Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis

Litteris Graecis et Latinis docta, psallere et saltare elegantius quam necesse est probae. Biclassical Lecturer @UMBC, haec/ illa. ♠️

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

Hello! I'm the Pipiatrix responsible for @ShitPlinySays. Doing online living history is more fun for me than tweeting as myself, so follow my alter ego if you want to see me role-playing my favorite ancient author.

This account is a desert called peace.

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@JonathanHsy Here, use mine. This is Juba the friendly king and his bro Cato the Censor (of whatever is on my lap)

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@tarasdactyls @RemedheG Halleluiah finally some help! Welcome, Tara <3

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@ShitPlinySays @BretDevereaux Yes, Uncle Pliny. Come on, we've talked about this.

[BIPoC Ukraine & Friends in Germany @BIPoCukraine]

1/2 We are international students who fled Ukraine—who are Black, Indigenous, people of color w/o Ukrainian citizenship. We call on the German govt to address unequal & discriminatory treatment. We demand equality!

Our letter & demands: https://t.co/wfgLy777IJ

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@fluff35 That reminds me... I *did* assign your chapters and a student made you a meme.

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@fluff35 @Classics_Review @BloomsburyClass Thank you for writing such a badass book! I meant every word.

Y'all, go read Helen's book! And stop sharing fake Hippocrates quotes!

[Monica H Green, PhD #VaxTheWorld @monicaMedHist]

Just discovered this searchable index of names & demographic details of almost 300 medieval/early modern women who died in childbirth. By @SamanthaLKSeal. Includes age at death, whether this was the 1st (known) child, and if not, info on other pregnancies. https://t.co/748jr1QIII

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@professor_dave I was this kid. My teachers thought I was doing fine. I was dissociating to escape and teaching myself at home. And failing math because dyscalculia doesn't respond to more flashcards.

My body was in the room. My mind was on the Starship Enterprise.

[Gloria Purvis @gloria_purvis]

Ever posted your location on Instagram, or used find my iPhone, or any GPS technology? Then thank Dr. Gladys Mae West! She is the pioneer responsible for the mathematics behind GPS. She is 91 years old.
#BlackHistoryMonth #alphakappaalpha

[Rhea Classical Reviews @RheaClassical]

It's FAQ Feature Day! Last week we told you how Rhea differs from other book review platforms - one of those ways is that our authors and reviewers are all emerging, contingent, or alternative scholars.

So, who is included in those categories? Great question!

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[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@archaeoctopus @Libertinopatren @AznClassics @cripantiquity @MountaintopCLAS @WorkClassicists Might I suggest @RemedheG? We're mostly postgraduate, but very friendly to all aspiring medical historians in the field.

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@DisabledAcadem I'd also like that Discord server access, please.

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@kataplexis @Roelkonijn One of my personal favorites in the 2016 hoplites was someone who heard my description of why Greek folks put gorgons on their shields, then decided to make a Trump gorgon. It was October. A more innocent time.

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@kataplexis @Roelkonijn Some group shots of all the nifty shield art over the years:
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[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@kataplexis @Roelkonijn Happy to do! I have my Warfare in the Ancient World kids make cardboard shields for a hoplite and Roman legion practicum. Here are the UMBC hoplites defending the pass of Thermopylae from my colleague @TimothyPhin and his Persians. 1/

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@kataplexis @duxfeminafacti9 @ShitPlinySays Forthcoming soonish, so watch this space: https://t.co/wz65CRK7nH

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

I'll bite.
1. Petsmart pet daycare
2. Cashier at Whole Foods
3. Wedding musician
4. Emergency dept patient advocate/ night chaplain (I translated from doctor-speak to patient-speak & sat with people whose relatives were seriously ill or had just died)
5. Jo-Ann Fabrics associate

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@ltotelin I will confess to having started a paper with "It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that there was no systematic human cadaver dissection in antiquity." I couldn't help myself.

Anyway, I co-sign on this. Such rhetoric has made me feel awful before, and will again.

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@ShitPlinySays Co-edited, Uncle Pliny. I only wrote that one chapter.

Sorry, folks, he's still learning how we moderns do authorship.

[Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis @ScriptaPuella]

@ShitPlinySays Random?!

Seriously, though, if you admire Uncle Pliny, you're admiring the work of his enslaved secretarial pool too. We'll never know how much of their creativity and talent made the Natural History so amazing, but it was probably a lot.

Thanks, dead friends. I love your work.