Rattlecap Writers time-relative time-to-read.short-label “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 s...
Rattlecap Writers fullDate time-to-read.short-label 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 f...
Rattlecap Writers fullDate time-to-read.short-label 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 Coronav...
Rattlecap Writers fullDate time-to-read.short-label '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, unequivoca...
Rattlecap Writers fullDate time-to-read.short-label Grieving in isolation Writing by Annabel Wilde. Illustration by Abigail Featherstone. Why does grief feel worse right now? I was never prepared to experience t...
Rattlecap Writers fullDate time-to-read.short-label Boys in Skirts Writing by Heather Baillie. Illustration by Paola Lindo Valentina. As gentle guitar chords float through the air, our protagonist walks a...
Rattlecap Writers fullDate time-to-read.short-label 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...
Rattlecap Writers fullDate time-to-read.short-label 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...
Rattlecap Writers fullDate time-to-read.short-label The Cost of Transition Writing by Justine White. Illustration by Justine White. Content Warning: suicide, gender dysphoria Distraught, I sit against my radiator...
Rattlecap Writers fullDate time-to-read.short-label 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 ...
