Mandy Jolly Reavis

Historian, dog mom, book nerd, F1/Indycar fan, and aspiring world traveler.

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

@PayPal I can't wait to cancel and delete my account. I'm tired of getting ripped off, stolen from, and then ignored by PayPal support. Never thought it'd come to this after a decade or so of being a customer.

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

@AskPayPal Sure would be nice if I could call for assistance. Or if the chat support wouldn't leave me on read for over an hour. So glad to see PayPal gives zero cares when they've let their customers get robbed!

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

@AskPayPal Why is PayPal refusing to help me after allowing someone to fraudulently access my account even though I reported the login as not me? And why is my chat support leaving me on read for 45 minutes without a reply? I'd love to get my money back... or at least a reply.

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

@PaulMatadeen @FahertyWSOC9 @weatherchannel @wsoctv @wcnc Hi. I shot this June 9th 2019 at 7am at Oxford Dam in Alexander County, NC. You have permission to use. #yesweather

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

Oxford Dam this morning @FahertyWSOC9 @weatherchannel @wsoctv @wcnc @wsoctv

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

Mammaw throughly enjoyed getting to meet @JOHNGIDDING tonight!

[Aaron P Kohrs @TanTran94]

Get giddy for Gidding — come out and learn about home design from @TLC/⁦@hgtv⁩ (“Trading Spaces”) Mr. ⁦@JOHNGIDDING⁩ this FRIDAY, MAY 17, in #Hickory. Harvard graduate and TV personality, Mr. Gidding is a star. 🌟😉

Buy your tickets 🎫 https://t.co/kiQeuYFxwT

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[@drhonor.bsky.social @drhonor]

Why I don’t go to reunions.

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Master's in History complete!

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@AFirewire what happened to you guys? I miss seeing your page on Facebook!

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

(2) ... their state-approved textbooks are so conservative that most references to the controversial or the commonplace, no matter how relevant, have been omitted. – Gina McNeely, “Does History Have to be Boring?” History News Vol. 46 No. 3. June, 1991.

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

(1) Perhaps part of the problem is the all-too-common practice of assigning high school history classes to athletic coaches whose lesson plans consist of reading the textbook aloud. Possibly, students begin to perceive history as a boring litany of names, dates, and places when..

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

Policies like this make me so nervous - graduation is in a month, possibly adjuncting in the fall. What a great time to be a historian 😕

[Dr Freelance Prof @adjunctificati1]

So it’s official. New policy at uni is to make adjuncts reapply and go through and interview process for every semester for every class. I’ve taught there for 5 years. Not at all demeaning. #academictwitter #AdjunctProfessr #AdjunctNation

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

@katisjewell I got "intellectual" though I expected to see cultural. Neat quiz!

[WCU Graduate School @WCUGradSchool]

We are excited for the Research Symposium next week, April 3-4! #RASC19 #research #wcugrad @WCU @wcudpt @WCUChancellor
Check out the events! https://t.co/VJtHVWTjPo

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

I don't need this kind of evil in my life today.

[WCNC Charlotte @wcnc]

Study: One bottle of wine a week poses same cancer risk as smoking 10 cigarettes for women
https://t.co/jwYJ3u3clE

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

Spending this weekend narrowing down the importance of using local, "hands on" history programs to introduce youth to the idea that history can be fun to learn. Exciting topic - but it's a lot to shove into a 10-minute panel presentation! #Twitterstorians

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

Presentation in less than a week... and all I have is piles of research and an un-transcribed oral interview. Yep. Sounds about right. #historianlife

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@woodyandwilcox Hey guys - tobacco/bee sting girl here (Hell of a way to introduce myself!) You did hear right, it was Grandma. Never underestimate the love of old Southern women for their Snuff tobacco. It's a thing apparently.

[Mandy Jolly Reavis @mdj]

So it will be 33° here in the morning... and then a high of 70° on Friday. Can I at least get some stability in my life via the weather?