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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FeaturesHow lockdown has changed our idea of friendship
As lockdown eases and we start seeing friends in groups again, it's natural to feel a bit on edge. We speak to psychologists about managing anxiety while socialising in the new normal, healthy boundaries and if friendship has changed over the last year Read more »| 07 Jun 2021 -
FeaturesWatch 12 short films by Scottish East and South East Asian Creatives
Watch short films from artists, photographers, authors and musicians, accompanying our in-depth look at Scottish East and South East Asian creativity Read more »| 20 May 2021 -
FeaturesHow AI chatbots are fulfilling our needs
Assistant AI is everywhere, from Alexa to customer service chatbots. But now tech is being trained to become our emotional and sexual partners Read more »| 12 May 2021 -
OpinionLove Bites: Memory sounds of making coffee
This month's columnist explores the memory sound associated with making a bubbling pot of coffee Read more »| 10 May 2021 -
FeaturesNavigating queer physical spaces post-lockdown
We speak to queer people who embraced their sexuality during lockdown about entering IRL queer spaces for the first time Read more »| 03 May 2021 -
FeaturesTop of the Pops, nostalgia, and lockdown
Suddenly back at her childhood home during the pandemic, one writer explores how old Top of the Pops clips got her through lockdown – and closer to her parents Read more »| 26 Apr 2021
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OpinionLove Bites: On Finding Your Way With Aretha Franklin
This month's columnist explores finding his way through life with the music of Aretha Franklin Read more »| 26 Apr 2021 -
SexualityWhy Dating Apps Still Suck for Trans People
Dating apps are tricky to navigate for everyone, but they're even trickier if you don't fit big tech's gender mould. Here one writer reflects on why dating apps need to become more inclusive to transgender and non-binary users Read more »| 29 Mar 2021 -
SexualityLove Bites: Michelin stars in our eyes
This month's columnist finds lockdown joy in the magic of MasterChef Read more »| 16 Mar 2021 -
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Love Bites: Making friends in new cities
This month's columnist reflects on the vulnerability of finding new friends in new places Read more »| 23 Feb 2021 -
SexualityHow Asian food Instagram joyously resists racism
Lockdown and restaurants closing has devastated and isolated diaspora communities. We explore how food Instagram accounts have been keeping communities connected, celebrating heritage and fighting racism Read more »| 11 Feb 2021 -
SexualityLove Bites: The Fuzzy, Liminal Spaces of a Night Out
This month's columnist reflects on the best, and most missed, part of a night out Read more »| 18 Jan 2021 -
SexualityMeet the Edinburgh Queer Skate Collective
The Edinburgh Queer Skate Collective is only a few months old but it's already making a lot of noise. We chat to the Collective about safe skating spaces, names and communal joy Read more »| 13 Jan 2021 -
SexualityWhy you should join your local tenants' union
Scotland's housing problems predate COVID-19 but the pandemic has made tenants even more vulnerable. One writer explores how tenants' unions, like Living Rent, are fighting back Read more »| 05 Jan 2021 -
SexualityHow statues became ideological battlegrounds in 2020
Statues have loomed large over 2020, from Edward Colston sleeping with the fishes to the recent Mary Wollstonecraft disaster. We take a look at how questioning statues has been a questioning of our collective memory Read more »| 10 Dec 2020