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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FeaturesHow Scotland’s clubs are failing LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people
Clubs for LGBTQ+ women and gender non-conforming people are severely lacking in Scotland. We talk to people in the queer clubbing scene who are fighting to create safe social spaces about why inclusive parties are so hard to find and maintain Read more »| 29 Oct 2018 -
FeaturesA Fiction That Never Ends: Love & Call Me By Your Name
This month, a writer explores fandom obsession through her love for Call Me By Your Name Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
FeaturesGood Vibrations: The New Cult of Ecosexual Self-Care
A new abundance of ecosex toys claim to be the route to wellness but when crystal dildos and foliage floggers are priced beyond reach, is free love really free? Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
Music
Power of Sound: How radio can help combat loneliness
As we look for solutions to what some are calling a loneliness epidemic, it could be time to re-evaluate the importance of older technologies and how they make us feel Read more »| 01 Oct 2018 -
Features
The Modern Day Feminist Magick of a Coven
Fed up with society’s casual misogyny? Here’s why a group of women came together to form a coven Read more »| 01 Oct 2018 -
Features
What we learned at 2018’s Resisting Whiteness Conference
Resisting Whiteness is about how we can create long-term, institutional anti-racist action in the UK. Here’s a breakdown of what we learned at this year’s conference Read more »| 28 Sep 2018
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FeaturesDundee welcomes first LGBTQ+ Pride event
Dundee is a great place to be this Saturday with the city celebrating the first LGBTQ+ Pride march taking place Read more »| 17 Sep 2018 -
Features
Reporting Sexual Assault at Uni
University is supposed to be some of your greatest years, yet 62% of students will experience sexual assault at some point. Here's how to report it Read more »| 13 Sep 2018 -
Interviews
Introducing our new column on love
Love is a complex thing, so we're going to explore it in this new column. Our Intersections editor has the details Read more »| 06 Sep 2018 -
Features
How Skater Girls are Tackling Sexism in the Sport
One skater girl recalls her experience of getting back on a board and learns how women are taking a stand against sexism in the skatepark Read more »| 06 Sep 2018 -
Features
Queering the Map on capturing LGBTQ+ history
We speak to Queering the Map, the digital, crowd-sourced mapping project memorialising queer existence and history across the world Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Travel
The realities of travelling as a black woman
One writer explores what it means to travel as a black woman and why despite its difficulties, she always encourages people of colour to go Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
Opinion
Why the toxic myth of the male genius must die
The notion of the male genius sits at the heart of our artistic and cultural life – here's why it's time to rip it up and start again Read more »| 01 Aug 2018 -
Features
The NHS at 70, by the immigrants who make it
Free, universal healthcare is a privilege most of us take for granted in this country. We talk to healthcare professionals who have chosen to work in the UK about what the NHS means to them on its 70th birthday Read more »| 30 Jul 2018 -
Opinion
Wearing Thin: How the high street fails minorities
As big brands cash in on millennial tastes with gender-neutral, plus size and so-called 'modest' ranges, one writer takes stock of their shortfalls Read more »| 04 Jul 2018