Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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Jeff Bezos got married on a yacht last week, and you probably saw it. The tabloids and timelines lit up like fireworks: photos of Lauren Sánchez in couture, champagne toasts aboard a $500 million superyacht, and a guest list of billionaires and influencers drifting off the Amalfi Coast. TikToks. Reels. Breathless coverage of every detail.…
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In Homer’s Iliad, Briseis is a Trojan woman captured in war. She doesn’t command armies. She doesn’t give orders. And yet, in modern retellings—those that center her perspective—Briseis becomes something else entirely. She becomes a witness. Not to triumph, but to betrayal. She watches the people around her posture and scheme. She sees the shifting…
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Is resigning the right thing to do? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself—and not just in quiet moments of reflection. It’s a question that people ask me in inbox threads, text messages, and hushed conversations in conference hallways. It’s no longer theoretical. It’s personal. It’s political. And in 2025, it feels like it’s urgent.…
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I recently told a family member who has been reading my blog: I don’t hate Donald Trump. I don’t hate the Proud Boys. I don’t even hate the Christian nationalists who shout Bible verses while clenching AR-15s and making muscles. Hate is what they want. Hate and grievance is what they feed on. It’s the…
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How do you know what information to trust? It’s a deceptively simple question. And lately, it’s one I hear more and more—especially from Right Wing-leaning friends and family who claim that “you can’t trust any of it anymore.” They talk about fake news, media manipulation, and digital censorship. They doubt the Census, question school data,…
Cloaking Inequity 