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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OpinionLove Bites: Bleeding Out in RPGs
This month’s columnist explores the phenomenon of 'bleed' in RPGs, where real life and your role in the game start to influence one another Read more »| 14 Sep 2021 -
OpinionLove Bites: On Coffee Shop Tables
This month's columnist explores the role of coffee shop tables in their professional, creative and personal life Read more »| 19 Aug 2021 -
OpinionLove Bites: Meet me at the cemetery gates
This month's columnist reflects on the macabre romanticism of cemeteries Read more »| 05 Jul 2021 -
OpinionLove Bites: An Ode to Oor Nikki Sturge
This month’s columnist explores why exactly they dig Scotland’s First Minister Read more »| 16 Jun 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 -
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
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OpinionWhy 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 -
OpinionLove 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 -
OpinionMaking BAME History Mandatory in Scottish education
During the Black Lives Matter protests last summer, Tobe Amamize was inspired to petition the Scottish government to incorporate Black, Asian and minority ethnic history in school curriculums. Here's why Read more »| 01 Feb 2021 -
OpinionLove 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 -
OpinionWhy 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 -
OpinionLove Bites: A Year of Solidarity for British East and South-East Asian Communities
This month's columnist reflects on how British East and South-East Asian communities have been brought closer together over 2020 Read more »| 07 Dec 2020 -
OpinionLove Bites: Back in My Body
This month's columnist reflects on how learning BTS' dance routines put her back in her body Read more »| 12 Nov 2020 -
OpinionWatching the US election as an American abroad
The US presidential election takes place this week; one American living in Scotland reflects on experiencing it from across the pond Read more »| 02 Nov 2020