Opinion
Opinion pieces from our Intersections writers. Read the full archive of our Love Bites columns, where our writers share the things, people and places they love the most.
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OpinionHold, Speak, Release: Voice notes in the time of Coronavirus
While self-isolating, voice notes became a social lifeline for this writer. Here’s why they could well be the perfect form of lockdown communication Read more »| 30 Mar 2020 -
OpinionLove Bites: On Solo Cinema Trips
This month's columnist makes the case for his love of sitting alone in the cinema Read more »| 10 Mar 2020 -
OpinionLove Bites: Food as a love language
This month's columnist explores how her relationship with her mother is articulated through food Read more »| 07 Feb 2020 -
OpinionRevenge porn, and trust in the age of nudes
After finding images of herself on a revenge porn website, one writer contemplates how we can trust in the age of online dating and "send nudes" Read more »| 07 Feb 2020 -
OpinionWatching the news as a second-generation Iranian immigrant
2020 started with the US assassination of Qassem Soleimani, throwing Iran into turmoil and causing World War III to trend on Twitter. Here's what watching the news unfold felt like to this second-generation Iranian immigrant Read more »| 03 Feb 2020 -
OpinionCyber Queers: Digital communication and community
This month's columnist considers what makes up online queer communities Read more »| 13 Jan 2020
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OpinionA Language Fit For Two: Dating and Speech Impediments
This month's columnist writes about building a language while struggling to speak Read more »| 05 Dec 2019 -
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Make Ecology Sweet Again: On love and ecological existentialism
This month’s columnist asks how love and ecology relate to one another Read more »| 01 Nov 2019 -
OpinionOur Home Is (Literally) On Fire: On the politics of disasters
From the Amazon to Scottish flat blocks, fire disasters are political. One writer explores how a fire above his home connects to a fire in his other home, Brazil Read more »| 25 Oct 2019 -
OpinionSetting the Rules: On friends becoming lovers
This month’s columnist explores when friendship crosses over romance Read more »| 04 Oct 2019 -
OpinionFall where they may: Tarot in the internet age
Tarot card readings have never been more popular. One writer explores how this boom is a cause and effect of the internet Read more »| 02 Oct 2019 -
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Community Circles: On Transitioning and Community
One writer explores how LGBTQ+ communities and spaces change during transitioning Read more »| 16 Sep 2019 -
OpinionFriendship shouldn't come at a cost
Sparked by a controversial tweet, one writer reflects on whether friendship has to come at a – very literal – cost Read more »| 04 Sep 2019 -
OpinionGet Off the Grid: Instagram and Environmentalism
As Instagram environmental influencers take off, one writer explores the problem of environmental activism and capitalism’s unlikely union Read more »| 08 Aug 2019 -
OpinionHow the UK 'Porn Block' could damage sex education
As the British government pushes back enforcing age-verification porn legislation for the third time, we look at what this badly thought out "Porn Block" policy would entail and its potential to damage young people's sex education Read more »| 17 Jul 2019