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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OpinionSetting the Rules: On friends becoming lovers
This month’s columnist explores when friendship crosses over romance Read more »| 04 Oct 2019 -
OpinionFall where they may: Tarot in the internet age
Tarot card readings have never been more popular. One writer explores how this boom is a cause and effect of the internet Read more »| 02 Oct 2019 -
FeaturesHow sexual health clinics are failing bisexual men
One writer explores how bisexual men are slipping between the cracks of sexual healthcare Read more »| 30 Sep 2019 -
OpinionCommunity Circles: On Transitioning and Community
One writer explores how LGBTQ+ communities and spaces change during transitioning Read more »| 16 Sep 2019 -
OpinionFriendship shouldn't come at a cost
Sparked by a controversial tweet, one writer reflects on whether friendship has to come at a – very literal – cost Read more »| 04 Sep 2019 -
FeaturesMental Health and the Gig Economy
As we move towards a future where more of us are working freelance, one writer looks at the pros and cons of the gig economy for those with mental health conditions Read more »| 30 Aug 2019
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OpinionGet Off the Grid: Instagram and Environmentalism
As Instagram environmental influencers take off, one writer explores the problem of environmental activism and capitalism’s unlikely union Read more »| 08 Aug 2019 -
FeaturesA Guide to Edinburgh Fringe Hook-ups
As an influx of visitors hit Edinburgh (and Tinder) for the Edinburgh festivals, here’s how to navigate the minefield that is dating during the Fringe Read more »| 02 Aug 2019 -
OpinionHow the UK 'Porn Block' could damage sex education
As the British government pushes back enforcing age-verification porn legislation for the third time, we look at what this badly thought out "Porn Block" policy would entail and its potential to damage young people's sex education Read more »| 17 Jul 2019 -
OpinionDigital Locket: On Lock Screens & Memories
One writer explores how her phone can act as a digital locket to hang onto vital connections and memories Read more »| 11 Jul 2019 -
FeaturesSex on the Brain: what it's like dating with dyspraxia
Dating is difficult enough as it is but throw a neurological disorder in there and things become even more complicated. One writer asks those with dyspraxia how the condition affects their love life Read more »| 04 Jul 2019 -
FeaturesApply Yourself: On phones, apps and grief
Phones get a bad rap for harming our mental health, but one writer explores how apps and social media can be harnessed for good Read more »| 02 Jul 2019 -
OpinionSausages: On Fry Ups & Grief
This month's Intersections columnist explores how grief and love goes into sausages Read more »| 04 Jun 2019 -
FeaturesPride and Prejudice: What Pride means in 2019
As Pride season descends upon the UK’s cities again, we ask some of Intersections’ LGBTQ+ writers what Pride – the march and queer pride – means to them Read more »| 31 May 2019 -
OpinionImpostor Syndrome: How society makes a fraud of you
One writer asks if impostor syndrome is all in our heads or if something more socially insidious is at play Read more »| 27 May 2019