Never Meet Your Heroes

Lucia Hernandez • November 4, 2025

Malala Yousafzai is my screensaver. I’m dead serious. Whenever I’m sick of financial accounting, too tired for literature, or buried under marketing notes, I glance at her face and can almost hear her say, “One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.”

A Rebuttal to Martin Scorsese’s Comments on Marvel

Pat Connell • November 24, 2023

In 2019, beloved director Martin Scorsese made a statement where he said, “I don’t think [Marvel movies are] cinema,” sparking backlash from all over the internet.

Rhind: Bowie Empowers Through Reinvention

Nathan Rhind • March 1, 2021

Heights senior staff writer Nathan Rhind explores the question of personal authenticity through David Bowie's constant reinventions of himself.

Learning From Our Heroes

Lucia Madero • November 5, 2017

"Yet, whenever I remember these characters, I remember the way they all saw each other’s essence, each other’s worth. I remember their qualities and virtues."