In collaboration with The Kent Stater Chapter 1: Cassie “Period poverty is not a “women’s issue,” it is a human’s issue. Because without periods there wouldn’t be people, right?”...

Illustration by Paige Gaskins Time alone makes you ponder. For some, especially those extroverts longing to get out of their heads and into the world, this can be a maddening experience. For others,...

Featured image by Sharon McCutcheon from Pexels As this semester and this year come to a close so too must this series come to an end. In my last blog, I discussed learning how to take up space...

Illustration by Jocelyn BurtonFeatured image by Sharon McCutcheon from Pexels Last time on Growing Up Gay, I spoke a little bit about the discomfort I felt in the perceived “normal” aspects...

Illustration by Jocelyn BurtonFeatured image by Sharon McCutcheon from Pexels This will be my 22nd year of life on this planet, and in the time I’ve had so far, I’ve found myself in a near-constant...

The truth was fire on their lips.Dripping with all those unspoken things.Everyone waited for an indication, a harbinger,An omen of that long-held silence breaking.But the fires resisted our attempts at...

Illustration by Dominica Hoover Hello, you.  My name is Brie, and I want to introduce myself to you through one of the most connective ways I know how: poetry. I know it may not be to everyone’s...