By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

The pageant star, EDS survivor and Mount St. Mary’s University student is working to change how society deals with hard-to-diagnose disorders.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

In more ways than one, the country seems to be spinning out of control.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Taking up too much space on the bus makes you an asshole, not a gender terrorist.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Science has become politicized, yes, but finger-pointing and berating have little place in any educational environment.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

After dropping out of a Kentucky election last year, the 24-year-old Interdisciplinary Studies major is taking a shot at Cincinnati politics.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Looking for a partner who shares your Harry Potter obsession? Find out who’s qualified.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

By exploring the causes of a young girl’s suicide, the show spotlights how significantly your actions can affect others.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

It’s senior year, and you just realized your major isn’t cutting it. What now?

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

The Industrial Design major is solving the nation’s flower-pollination problems.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Anyone who denigrates literature for appealing to teenagers is forgetting what makes reading worthwhile.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Honestly, I don’t know how anyone could criticize these photographs.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

The rule changes have only succeeded in alienating old fans and failing to attract new ones.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

The dystopian novels of yesterday are the political blueprints of today.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Despite an NCAA ban and growing accusations of cultural appropriation, Chief Illiniwek lives on at the University of Illinois.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

After a web series and a successful viral video, the Tulane senior has her hands full with a new feature film highlighting black women in lead roles.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Your fear of social interaction doesn’t have to keep you from getting involved.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Whether or not their message is effective, discomfiting or timely, every American has the right to voice their thoughts.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Judge me.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

While there are plenty of things in the world to apologize for, being a woman is not one of them.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

The enterprising junior founded ‘Caged Bird Magazine,’ an online writing platform created for minorities, by minorities.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Bisexual representation on television is necessary for better understanding the orientation, as well as for the well-being of those who identify.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

If we wade through the celebrity deaths and ignore Donald Trump’s yuge ego for once, 2016 doesn’t look that bad.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Through his stereotype-subverting humor and intelligence, Crowder is trying to make public perception of the South rise again.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Millennials are pushing deeper into zine culture, developing pamphlets promoting social justice, relevant movements and even just art and poetry.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Though CityNova is Teaford’s latest project, the UC senior is fresh off two books of poetry and an ambitious political campaign.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

To reignite my love for reading, I turned to the most popular, knowledgeable Booktubers, and you should too!

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Take a break, Rowling; you’re already a billionaire.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

There are books about it. There are art exhibits about it. So, what exactly is it?

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

So, you’ve been avoiding writing that midterm paper until the day before it’s due, and now you realize you need help. What now?

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Miller, a recently-appointed Mental Health Ambassador, seeks to encourage fellow individuals with depression to open up about their struggles.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

All of us ‘90s “kids” are now ‘90s “adults,” and we’re reliving something that no other generation has indulged in as heavily: Our childhood.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

From consent to gender to blowjobs, these five vloggers will teach you everything you need to know about sexuality.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

I knew I’d officially become my friends’ new mom when these seven motherly traits began taking over my life.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Long distance relationships can get lonely, but by using one of these six tech-based assistants, you can make the days apart a little easier to endure.

By Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Why watch “Chopped” when you can watch Alton Brown encourage endless, cookery sabotage instead?