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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OpinionLove Bites: Dinner With Strangers
This month’s columnist reflects on sharing a meal with future friends Read more »| 12 Aug 2025 -
Opinion90 Days: Why daily challenges still won’t save us
Total transformation is only a few dozen lonely days away. One writer unpacks our endless fixation with daily challenges and questions whether there’s more to life than self-discipline Read more »| 05 Aug 2025 -
FeaturesAsk Anahit: No Touchy
In this month's advice column, one reader asks how to tell a friend that they get too touchy-feely when drunk (but otherwise is very normal and great) Read more »| 03 Aug 2025 -
OpinionUnfit For A King: On taking the stage with pride this August
Who is festival season for, anyways? Spoken word poet Oliver Robertson reflects on finding creativity in community, bringing working class Scottish stories to an international stage and the importance of the Free Fringe, for artists and audiences alike. Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
ArtTatreez as a symbol of Palestinian culture
A tale of threads, travel, storytelling and collective histories form a pair of Scottish exhibitions which explore the tatreez – traditional Palestinian embroidery which shares the stories, lineages, hopes and dreams of the Palestinian women who create it Read more »| 16 Jul 2025 -
InterviewsJust Transition: In conversation with Climate Camp Scotland
We meet with Climate Camp Scotland to discuss reclaiming green spaces, taking on the far right, and building a climate justice movement that welcomes everyone Read more »| 11 Jul 2025
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OpinionRegional Retail Therapy: The forgotten value of Scottish shopping centres
Weekend hours spent under the fluorescent lighting of suburban consumerism – count us in. One writer hails the brilliance of ageing Scottish shopping centres as a social hub, local treasure and provider of good old-fashioned tat Read more »| 10 Jul 2025 -
OpinionAsk Anahit: Employee Relations
In this month's advice column, one reader wonders whether they should start things up with a colleague Read more »| 08 Jul 2025 -
OpinionLove Bites: Carrie Bradshaw and Co
This month’s columnist reflects on the enduring allure of Sex and the City Read more »| 08 Jul 2025 -
OpinionLove Bites: Desire Paths
This month’s columnist reflects on taking the road less travelled Read more »| 17 Jun 2025 -
FeaturesThe Category Is: A first read of Kevin Guyan’s Rainbow Trap
The politics of classifications and LGBTQ lives are ever-complex – and marriage certificates are just the start. In Rainbow Trap, Kevin Guyan reveals how the fight for LGBTQ equalities in the UK is shaped – and constrained – by everyday classifications Read more »| 12 Jun 2025 -
OpinionAsk Anahit: Get Over It
In this month's advice column, one reader asks how to tell a friend to move on from a past relationship Read more »| 12 Jun 2025 -
OpinionMigration Sounds: How radio travels distances
How does music cross a border? Laila Ghaffar reflects on curating connection via co-hosting a radio show amid ongoing border tensions between India and Pakistan Read more »| 10 Jun 2025 -
InterviewsCurating Community: In conversation with Refugee Festival Scotland
Ahead of Refugee Festival Scotland this month, we chat with Esraa Husain, the festival’s Programming Fellow, about creating safe spaces, platforming refugee voices and welcoming communities far and wide Read more »| 05 Jun 2025 -
InterviewsGood News Travels Fast: In Conversation with Dyke News Scotland
A queer Agony Aunt, an excess of crosswords and yearning poetry abound – Dyke News Scotland is the DIY lesbian newsletter we’ve all been waiting for. We chat with the collective about the power of print and connecting queer communities across the country Read more »| 05 Jun 2025