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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OpinionFree Bleeding: Sweat, Tears and Bloody Taboos
Deviance investigates why shame-free menstruation is about more than making strangers uncomfortable. Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
FestivalsFringe 2015: Comedy and Body Image
Helen Duff and Dave Chawner discuss body image, eating disorders and their Edinburgh Fringe shows. Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
OpinionCouchsurfin' USA: The Female Travelling Experience
Taking stock of the perks and pains that the patriarchy holds for women backpacking across North America Read more »| 07 Aug 2015 -
Opinion
Memoirs of a Sex Shop Worker: Another Day, Another Dildo
Our former Northwest clubs editor spins us a yarn or two about his time spent working in an adult shop Read more »| 28 Jul 2015 -
Opinion
Panic at the Porno: Moral panics and amateur porn
What do processed meat and amateur porn have in common? Liv McMahon examines the moral panic surrounding the amateur adult industry, and explains why she feels torn when it comes to porn. Contains graphic descriptions. Read more »| 07 Jul 2015 -
Opinion
Japanese Shibari Rope Bondage with Skinny Redhead: Artfully Bound
Skinny Redhead talks rope bondage, Japanese Shibari and why she's keen to bring rope work out of the fetish world and into the mainstream during next month's Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 07 Jul 2015
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OpinionHow to Date a Feminist
(Tip #1: Don't assume they're a dominatrix). Deviance questions the fetishisation of feminism and its consequences for sexual liberation Read more »| 11 Jun 2015 -
Features
In the Deep End: Skinny Dipping in Glasgow
“HALT! ABORT! YOU’RE NOT WEARING ANY CLOTHES!” - The story of Deviance's debut skinny dip with Glasgow Continental. Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Opinion
The Monotony of Monogamy
Monogamy schmonogamy: Liv McMahon discusses the intrigue of polyamory in a society of tables for two Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
Features
Marriage Rights: Trying to be Civil
In an opposite-sex relationship and fancy a civil partnership? Tough luck. Here's why you should be furious, and what campaigning couple Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan are doing about it Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
Features
Are you perving responsibly?
The clubbing scene has a whole lot to learn from its kinkier cousin, the fetish club Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
Opinion
Opinion: Behold the Meninists
Meninism: just like feminism, except really shit Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Features
Erotic Explorers
Intrigued by BDSM but unsure where to begin? Fret not, you kinky ragamuffin - Matthew Bobbu is here to enlighten us all on everything from munches to mantras, anal to zentai. Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
Opinion
V is for Vagina
Jessica Walsh discusses the costs of nudity-shaming and wonders why we can't all just call a spade a... well, a vagina actually. This article features discussion of sexual abuse. Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
Opinion
Opinion: A Hong Kong of Soulmates
Valentine's Day: blame Plato Read more »| 09 Feb 2015