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
🗨she/ella🗯 RTs & typos are my own
Website: http://jennifercaroccio.com/
🗨she/ella🗯 RTs & typos are my own
Website: http://jennifercaroccio.com/
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Project MUSE - Latinx Identity Uprooted: Tracing Destierro in the Comic Biography Who Is Ana Mendieta?
muse.jhu.edu
I'm so happy to share my article
"Tracing Destierro in the Comic Biography Who Is Ana Mendieta?" is available in Inks!
#AcademicSky
#LatinxStudies
#ComicsStudies
"Tracing Destierro in the Comic Biography Who Is Ana Mendieta?" is available in Inks!
#AcademicSky
#LatinxStudies
#ComicsStudies
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ReplyGuys on BlueSky can engage in super disingenuous ways and it's wildly annoying. Makes it less worthwhile to even post here, honestly.
I don't post without attribution or citations to back up my claims, and it's still never enough for people. Meh.
I don't post without attribution or citations to back up my claims, and it's still never enough for people. Meh.
January 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
ReplyGuys on BlueSky can engage in super disingenuous ways and it's wildly annoying. Makes it less worthwhile to even post here, honestly.
I don't post without attribution or citations to back up my claims, and it's still never enough for people. Meh.
I don't post without attribution or citations to back up my claims, and it's still never enough for people. Meh.
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When a mutual who is annoyed by your posts mutes you instead of unfollowing
January 9, 2026 at 8:39 PM
When a mutual who is annoyed by your posts mutes you instead of unfollowing
Anyone else while watching #HeatedRivalry was like, "I need to know more about Black Russians!"?
January 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Anyone else while watching #HeatedRivalry was like, "I need to know more about Black Russians!"?
Just finished #HeatedRivalry and its definitely gay hockey sex and also the characters and narratives are so nuanced! It's such good writing.
January 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Just finished #HeatedRivalry and its definitely gay hockey sex and also the characters and narratives are so nuanced! It's such good writing.
Instead of putting protein in everything, put ibuprofen. I'd buy it then!
January 9, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Instead of putting protein in everything, put ibuprofen. I'd buy it then!
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Call them the Klan!! Stop calling them Nazis.
a woman is holding a red megaphone in front of a crowd of people .
ALT: a woman is holding a red megaphone in front of a crowd of people .
media.tenor.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Call them the Klan!! Stop calling them Nazis.
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boars head and locatelli pecorino romano to a bunch of states:
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
boars head and locatelli pecorino romano to a bunch of states:
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man the video is circulating so
settings > content & media > uncheck auto-play video & gifs
settings > content & media > uncheck auto-play video & gifs
January 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
man the video is circulating so
settings > content & media > uncheck auto-play video & gifs
settings > content & media > uncheck auto-play video & gifs
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I’m so excited to finish this book and share what I’ve learned and who I’ve become in the process of learning about Langston, Pauli and Audre.
In the meantime, here’s a photograph of Pauli Murray hopping a freight train in the 1930s:
In the meantime, here’s a photograph of Pauli Murray hopping a freight train in the 1930s:
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I’m so excited to finish this book and share what I’ve learned and who I’ve become in the process of learning about Langston, Pauli and Audre.
In the meantime, here’s a photograph of Pauli Murray hopping a freight train in the 1930s:
In the meantime, here’s a photograph of Pauli Murray hopping a freight train in the 1930s:
Another thing why I would rather die than read anything AI generated: there's a feeling when reading a sentence written by another person that so perfectly describes a situation I've experienced or observation I've had that makes me feel connected.
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Another thing why I would rather die than read anything AI generated: there's a feeling when reading a sentence written by another person that so perfectly describes a situation I've experienced or observation I've had that makes me feel connected.
There should be an option to mute/block any posts (across social media) of AI generated images & videos.
January 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
There should be an option to mute/block any posts (across social media) of AI generated images & videos.
I'm reviewing copyedits on an article, one more step toward publication, that should be out in Spring 2026!
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I'm reviewing copyedits on an article, one more step toward publication, that should be out in Spring 2026!
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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Major universities not understanding their professors can sue them and win is peak higher ed stupidity. Litigation isn’t just a right wing tool. 🙃
January 9, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Major universities not understanding their professors can sue them and win is peak higher ed stupidity. Litigation isn’t just a right wing tool. 🙃
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Resisting fascism isn't about our egos. It's about protecting the most vulnerable. And that means lots of work that isn't necessarily for public consumption.
January 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Resisting fascism isn't about our egos. It's about protecting the most vulnerable. And that means lots of work that isn't necessarily for public consumption.
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100% sure AI couldn't have written the book I just wrote because it does not know how to screen out what evidence is unnecessary, frame the question, and then structure chapters to build toward and overall argument so readers can follow.
After 16 yrs researching & writing a book (see pinned post), I estimate it was 60% me learning what is happening through all those periods of US history & then 40% me figuring out after I explained it to myself, how to convey it to the readers in framing the question and structuring the chapters.
January 9, 2026 at 12:21 PM
100% sure AI couldn't have written the book I just wrote because it does not know how to screen out what evidence is unnecessary, frame the question, and then structure chapters to build toward and overall argument so readers can follow.
There are people in my community I don't like, so I will not go out of my way to offer my time and attention to. However, if it comes to defending their life and human rights, you better believe I'm gonna be there for them.
January 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
There are people in my community I don't like, so I will not go out of my way to offer my time and attention to. However, if it comes to defending their life and human rights, you better believe I'm gonna be there for them.
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ICE are slave patrols , we are doing exactly what we did for the last Civil War we didn’t complete . You’re doing what you’d have done THEN .
January 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
ICE are slave patrols , we are doing exactly what we did for the last Civil War we didn’t complete . You’re doing what you’d have done THEN .
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I'm really proud of this article. Quyanakpuq @redped.bsky.social for including me on this project. In this discussion between 5 Indigenous academic women, we discuss the intersection between feminism and Indigenous studies, with lots of suggested readings that shaped our thinking in this area.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I'm really proud of this article. Quyanakpuq @redped.bsky.social for including me on this project. In this discussion between 5 Indigenous academic women, we discuss the intersection between feminism and Indigenous studies, with lots of suggested readings that shaped our thinking in this area.
For the AM crowd:
I just finished this Membrillo cowl using Rublic of Yarnia's (@isasaxonists.bsky.social) Rustic-Earth Archer dyed yarn.
#crochet 🧶
#crochet 🧶
January 9, 2026 at 1:23 PM
For the AM crowd:
This week's subway read: Queenie: Godmother of Harlem by Aurelie Levy and Elizabeth Colomba.
#comics
#BookSky
#BlackHistory
#comics
#BookSky
#BlackHistory
January 9, 2026 at 1:23 PM
This week's subway read: Queenie: Godmother of Harlem by Aurelie Levy and Elizabeth Colomba.
#comics
#BookSky
#BlackHistory
#comics
#BookSky
#BlackHistory
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The amount of ‘You’re treating me like a Black person!!’ and ‘True Life: I am living the fear Black people (and everyone else not white) have felt for eons’ posts are sky high
Pardon—y’all haven’t been here but 5 seconds; we made it through centuries—pls stfu and get in the field w your privilege
Pardon—y’all haven’t been here but 5 seconds; we made it through centuries—pls stfu and get in the field w your privilege
January 9, 2026 at 9:52 AM
The amount of ‘You’re treating me like a Black person!!’ and ‘True Life: I am living the fear Black people (and everyone else not white) have felt for eons’ posts are sky high
Pardon—y’all haven’t been here but 5 seconds; we made it through centuries—pls stfu and get in the field w your privilege
Pardon—y’all haven’t been here but 5 seconds; we made it through centuries—pls stfu and get in the field w your privilege
In 2025 I choose to make something beautiful when so much ugliness surrounded me.
January 9, 2026 at 12:34 AM
In 2025 I choose to make something beautiful when so much ugliness surrounded me.
My latest project: a brown ombre cowl, or infinity scarf. I had to restart it 5 times because I kept losing stitches and it would taper (making a rectangle is not easy). I suspect there was an issue with the pattern.
I just finished this Membrillo cowl using Rublic of Yarnia's (@isasaxonists.bsky.social) Rustic-Earth Archer dyed yarn.
#crochet 🧶
#crochet 🧶
January 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
My latest project: a brown ombre cowl, or infinity scarf. I had to restart it 5 times because I kept losing stitches and it would taper (making a rectangle is not easy). I suspect there was an issue with the pattern.
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Gorgeously crocheted infinity cowl made by crochet queen @drcaromaldo.blacksky.app using "Rustic-Earth Archer. This is inspired by a young Black archer in a 16thc painting. The earthy look goes w/ every skin tone & pretty much every color so damn near perfect, just like Dr C-M's work. 🧶
#yarnsky
#yarnsky
January 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Gorgeously crocheted infinity cowl made by crochet queen @drcaromaldo.blacksky.app using "Rustic-Earth Archer. This is inspired by a young Black archer in a 16thc painting. The earthy look goes w/ every skin tone & pretty much every color so damn near perfect, just like Dr C-M's work. 🧶
#yarnsky
#yarnsky
I just finished this Membrillo cowl using Rublic of Yarnia's (@isasaxonists.bsky.social) Rustic-Earth Archer dyed yarn.
#crochet 🧶
#crochet 🧶
January 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I just finished this Membrillo cowl using Rublic of Yarnia's (@isasaxonists.bsky.social) Rustic-Earth Archer dyed yarn.
#crochet 🧶
#crochet 🧶