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    Emmanuel Macron’s bittersweet victory over right-wing extremist Marine Le Pen
    jwhite3478
    • Jun 1
    • 4 min

    Emmanuel Macron’s bittersweet victory over right-wing extremist Marine Le Pen

    Writing by Ellie Bye. Illustration via Unsplash. There is a sense of déjà vu to the French presidential race this year as it was the same...
    KAOS and The Invasion of Ukraine: Humour as a Coping Mechanism
    jwhite3478
    • Mar 3
    • 2 min

    KAOS and The Invasion of Ukraine: Humour as a Coping Mechanism

    Writing by Isabella Henricks. Lots of people are making jokes about the invasion of Ukraine in bad taste. However, if there is one...
    Why this is the last time I will ever talk about Boris Johnson.
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Mar 3
    • 3 min

    Why this is the last time I will ever talk about Boris Johnson.

    Writing by Ellie Bye. Illustration by Hannah Grist. When Boris Johnson first came to power, the UK looked, for better or for worse, more...
    A Pandemic of Inaction: the Climate Movement’s Battle Against Chronic Stasis
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Jan 25
    • 6 min

    A Pandemic of Inaction: the Climate Movement’s Battle Against Chronic Stasis

    Writing by Ellie Bye. Illustration by Heather Baillie. As a species, we often think of ourselves as separate from nature. We have usurped...
    Anonymity and Accountability
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Jan 25
    • 3 min

    Anonymity and Accountability

    How anonymous online platforms are changing attitudes and responses to sexual assault and harassment in Edinburgh Writing by Bella...
    Question Evolution, question everything – a graffiti of doubt
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Jan 25
    • 4 min

    Question Evolution, question everything – a graffiti of doubt

    Writing by Lilli Steffens. Writing by Berenika Murray. “Question Evolution”. These two words, accompanied by a cross, have recently...
    Molly Mae's '24 Hours' Statement is Symbolic of a Much Wider Issue
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Jan 8
    • 4 min

    Molly Mae's '24 Hours' Statement is Symbolic of a Much Wider Issue

    Writing by Isi Williams. Image via Unsplash. The recent comments of Love Island star, Molly Mae Hague, went viral last week for their...
    The Taliban Renaissance Should Not Come as a Surprise
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 25, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Taliban Renaissance Should Not Come as a Surprise

    Writing by Jamie McDonald. Photograph by Andre Klimke. “I want to say that the hearts of the free world are with you. We will never rest...
    How the Coronavirus Pandemic has sparked an unprecedented discussion about Welsh Independence
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 5 min

    How the Coronavirus Pandemic has sparked an unprecedented discussion about Welsh Independence

    Writing by Ruth Stainer. Illustration by Berenika Murray. Devolution, defined as ‘the process of transferring power from the centre to...
    Can Freedom Really Be Measured by One Number?
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 5 min

    Can Freedom Really Be Measured by One Number?

    Writing by Jamie McDonald. Illustration by Juliet Richards. Freedom House is a US-based non-profit organisation, famous for its annual...
    Freedom is Limited
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 6 min

    Freedom is Limited

    Writing by Ece Kucuk. Illustration by Berenika Murray. On 15 July 2021, The High Court of the European Union made a decision that the...
    Edinburgh and Disability: How accessible is the city now that we have “freedom” again?
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 3 min

    Edinburgh and Disability: How accessible is the city now that we have “freedom” again?

    Writing by Bella Henricks. Illustration by Berenika Murray. August 2021 saw the vast majority of Covid restrictions lifted in Scotland....
    Creamfields, cops, and the failure of Britain’s war on drugs
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 5 min

    Creamfields, cops, and the failure of Britain’s war on drugs

    Writing by Frankie Ryan-Casey. Illustration by Antonia Popescu (@amp_aesthetics). For almost six decades, British governments have been...
    Freedom and Climate Change
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 4 min

    Freedom and Climate Change

    Writing and illustration by Hannah Udall. In 2019 Greta Thunberg brought the world’s attention to a phenomenon called ‘Climate Justice’....
    The PCSC bill, fascism and political freedom.
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 4 min

    The PCSC bill, fascism and political freedom.

    Writing by Amy Life. Illustration by Heather Baillie. The word fascism feels foreign here in the land of tea, politeness and...
    In Conversation with Nat - the Edinburgh Uni student running down rape culture
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Jul 6, 2021
    • 4 min

    In Conversation with Nat - the Edinburgh Uni student running down rape culture

    Written By Lauren Galligan. Photograph by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona. ‘It’s not about creating divides, but about tackling this problem...
    The Youth Vote UK: The Importance of Young People at the Voting Booths
    Rattlecap Writers
    • May 6, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Youth Vote UK: The Importance of Young People at the Voting Booths

    Writing by Ali Gavin. Illustration by Polly Burnay. At the time of writing this article, it seems that the news cycle is moving with more...
    Running the Gimlet: the domino effect of racism exposés in new media
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 6 min

    Running the Gimlet: the domino effect of racism exposés in new media

    Writing by Paula Lacey. Illustration from Twitter (@ChrisLestrange). In the summer of 2020, following the murder of George Floyd,...
    Fields of Mycelia
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 4 min

    Fields of Mycelia

    Writing by J. Bare. Illustration by Josie Berry. Stock-still behemoths of bark and sap, adorned with looping vines. Vast spaces cluttered...
    I just came here to make friends and get a degree…
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 3 min

    I just came here to make friends and get a degree…

    Writing by Ayesha Dawson. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. Content warning: contains discussion of sexual assault. My all-girl school did...
    The UK Prison Industrial Complex and the Lifeline of Literature
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 6 min

    The UK Prison Industrial Complex and the Lifeline of Literature

    Writing by Rosaleen Keehan. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. In the conversation surrounding prison abolition, the UK often seems to be...
    Healing from Heterosexuality: lockdown as recovery from compulsory heterosexuality
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 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...
    An Armie Hammer take, but not the one you’d think.
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 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...
    The Democratic Caucus Tends to its Roots
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 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...
    Recovering from Trumpism
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 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...
    Breaking the disordered eating pattern: an isolated recovery
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 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...
    'Finding a purpose in life becomes ever so important' - recovery as a survivor of domestic abuse
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 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...
    James Connolly's work has an enduring relevance for Scottish nationalists
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Jan 31, 2021
    • 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...
    “I’m the main character”: the commodification of the individual under modern capitalism
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Jan 16, 2021
    • 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...
    Classism, Elitist Microaggressions, and Alienation: Scottish Students at the University of Edinburgh
    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...
    Interview with Rent Justice Edinburgh
    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...
    'Forever an Isolating Existence' - Migration and Integration
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    'Forever an Isolating Existence' - Migration and Integration

    Writing and Illustration by Antonia Popescu. The discourse around isolation when it comes to migrants is, more often than not,...
    Grieving in isolation
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Grieving in isolation

    Writing by Annabel Wilde. Illustration by Abigail Featherstone. Why does grief feel worse right now? I was never prepared to experience...
    Boys in Skirts
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Dec 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    Boys in Skirts

    Writing by Heather Baillie. Illustration by Paola Lindo Valentina. As gentle guitar chords float through the air, our protagonist walks...
    How do we challenge commonplace racism and microaggressions? Place them in their rightful context.
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    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...
    Kamala Harris and the Misappropriation of Identity Politics
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 6 min

    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...
    The Cost of Transition
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Cost of Transition

    Writing by Justine White. Illustration by Justine White. Content Warning: suicide, gender dysphoria Distraught, I sit against my radiator...
    How Algorithms Use our Online Identities
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    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...
    ‘A New Leadership’, Starmer makes his pitch to the ‘Red Wall’
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    ‘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...
    Better Apart: The Voters Behind the Polls
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 5 min

    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...
    'Oh, so Pollock then?' - Londoner Identity at Edinburgh University
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    '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....
    Student Identity: What has it become?
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    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...
    Funding for students at the University of Edinburgh
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 5 min

    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...
    Even More Forgotten: UK Child Brides and COVID-19
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 6 min

    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...
    The Private School Problem
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 5 min

    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...
    The Great Student Loan Sell-Off?
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 5 min

    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....
    'We think that Sovereignty lies with the People in the Here and Now'
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 9 min

    '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...
    What Does Police Abolition Really Mean?
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 6 min

    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...
    Let the Target Burn! Why Looting Isn’t the Problem
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    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...
    Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone and the revolutionary potential of communal living
    Rattlecap Writers
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 6 min

    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...

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