Rattlecap Writers Feb 26 6 min Healing from Heterosexuality: lockdown as recovery from compulsory heterosexuality Writing by Olivia Richmond-Ferns. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. It is almost March again. Lockdown for many meant instability and...
Rattlecap Writers Feb 26 6 min An Armie Hammer take, but not the one you’d think. Writing by Paula Lacey. Illustration by Iz Gius. I have a confession. Every day of January, the first thing I did after waking up was...
Rattlecap Writers Feb 26 6 min The Democratic Caucus Tends to its Roots Writing by Alex Hendy. Illustration by Phoebe McGowan. Four years of Joe Biden are understandably unappealing to those who had hoped that...
Rattlecap Writers Feb 26 5 min Recovering from Trumpism Writing by Lucy Adkin. Illustration by Sara Dobbs. Ever since the storming of the Capitol, the massive divide within the nation has...
Rattlecap Writers Feb 26 4 min Breaking the disordered eating pattern: an isolated recovery Writing by Holly Mackin. Illustration by Sam Geldard. Eating disorders are the ugliest of illnesses, yet are commonly said to stem from a...
Rattlecap Writers Feb 26 2 min 'Finding a purpose in life becomes ever so important' - recovery as a survivor of domestic abuse Writing by Ece Kucuk. Illustration by Polly Burnay. There comes a point in time when you’ve reached a clearing in your road to recovery...
Rattlecap Writers Jan 31 4 min James Connolly's work has an enduring relevance for Scottish nationalists Writing by Rufus Pickles. Illustration by Hazel Laing. At the height of the British Empire and as the long nineteenth century drew to a...
Rattlecap Writers Jan 16 6 min “I’m the main character”: the commodification of the individual under modern capitalism Writing by Amelia Lockhart-Hourigan. Illustration by Violet Colley. Social media can be a wondrous place. It gives us an opportunity to...
Rattlecap Writers Dec 18, 2020 5 min Classism, Elitist Microaggressions, and Alienation: Scottish Students at the University of Edinburgh Writing by Tackling Elitism (Daniel Geen, Lauren Galligan, and Eve Simpson). Illustration by Dani Rothmann. Tackling Elitism is a group...
Rattlecap Writers Dec 18, 2020 7 min Interview with Rent Justice Edinburgh Writing by Paula Lacey. Illustration by Heather Baillie. Although most year groups have been let down by UoE’s mishandling of the...
