Features
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FeaturesLove Bites: Cutting Hair, Coming Together
This month's columnist finds care and community in hair cuts Read more »| 14 Jun 2022 -
FeaturesFriendships in flux: On re-thinking relationships
Friendships are complicated – they form, fall apart, and come together again. One writer considers navigating these changes Read more »| 14 Jun 2022 -
FeaturesReigning in Scotland: Young Scots on the upcoming Jubilee
With the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee coming up, we talk to young Scots about abolishing the monarchy, Scottish independence, and symbols of the state Read more »| 30 May 2022 -
FeaturesHow 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 -
IntersectionsLearning 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 -
IntersectionsLove Bites: Running with my Pegasus
This month’s columnist reflects on running through life’s ups and downs Read more »| 02 May 2022
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FeaturesWar 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 -
FeaturesLove Bites: On Okra Stew
This month's Love Bites columnist reflects on maternal love and okra stew Read more »| 28 Mar 2022 -
FeaturesIf 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 -
FeaturesQueerantine: 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 -
FeaturesChecking 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 -
FeaturesYear 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 -
FeaturesBeacons 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 -
FeaturesCounting 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 -
FeaturesRedesign the Night: Safer spaces in Scotland's clubs
At the end of a year that has once again revealed the dangers faced by women and people from marginalised genders at night, we meet some of those working to properly and authentically implement safer space policy in the club scene Read more »| 14 Dec 2021