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Marissa MacWhirter
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Columnist, The Herald & Editor, The Glasgow Wrap

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A very necessary and important column from my @heraldscotland.bsky.social colleague Marissa MacWhirter
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#SandiePeggie tribunal and the ongoing gender critical movement are setting back feminism by decades. The amount of misogynistic backlash unleashed on people who disagree with them says it all really.

www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2568...
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Dr Beth Upton is the real winner in the Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling || @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

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𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘴/𝘗𝘈 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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#SandiePeggie tribunal and the ongoing gender critical movement are setting back feminism by decades. The amount of misogynistic backlash unleashed on people who disagree with them says it all really.

www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2568...
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Gender critical feminism and the fight over defining gender upholds the patriarchy. The fights not done yet but my take on yesterdays tribunal
#sandiepeggie #nhsfife

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December 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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I’m sure the Team Scotland inner circle will enjoy washing down bulging mouthfuls of Scotch Ribeye with gulps of Miso Mai Thai. To maximise the economic opportunities and deliver a lasting legacy for Glasgow, of course. @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Why is the skint Scot Gov dropping £150K on The Corinthian Club? asks Marissa
John Swinney promised no public money would be spent on the Commonwealth Games before spending £150K to rent The Corinthian Club for Scotland House.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Is this area the 'seediest' part of Glasgow city centre? @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social checks out the streets around the St Enoch centre @heraldscotland.bsky.social
'I would never walk through this part of Glasgow on my own at night, it's harrowing'
Is the back of St Enoch Shopping Centre the 'seediest' part of Glasgow city centre?
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December 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Newsquest Scotland hits 50,000 digital subscriber milestone

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The Herald publisher passes 50,000 digital subscription milestone
The headline figure is a significant milestone in Newsquest Scotland’s mission to build sustainable and reader-funded publications.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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'Glasgow has a knack for playing host to events that leave parents fuming and children in tears' || @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

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November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Glasgow has a knack for playing host to events that leave parents fuming and children in tears. @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2565...
'Why can't Glasgow pull off a spectacular winter event?'
Glasgow City Council has dropped the ball when it comes to civic events in the autumn and winter, leaving GlasGLOW the only game in town, writes…
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November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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@glasgowcc.bsky.social does not double the capacity figure for GlasGLOW’s two daily shows, and the Environmental Levy does not reflect the number of people attending an event or total footfall. @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2564692...
Volunteers raise alarm over GlasGLOW’s impact and council fees
GlasGLOW in the Botanic Gardens raises community concerns over Glasgow City Council's Environmental Levy.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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A design-forward aparthotel is set to open in a listed Glasgow building just in time for Christmas 🎄@heraldscotland.bsky.social

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This listed building has been reimagined as a chic new aparthotel
A B-listed building in Glasgow has been transformed into a chic new aparthotel set to open before Christmas.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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'Many people I know find shopping in Primark to induce crippling anxiety, but I love it. There is an art to having a good shop at the high street staple' || @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

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November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Fantastic article by Marissa. Once you've read it make a donation to womens aid, please,they do amazing and often unseen work and they really need all of our help to keep going.

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marissamacwhirter.bsky.social Marissa MacWhirter @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social · Nov 8
Frontline women’s services are in free fall leaving countless vulnerable people at risk. This is the conversation that should be topping the agenda regarding women’s rights.Culture wars are a distraction, austerity is the key threat. @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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Anti-trans 'activism' is a distraction from real women's rights issues, says Marissa
The time, energy and money spent protecting the definition of “woman” would be better spent advocating for the vital and crumbling network of…
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November 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Frontline women’s services are in free fall leaving countless vulnerable people at risk. This is the conversation that should be topping the agenda regarding women’s rights.Culture wars are a distraction, austerity is the key threat. @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
Anti-trans 'activism' is a distraction from real women's rights issues, says Marissa
The time, energy and money spent protecting the definition of “woman” would be better spent advocating for the vital and crumbling network of…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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'Celebrating the exclusion of 0.44% of the population from Rape Crisis while the organisation is in freefall (and probably won't even exist in 10 years because of funding cuts) is performative' || @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social👇

𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Excellent piece by my @heraldscotland.bsky.social colleague
marissamacwhirter.bsky.social Marissa MacWhirter @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social · Nov 7
I really struggle to understand what these anti-trans people have ever done for women in Scotland. The fight that matters to me is the one that ensures women aren't immolated or strangled by men in their lives. ✍️ @heraldscotland

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November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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I really struggle to understand what these anti-trans people have ever done for women in Scotland. The fight that matters to me is the one that ensures women aren't immolated or strangled by men in their lives. ✍️ @heraldscotland

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November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Bravo @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social - calling it out
Anti-trans 'activism' is a distraction from real women's rights issues, says Marissa
The time, energy and money spent protecting the definition of “woman” would be better spent advocating for the vital and crumbling network of…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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M&S leaving our town centres marks the end of a middle-class dream, ✍️ @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2558...
M&S leaving our town centres marks the end of a middle-class dream, writes Marissa
We should be used to it by now, but the announcement that Marks & Spencer is abandoning another Scottish high street is still a gut punch.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Scotland's first floating sauna boat is worth checking out - there is something quite mystical about jumping in a loch in the autumn (yes, it is cold).
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I tried Scotland's first floating sauna boat, here's what it's like
Would you plunge into a freezing loch in October? Marissa MacWhirter tests out the HotBoat Floating Sauna at Taymouth Marina.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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'Relationships are reciprocal. If you stop showing up for people around you, they very well might stop showing up for you'

@marissamacwhirter.bsky.social on self-care becoming shorthand for self-indulgence

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October 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Have we taken self-care too far, asks Herald columnist @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Stop protecting your peace and go to the pub instead, says Marissa
Stop 'protecting your peace' and make time for your friends, writes Herald columnist Marissa MacWhirter.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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'Any other city in Europe would be celebrating these lanes, would be using them as facilities, we would be bringing them to life with bars and cafes...'

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October 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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To pull a concept from one of my favourite Kurt Vonnegut novels, Mother Night (1961), we are who we pretend to be. Reading books does, in fact, make you a reader. ✍️ @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2551...
I refuse to stop reading in public no matter how 'performative' it is, writes Marissa
I thought everyone had suffered through Yanagihara's A Little Life, but now I look around suspiciously and wonder if it was all performative.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM