Maree Jones

🤳 Because someone needs to be the adult in the room on social media. Opinions are my own.

Director of Social Strategy @UABNews. 🐉

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Like any good dip, there are 8 layers to a Southern goodbye:

- "about to leave" warning
- a "we've gotta go" statement
- hugs
- walking to the driveway
- one more conversation in the driveway
- more hugs
- talking while everyone's piling in the car
- pulling out of the driveway

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It’s a beautiful day at Bartow! Before the official photos arrive, enjoy a sneak peek from today’s groundbreaking.

We’ve made a lot of memories in this building, and we can’t wait to see what’s next.

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“Let me know if you need anything” is beautiful because I do, as a matter of fact, need a week at the beach.

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Oh those? Those are my emotional support wadded up receipts at the bottom of my giant purse.

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Do y’all just want to Venmo me and we can go in together on purchasing the Galleria?

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The human body was not designed to know what everyone from high school thinks politically.

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Social media be like: if I survive an inconvenience, I *will* turn it into lore.

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The group chat? Oh, you mean my decentralized women-led emergency management system...

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@billineastala That’s solid advice. Pretty soon I’ll run out of projects around the house and then I’ll have to be alone with my thoughts and feelings.

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"Sounds good" I say while collapsing into myself like a dying star

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I love a restaurant with low lighting because I, too, would like to remain mysterious.

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Millennials were really told “follow your dreams” by people who had pensions.

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Social media managers can tell when something is about to become a problem the same way animals sense earthquakes.

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as a woman who lives in the South, I have exactly two modes:

1. sweetheart
2. unfortunately, I have reviewed the situation.

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Things I hated as a kid: "we've got food at home"

Things that feel luxurious as an adult: "I have all the ingredients for this at home"

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Our sweet dog of nine years was put to sleep last week, and the vet called today to let us know it was time to pick up his ASHES.

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Besties, I am the mother of a high school graduate. 🎓

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If you survived a Southern church fellowship hall as a child, you can survive literally any networking event.

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The problem with social media advice is that too much of it comes from people who accidentally succeeded during a very specific algorithm cycle in 2021.

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The group chat is where modern women perform unpaid crisis management.

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Sometimes the Lord closes a door because He knows you would absolutely Kool-Aid man through it.