It was on one of these lazy days, right at the very beginning of the year, that I first had the conversation which has inspired (and soundtracked!) this article. My...

Up in a small corner of the gallery I volunteer at lies a piece titled ‘Limits To Play’, by CelineCondorelli. It consists of overlapping lines, depicting the years in which...

Men who were asked the question shifted as if they were trespassing a political territory where they could either team up with the likes of Piers Morgan, or say something...

In my bag I have my essentials for the first date: my lipstick, a book for the journey, and the mask that I’ve spent my life hiding behind. With each...

A Wild PlaceThis month I had the opportunity to visit one of Scotland’s wildest places: the KnoydartPeninsula. Not only was I filled with awe among the vastness of the area,...

Typically we associate extinction with endangered animals and dinosaurs; in mainstream discourse around climate change it’s a term that people generally understand but don’t necessarily associate with OUR time because...

The idea that our politics and political decision-making should be rational, and sit above our messy, irrational emotions, is not new or uncommon. “Facts don’t care about your feelings” has...

Pride month can be a time where we think back to the beginning of our journey, whether that is coming out or your queer awakening, and the complicated feelings that...

James Baldwin, discussing the mythology of the American Dream, spoke the words ‘I have no dream job, I do not dream of labour’.  Decades later, these words are a popular...

For the past fifteen years society has hounded a particular archetype, seeking an excuse to live tweet or to whip up an Instagram graphic on how progressive our thinking is....

For the last few weeks social media channels have been saturated with clips of Johnny Depp’s charming responses to Heard’s lawyer’s awkward interrogations. His response to his own question as...

The night after we watched L'événement (Happening), a 2021 French drama currently receiving a British release, two of my friends had dreams about being pregnant. This, I think, is the...

For many, their sexual fantasies are a source of shame, a well-kept secret or even a source of anxiety. For others, sexual fantasies are no different from the sex they...

I feel that the label ‘transmisogyny’ is a bit opaque. It often describes many of the moments where transfemme people are understood and treated as ‘biologically male’ by one means...

Content warning: homophobia, transphobia “Now is the time to end the culture of self-doubt, the constant self-questioning and introspection – the ludicrous debates about languages, statues and pronouns…” Liz Truss,...