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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Opinion
Egg Donation: One Year On
Egg donation may have had no physical impact, but being a bio-mum has sparked some realisations for Ana Hine Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Opinion
Life Is Too Short to Shave
How many minutes, hours, days of your life have you spent keeping your body hair in check? Tasha Lee argues women could be putting that time to better use Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
Opinion
Breast Censorship
We chat to Daria D’Beauvoix talks about her recent breach of Facebook’s ‘nudity’ rules and what this social media policing of women’s bodies really means Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
Opinion
Shamelessly Safe
Fighting the stigma of being prepared – Matthew Bobbu Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
Opinion
Good Girls Don't Get Pregnant
Our Deviance editor Tasha Lee ponders the practicalities of motherhood Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Opinion
Why I’m Not an Activist
Being an activist is a public job. You sign your name on the dotted line, you retweet, you’re photographed marching down the street. People see you sta... Read more »| 10 Jul 2014
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Opinion
Taking the 'Casual' Out of Sex
When it comes to intimacy, have we become too blasé? Read more »| 01 Jul 2014 -
Features
Fighting The Stigma: discussing LGBT+ identity and mental health
Katherine McMahon of LGBT Health and Wellbeing discusses her Speak Out creative writing project. Launched on 28 February as part of LGBT History Month it culminated in âNaked Among Thistlesâ: an anthology about LGBT+ identities and mental wellbeing Read more »| 04 Jun 2014 -
Features
Remembering Section 28
Religious Fascism, a new book on the repeal of Section 28 and the rise of religious extremism in Scotland was launched last month. We chatted to its author, Garry Otton, about the impact of the legislation Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
Features
Writing for Change: Heather Peace's big gay anthem
It’s about time that out actress and musician Heather Peace released what she describes as her ‘big, gay anthem’ Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
Opinion
Learning to Hold the Whip
A dominatrix reveals what it's like to inflict pain for a living Read more »| 26 May 2014 -
Opinion
Opinion: God Doesn’t ‘Hate Fags’ Anymore?
Is the hip, young, welcoming face of UK Christianity any less homophobic than the headline-grabbing fundamentalists across the pond? Read more »| 23 May 2014 -
Opinion
Appealing to 'Women' Voters
It dawned on me the other day that I don’t really care about Scottish independence as an issue. As someone who was born in England but has lived in Sco... Read more »| 21 May 2014 -
Opinion
Call of Patriarchy
In an unprecedented step for the Deviance section, we hear from a straight white male aged 12-30, reporting for duty to look at the patriarchy in gaming Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Opinion
Egg Donation: A Personal Story
About a year ago I wrote here about how I was thinking about donating some of my eggs. I subsequently did. This is that story Read more »| 07 Mar 2014