Meet the CB team: Zoe Robertson

Name and role: Zoe Robertson, Arts and Culture Editor Fun fact: I am a published horror and science fiction author, and I used to write songs for a comedy band....
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Meet the CB team: Sophie Nankivell

Name and role: Sophie Nankivell, Poetry Editor Fun fact: I moved to Edinburgh from Australia to pursue my English Literature degree (& in order to soak up those good, good...
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Meet the CB team: Meg McGrath

Name and role:  Meg McGrath, Environmental Editor Fun fact:  My protest placards have made it to multiple national news websites/papers What does intersectional feminism mean to you? Fighting against all systems of oppression,...
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Sex Offenders and Polygraph Tests

Convicted terrorists out of prison on license could be subjected to polygraph tests to prove they have been deradicalized. Polygraph tests. These machines, which have been experiencing something of a...
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Foreign Film Recommendations

At the most recent Golden Globes, Parasite director Bong Joon-ho called for Western filmgoers to ‘overcome the 1 inch tall barrier of subtitles [because] you will be introduced to so...
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(Almost) a decade in words

I am constantly amazed by words- in awe of them, surprised, truly captivated by their power. These jiggly little symbols that allow us to express! These arbitrary squiggles through which...
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Fighting Transphobia Part 2

Click here to read part one. Fighting Transphobia Part 2: The Media THE MEDIA AND DEBATE The media, especially in the UK can go a long way to promoting transphobic...
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A Decade in Tomes

2009: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel ‘Beneath every history, another history.’ Mantel’s sympathetic portrayal of Thomas Cromwell offered a new perspective on the royal court and family, and how England’s...
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Fighting Transphobia

Part 1: Identifying Transphobia By Hazel Sanderson C.W: sexual assault, transphobia, homophobia I’m not going to debate here whether trans people exist, or whether we deserve rights, the science is...
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This Week in Trans Rights

Forstater worked for an international thinktank that campaigned against poverty and inequality. When colleagues of Forstater alerted their employer to the dehumanising things she had tweeted, they decided not to...
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Celebration of Diversity pt. Three

An Evening for Everyone Friday 8th of November saw the third annual show of I Am More Than’s ‘Celebration of Diversity’ event in the heart of the Capital. Located at...
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Dungeons and Dragons and Inclusivity

Having joined the community of table-top role-players in Edinburgh earlier this year, I was struck by the diversity of the community. More and more, the D&D community is becoming a...
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