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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OpinionProposal & Policy: Same-sex marriage in Scotland, 10 years on
With a decade of same-sex marriage in Scotland upon us, Kevin Guyan unpacks queer rights today, accessing a legible life, and the disruptive potential of a gay husband Read more »| 29 Jan 2024 -
OpinionGeneral Strike For Bodily Rights: Understanding welfare in a capitalist state
Between unending waiting lists and impossible medical bills, bodily autonomy is under threat – especially for trans people. Our Theatre Editor unpacks how reproductive and gender affirming care intersect with financial freedoms and constraints Read more »| 17 Jan 2024 -
OpinionHolding Still: On life modelling & bodily perceptions
A number of poses, a number of sketches – life modelling is a practice unto itself. One writer explores learning to see oneself and be seen in the artist's studio and beyond Read more »| 16 Jan 2024 -
OpinionLove Bites: R'n'B Romance
This month's columnist explores harnessing the warm passion and intimacy of RnB music in the cold, dark winter Read more »| 16 Jan 2024 -
OpinionAsk Anahit: Doomed to Fail?
In this month's advice column, one person asks how to navigate a relationship that is (maybe) doomed Read more »| 10 Jan 2024 -
OpinionLove Bites: An Unexpected Stranger
This month's columnist reflects on navigating an illness in teenagehood as a relationship Read more »| 07 Dec 2023
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IntersectionsConnections in the Cold: Polyamory & community in Winter
It's getting pretty cold and 'cuffing season' is here – but monogamy isn't the only relationship structure that can bring us warmth. We speak to some folk about their experiences of polyamory and the intimacy it can offer, in winter and beyond Read more »| 05 Dec 2023 -
OpinionAsk Anahit: Baby It's Cold Inside
As winter fully settles in, this month's advice column looks at how you can have sex when it's too cold to take your clothes off Read more »| 05 Dec 2023 -
OpinionBearing Witness: The value of online activism - now and always
Amid ongoing atrocities, digital engagement is far from futile – rather, it is key in demanding change. One writer reflects on building online solidarity and holding truth in urgent times Read more »| 28 Nov 2023 -
OpinionLove Bites: A Letterboxd Lens
This month's columnist celebrates imperfect love, films about hobbies, and online obsessions Read more »| 13 Nov 2023 -
OpinionSaving Words: On the Importance of Libraries
Cuts, cuts, and more cuts – our libraries are under attack. One writer reflects on a lifelong love for her local library and the need to keep the doors open, especially in these difficult times Read more »| 10 Nov 2023 -
OpinionAsk Rho: The State of the Arts
This month's columnist ponders whether it's worth it to keep your dream job if it's terrible (no) Read more »| 09 Nov 2023 -
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Love Bites: Bedroom Pop Moments
This month's columnist reflects on Astra King's debut EP, nostalgia, and first loves in the digital age Read more »| 17 Oct 2023 -
OpinionAnother Way: Unpacking transformative justice
The justice system isn't always all that just. Prisons and dodgy public spending, policing and state violence – but what if there was another way? We have a closer look at transformative justice and explore its potential in Scotland's future Read more »| 11 Oct 2023 -
OpinionAdolescence and the Scottish independence movement
Coming-of-age is tough – for a person and a nation. One writer reflects on maturing alongside the Scottish independence movement, navigating an adolescent selfhood, and the growing support for an open, progressive nation Read more »| 10 Oct 2023