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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FeaturesQueerantine: a non-binary journey through the pandemic
As we approach two years since the UK’s first lockdown, one writer explores their non-binary identity during the pandemic Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
OpinionLove Bites: Online Connections
This month's columnist reflects on online connections and long-distance internet friendships Read more »| 22 Feb 2022 -
FeaturesChecking Boxes: How opinion writing warped identity politics
First-person opinion writing has dominated British media in the last decade. Our departing Intersections Editor reflects on the impact this writing has had on identity politics in culture and in themselves Read more »| 10 Feb 2022 -
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
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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 -
Opinion
Love 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 -
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