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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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 -
OpinionLove Bites: On Audio Equipment
This month’s columnist measures their love of audio storytelling through her haul of podcasting equipment Read more »| 19 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 -
OpinionLove Bites: Conversations with Exes
This month's columnist reflects on why they've felt unlucky in love through conversations with exes Read more »| 15 Dec 2021 -
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
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OpinionLove Bites: Self-Love Selling Out
This month's columnist explores the crisis of commodified self-love Read more »| 25 Nov 2021 -
FeaturesCOP26 Coalition on mobilising for climate justice
COP26 has finally arrived in Glasgow. We speak to the COP26 Coalition, a fringe movement of over 200 civil societies, about mobilising to fight for climate justice during the conference and far beyond Read more »| 01 Nov 2021 -
InterviewsRhyze Up: Edinburgh’s radical mushroom farmers
We speak to Rhyze about growing fungi, empowering their community through food and the radical potential of the humble mushroom Read more »| 12 Oct 2021 -
FeaturesKaleidoscopes of Gender: On using multiple pronouns
Gender is always in flux and so are pronouns we use to describe our gender identity. One writer explores their/her pronouns and speaks to others about their relationships to using multiple pronouns Read more »| 11 Oct 2021 -
OpinionLove Bites: Radio Polyamory
During a period of exceptionally limited options, here's how our Art Editor accidentally fell in love with former BBC 6 Music host Shaun Keaveny Read more »| 27 Sep 2021 -
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 -
BooksLet's Talk About Sex, Baby: Rachel Thompson interview
We chat with author and journalist Rachel Thompson about her new book Rough: How Violence Found Its Way Into the Bedroom, ways of addressing sexual violence within society, and the importance of going beyond consent Read more »| 14 Sep 2021 -
FeaturesHow lockdown has created more money worries for young people
As restrictions lift and life starts going back to some normality, we speak to young people about how spending the last year-and-a-bit in lockdown has changed their attitudes towards money Read more »| 08 Sep 2021 -
FeaturesWhat The Sims taught me about living
With the arrival of a new expansion pack, Cottage Living, one writer contemplates what The Sims has taught them about idealising work, productivity and success Read more »| 30 Aug 2021