Prof. Carlos Acosta-Ponce
@profap.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of English at Buena Vista University | Husband, Dad, Boricua 🇵🇷 & PhD | US literature | Pop culture & media | Comics & graphic memoirs. Opinions are my own…
I am pleased to once again extend greetings to all who commemorate Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day’s 40th anniversary. I remain hopeful that a Hallmark Card will be designed in the near future.
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I am pleased to once again extend greetings to all who commemorate Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day’s 40th anniversary. I remain hopeful that a Hallmark Card will be designed in the near future.
Just got back from the kiddo’s Cub Scouts meeting. I turn on the TV and I see Tyreek Hill getting carted off the field. Being a Dolphins fan can be a sisyphean task…
Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill, who was taken to a local hospital because of a knee injury, is believed to have suffered a dislocated knee, source says.
This injury, far worse than a dislocated knee cap, often comes with multiple ligament tears.
This injury, far worse than a dislocated knee cap, often comes with multiple ligament tears.
September 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Just got back from the kiddo’s Cub Scouts meeting. I turn on the TV and I see Tyreek Hill getting carted off the field. Being a Dolphins fan can be a sisyphean task…
New ink… #wheeloftime @dragonmount.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
New ink… #wheeloftime @dragonmount.com
"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest." -- Mon Mothma
September 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest." -- Mon Mothma
Some thoughts on Peacemaker's role within the superhero ethos... carlosacostaponce.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/f...
From Nuclear Angst to Eagle Hugs: Superheroes Deconstructed Again
Ever since Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen hit shelves in 1986, pop culture has been obsessed with tearing superheroes down to see what makes them tick. Watchmen didn’t just critique the genr…
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September 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Some thoughts on Peacemaker's role within the superhero ethos... carlosacostaponce.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/f...
Very excited to find out that @kellybarnhill.bsky.social will be visiting us at Buena Vista University this coming spring.
September 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Very excited to find out that @kellybarnhill.bsky.social will be visiting us at Buena Vista University this coming spring.
August 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Finally had a little time to share my thoughts on James Gunn's Superman...
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In my Humble Opinion: My Review of James Gunn’s Superman
I’ve lost count of how many times Hollywood has tried to “fix” Superman. Christopher Reeve gave us the definitive version back in 1978, and ever since then, every new attempt has been burdened with…
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August 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Finally had a little time to share my thoughts on James Gunn's Superman...
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I guess Iowa legislators don't think cultural competence is necessary in today's workforce...
Iowa lawmakers advance another anti-DEI bill targeting university curriculum www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...
Iowa lawmakers advance another anti-DEI bill targeting university curriculum www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...
Iowa lawmakers advance another anti-DEI bill targeting university curriculum
A year after lawmakers passed sweeping legislation banning diversity, equity, and inclusion spending across Iowa’s public universities, legislators are taking aim at DEI-related curricular requirement...
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February 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I guess Iowa legislators don't think cultural competence is necessary in today's workforce...
Iowa lawmakers advance another anti-DEI bill targeting university curriculum www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...
Iowa lawmakers advance another anti-DEI bill targeting university curriculum www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...
Can't wait...
February 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Can't wait...
Time for lechón asao…
December 23, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Time for lechón asao…
Since we’re living in dark times, I added these to my Spring syllabi…
November 21, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Since we’re living in dark times, I added these to my Spring syllabi…
Sometimes you are grading a student paper that is so bad that you wonder if the student did the reading at all...
a man is covering his face with his hand and saying `` seriously '' .
ALT: a man is covering his face with his hand and saying `` seriously '' .
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November 19, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Sometimes you are grading a student paper that is so bad that you wonder if the student did the reading at all...
A slice of 80's nostalgia clashes with me feeling really, really old... www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
40 Years Ago, a Forgotten Sci-Fi Horror Changed Pop Culture History — And Kicked Serious Ass
Girls just want to have zombie-slaying fun.
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November 18, 2024 at 3:29 PM
A slice of 80's nostalgia clashes with me feeling really, really old... www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
I yell this at people at least once per day…
Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.
We need to get back to reading and critical thinking
Because 2024 feels different from 2016.
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November 16, 2024 at 1:44 AM
I yell this at people at least once per day…