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My Fat Body is More Than A Ticking Time Bomb

It is a challenging moment to be Fat — especially a Fat youth. In addition to the normal avalanche of weight loss advertisements and “new…

8 min readFeb 7, 2023

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Careerism, and the Lessons of my Working Class Parents

“Good Credit, Good Healthcare, and Good Community.” This was the answer Mom gave me a few years ago when I asked her what lessons she’s…

6 min readAug 18, 2022

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Careerism, and the Lessons of my Working Class Parents

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After my Ph.D. I Expected Celebration, not dealing with my Mental Health

One year ago, today, I earned the title “Dr.” after having successfully defended my dissertation. Though that night I celebrated with my…

8 min readApr 28, 2022

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After my Ph.D. I Expected Celebration, not dealing with my Mental Health

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Caring More About Weight Than About People: Fat Phobia as a System

I’ve been studying fat phobia and the ways people with larger bodies are dismissed/demonized by health care professionals, marketing…

4 min readDec 18, 2021

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Dr. Jorge J Rodriguez V

To My Incredible Students | Reflections on Columbia University’s Arrest of Peaceful Protesters

On April 19th, 2024, one day after the NYPD arrested over 100 peaceful protesters on the campus of Columbia University, I sent the…

6 min readApr 22, 2024

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Dr. Jorge J Rodriguez V

The Ghosts of History, The Restlessness of the Past

“We Americans like to leave our history like we like to leave our garbage — thrown down a chute to disappear into some invisible darkness…

4 min readJan 30, 2024

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Dr. Jorge J Rodriguez V

Educator and Administrator: Integrated Wholes not Bifurcated Silos

Now that the ink is dried I’m excited to share that as I continue serving as Associate Director of the Hispanic Summer Program, I will also…

3 min readJun 3, 2022

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Dr. Jorge J Rodriguez V

Sitting with Criticism from my Engagement of Residente

I’ve received criticism about my engagement with Residente’s “This is Not America” in the last few days that I’m really sitting with.

3 min readMar 23, 2022

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Dr. Jorge J Rodriguez V

Residente’s “This is Not America” is about the Story of “America” and Who is Allowed to Tell It

TW: This article contains depictions of violence, especially gun violence. It also depicts scenes from both Donald Glover’s “This is…

7 min readMar 18, 2022

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Opening image from the “This is Not America” music video depicts an outline of the United States in colored LED lights with the words “This is Not America” written in all-caps using the same colored LED lights.

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Dr. Jorge J Rodriguez V

Death is Political

Death — or perhaps, the commemoration of death — is always tied to politics and power.

1 min readJan 24, 2022

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Dr. Jorge J Rodriguez V

Dr. Jorge J Rodriguez V

A DiaspoRican Theo-Socio-Storian contextualizing systems historically made Divine || PhD-Historian-Administrator || All Views My Own (He/Him/His/El)

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