Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, PhD
@drcaromaldo.blacksky.app
🇵🇷writer and mom🌻 Mixed Race Afro-Boricua❗Asst Prof of #LatinxLit & Alum in the CUNYverse| PhD, American Studies | #ComicsStudies baking, poetry, crochet 🧶, shitposting, ADHDer
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Website: http://jennifercaroccio.com/
🗨she/ella🗯 RTs & typos are my own
Website: http://jennifercaroccio.com/
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Happening today! I'm talking about research on Puerto Rican comics!
I'm making a chorizo stuffing this year since we are smoking turkey legs and I won't have gizzards to cook with.
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I'm making a chorizo stuffing this year since we are smoking turkey legs and I won't have gizzards to cook with.
Watching Bebe's Kids on Pluto TV.
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Watching Bebe's Kids on Pluto TV.
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I was telling friends about this the other day. I am so fricking close to losing it the next time someone second guesses something I say. It's come from students, staff and faculty this semester and I am just so fricking tired. One was a white guy telling me I was wrong about a DEI issue!
Violent communication includes contradicting, second-guessing, and assuming that a person either doesn't know what they're talking about or don't mean what they say.
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I was telling friends about this the other day. I am so fricking close to losing it the next time someone second guesses something I say. It's come from students, staff and faculty this semester and I am just so fricking tired. One was a white guy telling me I was wrong about a DEI issue!
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Violent communication includes contradicting, second-guessing, and assuming that a person either doesn't know what they're talking about or don't mean what they say.
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Violent communication includes contradicting, second-guessing, and assuming that a person either doesn't know what they're talking about or don't mean what they say.
And that makes three applications in early! This one was a big ol' Mellon-headed one!
I'm sorry, what was that? 👂🏽Oh, the sound of me submitting a SECOND grant application early?
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
And that makes three applications in early! This one was a big ol' Mellon-headed one!
This makes complete sense that the biggest public university system should be part of the new NYC government!
Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has appointed 20 CUNY faculty and staff to his Transition Committees. CUNY appointees were selected across multiple committees, reflecting the University’s broad expertise and its commitment to public service and community engagement.
CUNY Leaders Named to Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani’s Transition Committees – The City University of New York
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed 20 faculty and staff from the City University of New York to his Transition Committees. They join more than 400 New Yorkers selected to provide critical person...
www.cuny.edu
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This makes complete sense that the biggest public university system should be part of the new NYC government!
I'm well within my rights to throw a croissant at the head of the man playing a video on his phones speakers, right?
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I'm well within my rights to throw a croissant at the head of the man playing a video on his phones speakers, right?
I've seen it all: a labubu bong!
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I've seen it all: a labubu bong!
New York Times Alert
Ruin Thanksgiving in four words: ___ ___ ___ ___
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New York Times Alert
On the flip side, how great is it that for my job I get to spend a few hours in a day writing? It's hard work. But also, work that is fulfilling!
I just spent FIVE hours doing a MAJOR reorganization of my book. And I hate to inform you, but having a strong thesis *does* in fact make your entire project more organized.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
On the flip side, how great is it that for my job I get to spend a few hours in a day writing? It's hard work. But also, work that is fulfilling!
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Happy Flytrap Tuesday! We are really honored to post this one, a comic in the Anishinaabemowin language about the Aadizookaan spirit, a foundational story to Indigenous trans identity.
Written by Waabanokiizhick Mandosking, illustrated by Shaawan Francis Keahna.
Written by Waabanokiizhick Mandosking, illustrated by Shaawan Francis Keahna.
Berdache
A comic by Shaawan Francis Keahna and Waabanokiizhick Mandosking.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Happy Flytrap Tuesday! We are really honored to post this one, a comic in the Anishinaabemowin language about the Aadizookaan spirit, a foundational story to Indigenous trans identity.
Written by Waabanokiizhick Mandosking, illustrated by Shaawan Francis Keahna.
Written by Waabanokiizhick Mandosking, illustrated by Shaawan Francis Keahna.
I just spent FIVE hours doing a MAJOR reorganization of my book. And I hate to inform you, but having a strong thesis *does* in fact make your entire project more organized.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I just spent FIVE hours doing a MAJOR reorganization of my book. And I hate to inform you, but having a strong thesis *does* in fact make your entire project more organized.
Reposted by Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, PhD
Carrie Mae Weems, Portrait of Myself as an Intellectual Revolutionary, 1988 Gelatin silver print.
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Carrie Mae Weems, Portrait of Myself as an Intellectual Revolutionary, 1988 Gelatin silver print.
Why does my university always have it where my password changes two weeks before the semester ends?
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Why does my university always have it where my password changes two weeks before the semester ends?
Did the Bluesky app get a little face lift?
November 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Did the Bluesky app get a little face lift?
This is why I opt out of facial recognition at TSA security. Fascist surveillance tech.
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is why I opt out of facial recognition at TSA security. Fascist surveillance tech.
Rage.
With 1 word, describe how you feel right now… No explanation, just a word 🤌🏾
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Rage.
There could be a study that came out tomorrow that was like "every time you use chatgpt OpenAI murdered one person." They would still have a "really good" reason why they need to use it.
There could be a report that says every time you use chatgpt you lose a month of your life. They would still use it!
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
There could be a study that came out tomorrow that was like "every time you use chatgpt OpenAI murdered one person." They would still have a "really good" reason why they need to use it.
After having several conversations with people who admit they use GenAI, I'm convinced there is nothing we could say to make them think what they are doing is bad.
Why is generative AI bad??? I promise there are tons of articles and books that will explain why that have been out for decades.
If you need suggestions let me know. There are several people of here that wrote them.
If you need suggestions let me know. There are several people of here that wrote them.
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
After having several conversations with people who admit they use GenAI, I'm convinced there is nothing we could say to make them think what they are doing is bad.
Gong from 84 degrees to 46 degrees is just mean.
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Gong from 84 degrees to 46 degrees is just mean.
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Trying to get tenure in one picture
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Trying to get tenure in one picture
This damn Sinners soundtrack really has me listening to Irish folk songs.
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This damn Sinners soundtrack really has me listening to Irish folk songs.
Watched Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh and noticed that all of the victims were white men. Seems pretty significant.
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Watched Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh and noticed that all of the victims were white men. Seems pretty significant.
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Good trouble 🧊 #homedepot
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Good trouble 🧊 #homedepot
CW fire. Be smart y'all!
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
CW fire. Be smart y'all!