Intersections
The home of our Intersections coverage, looking at the cultural world through the intersecting lenses of gender, race, economics, class and sexuality. Check out our feature writing, opinion pieces, interviews, and our regular Love Bites column on the things, people and places our writers love the most.
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Features
How the cost of living crisis is impacting creative workers
We’re already feeling the financial difficulties offset by the cost of living crisis – this is no different for those in creative industries. We speak to creative workers about how this economic instability is impacting their work Read more »| 12 May 2022 -
Interviews
Learning red with Glasgow's Red Sunday School
Glasgow’s Red Sunday School is encouraging children to think differently. We chat to them about children’s agency, community building, and connecting to Scotland’s radical past Read more »| 10 May 2022 -
Opinion
Love Bites: Running with my Pegasus
This month’s columnist reflects on running through life’s ups and downs Read more »| 02 May 2022 -
Features
War Games: how we talk about war
Over recent years, the UK’s damaging war rhetoric has persistently reared its ugly head. We reflect on how we talk about war and why that needs to change Read more »| 28 Mar 2022 -
Features
Love Bites: On Okra Stew
This month's Love Bites columnist reflects on maternal love and okra stew Read more »| 28 Mar 2022 -
Opinion
Love Bites: Navigating Memories in Heartbreak
This month’s columnist reflects on the memory of a partner following a break-up Read more »| 15 Mar 2022
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Opinion
All is Not Lost: Rethinking failure in activism
In activist movements, failings are difficult to come to terms with. But failure may be more complex – and a little more hopeful – than we thought Read more »| 10 Mar 2022 -
Features
If you're a young carer, apply for the Young Carer Grant
Young carers play a hugely important role in society but their work often goes overlooked – even by their friends and teachers. The Young Carer Grant can help these carers access some of the life opportunities their peers take for granted Read more »| 04 Mar 2022 -
Features
Queerantine: a non-binary journey through the pandemic
As we approach two years since the UK’s first lockdown, one writer explores their non-binary identity during the pandemic Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
Opinion
Love Bites: Online Connections
This month's columnist reflects on online connections and long-distance internet friendships Read more »| 22 Feb 2022 -
Features
Checking Boxes: How opinion writing warped identity politics
First-person opinion writing has dominated British media in the last decade. Our departing Intersections Editor reflects on the impact this writing has had on identity politics in culture and in themselves Read more »| 10 Feb 2022 -
Features
Year of the Tiger: Lunar New Year in Scotland
恭喜發財! To celebrate Lunar New Year, one writer explores the significance of the holiday for many ESEA communities in Scotland Read more »| 31 Jan 2022 -
Features
Beacons In The Dark: The power of radical hope
As another year rolls around and everything is still on fire, one self-described radical pessimist reflects on the power of hope during times of despair Read more »| 20 Jan 2022 -
Opinion
Love Bites: On Audio Equipment
This month’s columnist measures their love of audio storytelling through her haul of podcasting equipment Read more »| 19 Jan 2022 -
Features
Counting Communities: Using LGBTQ+ data to take action
The next Scottish census takes place in March 2022 and aims to shine a light on LGBTQ+ communities. Kevin Guyan, author of Queer Data, reflects on what the census could mean for communities that have been historically understood as ‘hard to reach’ Read more »| 06 Jan 2022