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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OpinionWhy I'm Rejecting Alicia Keys' No Makeup Movement
We need more than a humlebraggy hashtag – #NoMakeup is just a single puzzle piece in a picture of facial freedom Read more »| 04 Nov 2016 -
OpinionReclaim the Night
I grabbed my phone and typed to anyone I thought might still be awake: "There is a man trying to get into my house and I don’t know what to do" We are not past the point where men believe they can simply do anything to a woman Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Opinion
7 Bullshit Excuses for Racist Halloween Costumes
Ah, there's a chill in the air and the scent of carved pumpkins lingers. As Halloween approaches, the temptation to dress up like a racist stereotype inexpli... Read more »| 25 Oct 2016 -
MusicSound Experiments: Manchester’s Women & Non-Binaries
Witchy noise echoes across buckled redbrick walls; Water are playing at Salford’s Islington Mill as part of an all-women line-up including Bruxa I... Read more »| 17 Oct 2016 -
Film
Manchester Queer Media Festival reveals programme
The full programme has been announced for the third annual Queer Media Festival, which will take place at HOME, Manchester on 5 November. Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
Art74 Years of Strength: Miss Major interview
Miss Major is warm, sharp and candid about her decades of strength and struggle for the respect of her communities. She speaks to The Skinny ahead of her appearance at this month's Arika Read more »| 05 Oct 2016
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OpinionSave Your Self Care
As we approach World Mental Health Day, we question the internet’s hazardous habit of prescribing self care ‘hacks’ in lieu of legitimate support and guidance Read more »| 03 Oct 2016 -
Books
From pulp to corsets: lesbian literary stereotypes
Vita Sackville-West was a writer who happily shunted the boundaries of literary form, along with the imposed norms of gender and sexuality. As her granddaugh... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Features
Black History Month 2016: Where We Stand
Does filming and sharing the strife of black people harm more than it helps? Rianna Walcott questions the most dangerous black tropes and surveys a history of white gaze on black pain Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Features
X Marks The Spot: SQIFF, Porn, and Tabloid Outrage
Scottish Queer International Film Festival's Porn Filmmaking workshop has sparked tabloid ire; our Deviance editor takes a look Read more »| 20 Sep 2016 -
Students
The Art of Sending Nudes: A Guide
Uni + alcohol + Snapchat = nudes. Here's Deviance's guide to baring it all without accidentally ruining your life Read more »| 14 Sep 2016 -
Students
A Freshers' Guide to One Night Stands
Deviance picks the brains of sex blogger Cheryl Kaye (HornyGeekGirl), The Vagenda co-founder / editor Holly Baxter and our own faithful contributors to bring you a (sorta) comprehensive guide to no-strings boning. YOU ARE WELCOME. Read more »| 09 Sep 2016 -
Opinion
Carly Rae Jepsen and the Queerification of Pop
We've come a long, long way since Katy Perry's accidental girl-kissing... Read more »| 26 Aug 2016 -
Opinion
How to be Single: The Story of My Dating Hiatus
There's a lot to be learned from self-imposed singleness, as Chloë Maughan learned when she abstained from romantic interactions for a whole year Read more »| 04 Aug 2016 -
Opinion
Sub-Prime: Is May vs. Leadsom Good for Feminism?
Spoiler: no, it fucking well isn't. Read more »| 08 Jul 2016