Scottish heritage is my heritage: what the history of people of colour in Scotland means to me
The Scotsman recently ran an article on Britain’s first black school teacher for Black History Month. While the article was brilliant, it was not the piece itself that struck me.…
In Conversation with Autistic Mutual Aids Society Edinburgh
What’s Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh (AMASE)? AMASE is a representative Autistic People’s Organisation (APO). This means that we are led by autistic people and aim to represent the views…
How Edinburgh’s LGBT+ campaign can lead to personal liberation
Earlier this year, before the chaos of the Fringe Festival, I was interviewed for a project conducted by Glasgow University. The WAYS project was gathering information in order to form…
Decolonisation and Disappointments with UncoverED
The University of Edinburgh is really proud of its status as a “global university”, and UncoverED is about unpicking what that means. During the slave trade, Edinburgh was an economic…
Interview: The Student talks to Manal Rostom about sport and liberation
Manal Rostom is many things; an international marathon runner, the founder of a global women’s organisation, and perhaps most prolifically, the first Nike ambassador to wear the hijab. There is…
Imposter Syndrome: you’re not a fraud and you deserve to be here
The summer is over, Freshers’ Week is here, time for another year of juggling lectures, projects, exams and booking cheap holidays before the end of Week 5. For some of…
‘The Fruit Family’: a series on wealth and power in a modern context
Until I went to secondary school, art was of no real importance to me. There were no artists in my family, and being a part of a huge Indian network…
Clitbait: takes on intersectionality, vaginas, and getting hacked
Clitbait is an online intersectional sisterhood. We founded it based on our desire to empower and embolden those who have been traditionally marginalised by wider society. Feminism, in our view,…