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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OpinionLove Bites: Sleepover Club
This month's columnist celebrates the sacred ritual of a sleepover with friends Read more »| 12 Feb 2025 -
OpinionFamily Phrases: On reconnection and returning
One writer reflects on a recent trip to China and navigating familial relationships via linguistic and geographical distances Read more »| 16 Jan 2025 -
OpinionHope as Resolution: Holding each other in 2025
For all its joy, 2024 brought great hardship – both at home and away. As we emerge from the holiday season, we unpack how to prioritise hope in the new year Read more »| 15 Jan 2025 -
OpinionLove Bites: Poolside People
This month’s columnist reflects on the community joy of a local swimming pool Read more »| 14 Jan 2025 -
OpinionOnline Only: On the UK’s new digital-first immigration process
The Home Office most certainly likes to keep busy. One writer explores the true cost of the UK’s digital border Read more »| 12 Dec 2024 -
OpinionLove Bites: Dance With Me
This month’s columnist reflects on embracing dancing at parties and the embarrassment that ensues Read more »| 11 Dec 2024
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OpinionAsk Anahit: Double Trouble
In this month's advice column, one reader – gasp! – fancies more than one person at a time Read more »| 10 Dec 2024 -
FeaturesRadical Review: The organisations who sought change in 2024
At the end of a difficult year, we’re grateful for the grassroots organisations who have shown us another way. We unpack a handful of these groups' practices and teachings, and look towards 2025 with hope Read more »| 09 Dec 2024 -
OpinionCommunity Fair: On local, loveable Christmas Markets
There's community to be found at a queer choir's Govanhill Christmas market Read more »| 27 Nov 2024 -
FeaturesFair Saturday on their 2024 programme
As November arrives, we’re looking forward to Fair Saturday – a festival like no other. We chat to the Fair Saturday Foundation about the value of the arts, money well spent, and this year’s stellar programme Read more »| 08 Nov 2024 -
OpinionAsk Anahit: Friend Crush
In this month's advice column, one person asks what to do about a pesky crush on a friend Read more »| 07 Nov 2024 -
FeaturesPassing Pixels: On contemporary meme culture
From Word Art sweet nothings to hyper-specific starter packs, memes are now commonplace in our everyday lives – but what does it all meme? We unpack the astronomical power of online humour to construct both utopias and dystopias Read more »| 06 Nov 2024 -
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Love Bites: Open Mic, Open Hearts
This month’s columnist celebrates the quiet joy of an evening spent in an audience of strangers Read more »| 31 Oct 2024 -
OpinionCarving Traditions: Halloween from the margins
It's that time of year: toffee apples, green-lit and cobwebbed club nights, all-too-flammable costumes – just about anything goes. One writer reflects on the radical Halloween histories of marginalised genders and queer folk Read more »| 16 Oct 2024 -
InterviewsApple of Our Eye: In conversation with Glasgow Apple Pressing
Apple picking season has never tasted so sweet. We speak with volunteer-run Glasgow Apple Pressing about public services, sustainable community building, and (of course) freshly pressed apple juice Read more »| 15 Oct 2024