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 Your Fetish Is Just Fine
Why do we hide our kinks from others unless they're straight out of an E. L. James book? Deviance investigates Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
FeaturesYou Ain't Zine Nothing Yet: Feminism & Zines
Don’t think feminism has anything to gain from newsletters and zines? Maybe you're missing the point Read more »| 29 Apr 2016 -
Opinion
Calling Out Catcallers: Why #WhenIWas Isn't Enough
Street harassment may start in childhood, but it's a highly stressful and upsetting part of womanhood, too. Here's why we need to listen to all reports of abuse on our streets, regardless of the victim. Read more »| 22 Apr 2016 -
FeaturesMillennial Wankers: Erotic ASMR
Meet the mysterious world of people who get off on the sound of whispered sweet nothings from the lips of YouTubers they've never met... Read more »| 06 Apr 2016 -
Opinion
The Problem with Fuckboys
Perhaps the word 'fuckboy' isn't quite as empowering as we'd like to think. Deviance investigates Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
Features
International Women's Day Events in Scotland 2016
Presenting: your very own guide to International Women's Day 2016 in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee. High fiving your your fellow women has never been so easy... Read more »| 07 Mar 2016
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Opinion
Opinion: Don't feed the trolls, challenge them
The tired metaphor of the hungry troll has excused abhorrent online abuse for too long. It's time to stop starving trolls and start questioning humans. Read more »| 17 Feb 2016 -
Things To Do
A Guide to Valentine's Events in Scotland
Whether you're seeking date ideas, anti-Valentine's events or general distractions from the fact it's the most sickly day of the year, Valentine's weekend 2016 happens to be jammy-dodger packed with wicked events from Edinburgh to Glasgow... Read more »| 10 Feb 2016 -
Opinion
Opinion: Do Gentlemen Prefer Bland? De-feminising Tinder
Suffering from feminist fatigue this Valentine's day, our Deviance editor trades in her watertight Tinder profile for that of a Disney prom queen princess. The results are repulsive Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
Features
HIV, rainbows and LGBT History Month 2016
This LGBT History Month, Toby Sharpe explains the importance of acknowledging the whole story – beyond Caitlyn Jenner and glittery weddings. Read more »| 05 Feb 2016 -
Opinion
#Eatingclean: The Impossible Dream
From açaí to chia, gojis to yogis, Deviance takes a look into the perceived glamour of eating clean on Instagram Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
Opinion
Terrible Feminism: My three feminist flaws
From feeling validated by catcallers to burning Germaine Greer at the stake (figuratively), Rianna Walcott admits to three uncomfortable flaws she's noticed in her feminism. Read more »| 09 Dec 2015 -
Features
Chrimbophilia: A Very Kinky Christmas
Christmas time, mistletoe and wine. And Santa fetishes, apparently? Read more »| 08 Dec 2015 -
Opinion
Gay Malaise: Male-on-Male Gaze
As a young gay man, the prospect of approaching other men is often more than just nerve racking - it's dangerous. Deviance investigates... Read more »| 10 Nov 2015 -
Features
Renaming Deviance - Reader Poll
Crikey Moses – we're considering renaming Deviance! But we're not doing it without you... Read more »| 03 Nov 2015