Jen Stout
FORMER Staff Writer
Discipline: Sociology
Research Interests: Class, inequality, labour markets, gentrification & housing, Scottish history & politics, land reform, queer theory, power.
If you were a box of cereal what would you be and why: Frosties. I can be
What did you want to be when you grew up: A journalist or an oceanographer
Where are you right now: Boddam, Shetland
Tell us something about another staff writer: Becky looks dashing in a fake moustache
Something is happening in Scotland which few predicted. The possibility of a yes vote in the independence referendum has proved the catalyst for serious and wide-ranging political engagement. It shouldn’t be disregarded as mere nationalism – this is far bigger than the official Yes Scotland campaign.