Marissa MacWhirter
@marissamacwhirter.bsky.social
Columnist, The Herald & Editor, The Glasgow Wrap
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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
'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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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.
womensaid.org.uk/donate-now/
womensaid.org.uk/donate-now/
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
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.
womensaid.org.uk/donate-now/
womensaid.org.uk/donate-now/
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...
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
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...
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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
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
'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
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
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Excellent piece by my @heraldscotland.bsky.social colleague
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
Excellent piece by my @heraldscotland.bsky.social colleague
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
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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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M&S leaving our town centres marks the end of a middle-class dream, ✍️ @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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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
M&S leaving our town centres marks the end of a middle-class dream, ✍️ @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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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
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).
@heraldscotland.bsky.social
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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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@marissamacwhirter.bsky.social on self-care becoming shorthand for self-indulgence
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October 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
'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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@marissamacwhirter.bsky.social on self-care becoming shorthand for self-indulgence
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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
Have we taken self-care too far, asks Herald columnist @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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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
'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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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
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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
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...
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2551...
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The Kirk is reshaping itself around fewer charges and fewer buildings, but aiming to leave “well-equipped spaces in the right places” to carry out its mission. Culross Abbey, beautiful though it is, no longer meets that test. @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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The fight to save a Scots Abbey on the market for less than a family car
Culross Abbey has been central to village life for centuries, hosting christenings, weddings, and funerals. Its sale has sparked anxiety among…
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September 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The Kirk is reshaping itself around fewer charges and fewer buildings, but aiming to leave “well-equipped spaces in the right places” to carry out its mission. Culross Abbey, beautiful though it is, no longer meets that test. @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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Matcha has become a booming market worth more than £45 million in the UK alone
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September 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Matcha has become a booming market worth more than £45 million in the UK alone
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Thanks, @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social has answered my question without me having to try a #matcha at all!!
Matcha has become a booming market worth more than £45 million in the UK alone
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September 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Thanks, @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social has answered my question without me having to try a #matcha at all!!
"...a fascinating choice for a group who want to remove any and all foreign influence from the UK! I guess American right-wing politics don’t count." - @garbageday.email 📸Gordon Terris
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September 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"...a fascinating choice for a group who want to remove any and all foreign influence from the UK! I guess American right-wing politics don’t count." - @garbageday.email 📸Gordon Terris
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'Her gimmick is to promote misogynistic and disgusting views on women for clicks and cash.
'A virtue signalling campaign to ban the Bang Bus won’t solve the problem'
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'A virtue signalling campaign to ban the Bang Bus won’t solve the problem'
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September 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
'Her gimmick is to promote misogynistic and disgusting views on women for clicks and cash.
'A virtue signalling campaign to ban the Bang Bus won’t solve the problem'
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'A virtue signalling campaign to ban the Bang Bus won’t solve the problem'
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Banning Bonnie Blue and her disgusting Bang Bus would be a mistake || @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social
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September 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Banning Bonnie Blue and her disgusting Bang Bus would be a mistake || @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social
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Last week, I visited Glasgow's newest high street blood clinic, Bloodtek, for a full body MOT to find out more about the private testing craze popping up all over the internet and the UK... @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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Inside the high street blood test boom as Gen Z take health into their own hands
Are high street blood testing clinics the new craze to sweep the high street? Herald feature writer Marissa MacWhirter heads to Bloodtek in Glasgow…
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September 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Last week, I visited Glasgow's newest high street blood clinic, Bloodtek, for a full body MOT to find out more about the private testing craze popping up all over the internet and the UK... @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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'Blood clinics, like the one I visited earlier this month, have been popping up on high streets across Scotland'
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September 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
'Blood clinics, like the one I visited earlier this month, have been popping up on high streets across Scotland'
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"I am so fed up with this circular firing squad and I fear for the future of our creative scene."
Some essential reading in this opinion column from Marissa on Scottish cultural organisations and the growing pressure they are coming under from activists and campaigns.
Some essential reading in this opinion column from Marissa on Scottish cultural organisations and the growing pressure they are coming under from activists and campaigns.
Premeditated brutalisation? Planned and violent attack? What kind of artist activists would paint their relatively minor scuffle with police with the same brush as the very genocide they are meant to be showing solidarity with? @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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Puritan politics puts our arts institutions at risk, writes Marissa MacWhirter
A blurry video of three people speaking to two hi-vis clad Police Scotland officers, published on June 26, is where the Art Workers for Palestine…
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September 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
"I am so fed up with this circular firing squad and I fear for the future of our creative scene."
Some essential reading in this opinion column from Marissa on Scottish cultural organisations and the growing pressure they are coming under from activists and campaigns.
Some essential reading in this opinion column from Marissa on Scottish cultural organisations and the growing pressure they are coming under from activists and campaigns.