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The right's new boogeymen: investigating the demonization of immigrants and trans people in political discourse
Illustrations by Grace McKenna Immigrant populations and transgender people have always been a target of societal mistreatment. Today, though, they face a new wave of political villainization so overt that it has caused even the staunchest of conservatives to waver in their support for their parties’ agendas. Much of the world is watching in horror as the Trump Administration carries out the “largest deportation operation in history” . Even the ostensibly more progressive La
Gwynne Capiraso
Feb 124 min read


The Scots, the Snobs, and the Edinburgh University Complex
There is a glaring eye all Scottish university students know well. When an outsider makes a mocking comment about our nationality, a...
Emilia Lauder
Feb 16, 20253 min read


Scotland’s Fate: A Plea to Non-Scottish Students at the University of Edinburgh
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The University of Edinburgh is a strongly international space. While three-tenths of its undergrads are...
Robert Thorne
Nov 8, 20235 min read


What is Money?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq We live in a material world. We live in a world where people, no matter who or where, need houses to live...
Owen Thomas Webb
May 29, 20234 min read

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