Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 3hNew York has two cutie pie basketball teams playing in two arenas with the most evil vibes imaginable and I think that's beautiful 1301
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 5hAnd a reminder that there are many ways to support Ravenous, whether it's through a paid subscription, our tip jar, or a tax-deductible donation www.weareravenous.com/support-us/weareravenous.comSupport UsRavenous is worker owned, meaning every dollar we make goes directly to running and growing our publication; There are no investors to pay back here. Your support makes all this possible, so here are ... 030
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 5hTalked about the new wave of independent food media with @devrafirst.bsky.social at @bostonglobe.com. I think we're building something good. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/30/l...bostonglobe.comFood media strikes back - The Boston GlobeIn an era of upheaval, journalists are launching independent publications. Will this experiment work? 1187
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 8hI know what college is for and can mean both purely educationally and from a social opportunity standpoint, especially as you add any marginalized identity into it, but this is the cost of people taking your resume more seriously and it's disgusting 0862
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 8hI keep thinking about this and Nikole Hannah-Jones' pieces and how all the pain and devil's bargains with modern K-12 schooling is all in service of sending kids to places like this. At every "elite" high school, this is the goal. For fucking what? 123649
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 29/09/2026Today @thecourtneyesmith.bsky.social asks, why are people playing screamo in the cafe? www.weareravenous.com/loud-music-r...weareravenous.comThere’s a Good Reason the Back of House Doesn’t Pick the PlaylistI just wanted some coffee and pizza. I got an earful of screaming infidelities. 0153
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 29/09/2026Some people desperate to let you know they've never met a brown person before 71524
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Having real #MeToo flashbacks today, what with various news stories going around, and thinking a lot about how women were encouraged to rip themselves open and show off our trauma, in all its Technicolor glory, so that men might begin to believe us 7827174
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaJaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 28/09/2026Loved this piece from @francesdoingthings.bsky.social about Filipino eating in Forgotten Island 0235
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026January 2025: I’m a trad wife who thinks women who work should be burned at the stake, please ignore the $50,000 I make on insta posting butter I had my servant churn Today: did you know women are people? I promise never to sell you gals out again unless its convenient 81721258
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 28/09/2026I also think that as unionized media shops have been completely decimated by layoffs, there is less power among staffers to fight for freelancers, and idk that the media unions know what to do about that yet 0361
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 28/09/2026One thing I've noticed is that upstart worker-owned places are trying our best to pay as much as possible, but because none of us have millions is still far from how much we want to pay. But the rates at the big media companies haven't budged or gotten worse objectivejournalism.org/2026/09/free...objectivejournalism.orgFreelance journalism rates have barely changed since 2000New data from the National Writers Union offers a glimpse into a bleak picture of decades-long wage stagnation in freelance journalism. 210634
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 28/09/2026Loved this piece from @francesdoingthings.bsky.social about Filipino eating in Forgotten Island 0235
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaTed Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Which is just to say that if you think you’re siloing yourself off from the working class by NOT listening to modern country music, you are, in fact, in a silo of your own creation. 7532
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaTed Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Entering the modern country music/working class discourse to say that New York City did not even HAVE a country music station for the entirety of my youth in the 70s & 80s. Closest the working classes got would’ve been Glenn Campbell (and specifically, “Rhinestone Cowboy” or “Gentle on my Mind”). 11894
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaJaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 23/09/2026Had an "Old Man Yells at Cloud" moment about restaurants not putting where the fuck they are on their Instagram pages 545843
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaJaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 25/09/2026"Just in Maryland, the hospitality industry is $26.5 billion in economic output. It supports more than 242,000 jobs...This is going to affect your community, pick up the phone, call your representatives, make sure that people in office are passing the important bills that we need." 0207
Reposted by Jaya Saxenarax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026you guys broke watergate 22889351214
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaNiko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 24/09/2026For @pastemagazine.bsky.social , i wrote a little about surviving, and being older than Nevermind, which turns 35 today. www.pastemagazine.com/music/nirvan...pastemagazine.comI never expected Nevermind to grow old with mePaste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films. 15613
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 25/09/2026"Just in Maryland, the hospitality industry is $26.5 billion in economic output. It supports more than 242,000 jobs...This is going to affect your community, pick up the phone, call your representatives, make sure that people in office are passing the important bills that we need." 0207
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaJaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 24/09/2026I spoke to chef Carlos Raba about the Menu of Solutions, a slate of immigration legislation that a coalition of food orgs and restaurants say will bring down the cost of food. And about why it's so frustrating to frame immigration rights through grocery costs. www.weareravenous.com/the-key-to-c...weareravenous.comThe Key to Cheaper Groceries? Immigration ReformSeat The Table wants to pass a slate of immigration legislation to protect immigrants and keep food prices down. Chef Carlos Raba explains how the two are connected. 0227
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 24/09/2026I spoke to chef Carlos Raba about the Menu of Solutions, a slate of immigration legislation that a coalition of food orgs and restaurants say will bring down the cost of food. And about why it's so frustrating to frame immigration rights through grocery costs. www.weareravenous.com/the-key-to-c...weareravenous.comThe Key to Cheaper Groceries? Immigration ReformSeat The Table wants to pass a slate of immigration legislation to protect immigrants and keep food prices down. Chef Carlos Raba explains how the two are connected. 0227
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 24/09/2026LA Times is reporting that AI signs are bringing in business at a local burrito place. More evidence that they don't gross everyone out! www.latimes.com/food/newslet...latimes.comFreaked out by 'AI slop menus'? They might be — gulp 🤢 — here to stayBizarre AI slop menus with unsettling food images are taking over restaurants in L.A. and beyond. Why some restaurants say they work. 0231
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaCourtney E. Smith @thecourtneyesmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hello today is the day I break that indie rock broke back in 2004. You are welcome for this news update. And go listen to this podcast, my god. 0142
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaJaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 15/05/2026Periodic reminder that I am also the series editor of the Best American Food and Travel Writing anthology, and that you should be submitting your writing to bestamericanfoodtravel@gmail.com. Yes, from your newsletter/zine/indie pub! Full guidelines here media.sailthru.com/fss/flelv5/d...media.sailthru.com 0376
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 23/09/2026I mean idk where the info is I just wanna know their address and hours 090
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 23/09/2026Ok I figured it out and it's new and unfinished and weird but whatever come through 060
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 23/09/2026Had an "Old Man Yells at Cloud" moment about restaurants not putting where the fuck they are on their Instagram pages 545843
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaRavenous @weareravenous.com · 23/09/2026For the love of god, just tell me where you are.buff.lyRestaurants, Your Address Shouldn’t Be a SecretFor the love of god, just tell me where you are. 1110811
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaStella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 21/11/2025MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down TRUMP: Uh huh MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade? TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom 7790161418
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 23/09/2026If you're in Brooklyn tonight come see me read...something! I'll figure it out by then I promise. www.instagram.com/p/DcmW7NbRqwO/instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 1120
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaAshok Selvam @shokdiesel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Frickin’ @aemccarthy.bsky.social. Do you think I am going let her do this by herself? Consider this MATCHED. 074
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaRavenous @weareravenous.com · 22/09/2026As you may know, we’ve been working over the last month to secure 300 new paid subscribers in 30 days. Welp, today’s day 30, and it’s the final day to score our biggest discount ever. Join @katkinsman.bsky.social and the rest of the flock today! Here's 30% off a subscription: buff.ly/EYirJYs 0104
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaRavenous @weareravenous.com · 21/09/2026I'm sorry for all those rude things I said about Chicago's most notorious liqueurbuff.lyI Think I Might Have Been Wrong About MalörtI'm sorry for all those rude things I said about Chicago's most notorious liqueur 0281
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaAmy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026we're already halfway to 10 new paid subscribers, don't you want to become the sixth? or the seventh?? even the EIGHTH??? 053
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Beloved @jayasaxena.com is directly in her wheelhouse writing about AI slop in the food world in her new-ish worker-owned food publication. www.weareravenous.com/for-ai-food-...weareravenous.comFor AI Food Slop, Gross Is in the Eye of the BeholderAI food imagery would still be a problem even if it didn't look horrifying. 0244
Reposted by Jaya Saxenamattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 22/09/2026gearing up to get another book ready to send into the world right now and i just wanted to take a second to say that you should get your hands on a copy of SIMPLICITY if you like anything i've ever made. i'm still so immensely proud of it. 428152
Reposted by Jaya SaxenaRavenous @weareravenous.com · 21/09/2026While corporate media is cutting costs and getting rid of human workers, we’re aiming to do the exact opposite. We want to hire talented food freelancers who have something important to say. Help us fund our freelance budget and join smart readers like @joshgondelman.bsky.social. buff.ly/EYirJYs 07011
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 21/09/2026I’ll weigh your soul against a bag of dusty Bazzini peanuts 030