's not all about sex
Crystal Baws: September 2012 Horoscopes
By . Published 19 September 2012ARIES When the star M38b unexpectedly goes supernova in September an entire section of your personality suddenly disappears. It is the astrological equivalent of a stroke. The situation deepens mid-month...
Do You Know What An Abortion Looks Like?
By . Published 01 September 2012Kate Pasola discusses how one female photographer set about putting a stop to the sensationalism of unborn foetuses, and why we need to talk about being pro-choice.
Scottish Sex Work: Concluding Thoughts
By . Published 01 August 2012In the concluding part of Deviance’s brief investigation into the Scottish sex industry, Ana Hine looks at what she’s learned
Crystal Baws: August 2012 Horoscopes
By . Published 01 August 2012ARIES This month your local priest finally agrees to consecrate your bottle of Buckfast, thus adding a heavy dose of caffeine, sodium glycerophosphate, dipotassium phosphate and disodium phosphate to Christ’s...
How Not To Be A Rapist 101 – What is Rape?
By . Published 31 July 2012I woke up last weekend with a young lady in my bed, who I recalled meeting and getting on with very well the previous night. Then before I knew it...
Who Are The Cha Cha Heels?
By . Published 25 July 2012Dundee-based glam pop band Cha Cha Heels are playing the Olympic Stadium this summer. The Skinny caught up with them to chat about an unusual opportunity for a performance-based queer...
Male Contraceptives: Balls to the Snip!
By . Published 10 July 2012New research from the Indian Institute of Technology may have struck upon a better solution to male contraception than 'The Snip'
Feminists – For and Against Lads’ Mags
By . Published 09 July 2012Two committed feminists battle it out over whether 'lads mags' are liberating... or not
Crystal Baws: July 2012 Horoscopes
By . Published 04 July 2012ARIESThrough your Fisher Price binoculars you spot more UFOs. This time there are thousands of them, looking almost exactly like love heart balloons. You catalogue their appearance in your Big...
Crystal Baws: June 2012 Horoscopes
By . Published 12 June 2012Ready to find out what June has in store for you? What do you mean, no?! Gaze into our Crystal Baws. We command you...
Faces Transforming: research on female-to-male transsexuals
By . Published 29 May 2012As I study the photographic images before me, the boy’s face radiates innocence and boldness. He looks like a bit of an imp. I look at his adult face, and...
Conversations with an Independent Escort Part Two
By . Published 02 May 2012In the second of our interviews with independent escort Laura Lee, she tells Ana Hine about the stigma associated with sex work
Sex education in a time warp
By . Published 04 April 2012Sometimes I get up in the morning, read the news, and wonder which century I will be transported to. I also question the time traveller’s motives, but that’s only before...
