Non-binary or genderqueer identities can be daunting before you understand what they are. The most important distinction to know is that biological sex and gender are separate things. Biological sex is...

America, for a long time, has had all kinds of people entering its borders, from all walks of life, trying to make a new start for themselves. This includes people from many different cultures, who...

There have been times, I must admit, where I have taken advantage of the luxury that comes with being born American.  Of course, that luxury could arguably be many things; however, the luxury I’m referring...

When I was growing up in rural southern Illinois, my country-bred, city-educated teachers always implored the farm children: “‘ain’t’ is not a word.” My classmates were scolded and corrected...

If I have learned one thing about college students over these past two weeks, it is that we sure do curse a lot. Why use an adjective to describe something when you can use a curse word that perfectly...