Grieving in isolation
Writing by Annabel Wilde. Illustration by Abigail Featherstone. Why does grief feel worse right now? I was never prepared to experience...
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Dec 14, 20203 min read
Boys in Skirts
Writing by Heather Baillie. Illustration by Paola Lindo Valentina. As gentle guitar chords float through the air, our protagonist walks...
Nov 19, 20203 min read
How do we challenge commonplace racism and microaggressions? Place them in their rightful context.
Writing by Patrick Anderson. Illustration by Heather Baillie. For racism at Edinburgh University to be genuinely challenged, racism needs...
Nov 1, 20206 min read
Kamala Harris and the Misappropriation of Identity Politics
Writing by Paula Lacey. Illustration by David Richards. *Note from the editors; this is the first in a series of articles covering the US...
Nov 1, 20203 min read
The Cost of Transition
Writing by Justine White. Illustration by Justine White. Content Warning: suicide, gender dysphoria Distraught, I sit against my radiator...
Nov 1, 20203 min read
How Algorithms Use our Online Identities
Writing by Bec Savage. Illustration by Hannah Purdom. This year, our lives have been largely restricted to our screens. Our world is now...
Nov 1, 20203 min read
‘A New Leadership’, Starmer makes his pitch to the ‘Red Wall’
Writing by Joseph Mitchell. Illustration by Polly Burnay. On the 22nd of September, Labour’s new leader Keir Starmer took to the podium...
Nov 1, 20205 min read
Better Apart: The Voters Behind the Polls
Writing by Ali Gavin. Illustration by Hazel Laing. The issue of national independence, at any time, is bound up with ideas of both...
Nov 1, 20203 min read
'Oh, so Pollock then?' - Londoner Identity at Edinburgh University
Writing by Rosa Georgiou. Illustration by Justine White. Student culture at Edinburgh University has a highly curated image of Londoners....
Nov 1, 20203 min read
Student Identity: What has it become?
Writing by Kirsty Thomson. Illustration by Violet Colley. Picture a typical university student. What comes to mind? In years gone by, in...
Sep 9, 20205 min read
Funding for students at the University of Edinburgh
Writing by Annabel Wilde. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. (@amp_aesthetics on insta) As one of the most expensive cities for student...
Sep 9, 20206 min read
Even More Forgotten: UK Child Brides and COVID-19
Writing by Tamzin Elliott. Illustration by Heather Baillie (@heatherscreativeplace on Insta). Image Description: Drawn in coloured...
Sep 9, 20205 min read
The Private School Problem
Writing by Isi Williams. Illustration by Bethany Morton. I’ve wanted to write an article about this issue for a long time, but was put...
Sep 9, 20205 min read
The Great Student Loan Sell-Off?
Writing by Tom Wileman. Illustration from Unsplash. The Western world has recovered remarkably well from the Great Recession of 2007-09....
Sep 9, 20209 min read
'We think that Sovereignty lies with the People in the Here and Now'
An Interview with Peter Cannell and Alan Armstrong from Radical Independence Edinburgh and Megan Bente Bishop from Living Rent’s...
Sep 9, 20206 min read
What Does Police Abolition Really Mean?
Writing by Phoebe McGowan. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. (amp_aesthetics on insta) Whilst recent protests have painted our streets...
Sep 9, 20204 min read
Let the Target Burn! Why Looting Isn’t the Problem
Writing by Iz Gius. Illustration by Polly Burnay. This summer, I sat uncomfortably in my childhood home watching clips of downtown...
Sep 9, 20206 min read
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone and the revolutionary potential of communal living
Writing by Paula Lacey. Illustration by Heather Baillie (@heatherscreativeplace on Insta). Image Description: A black ink drawing...
Sep 9, 20205 min read
The Dangers of the Government’s Obesity Plan
Writing by Annabel Wilde. Illustration by Phoebe McGowan. After the devastatingly high number of deaths from COVID-19 in the UK, new...
Sep 9, 20204 min read
What does the future hold for LGBTQ rights in Poland?
Writing by Larisa Lesjak. Illustration by Polly Burnay. It was the 27th of June 2020 when a car decorated with anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ...
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