Jaya Saxena
@jayasaxena.com
James Beard Award-nominated writer and editor // Series Editor at Best American Food and Travel Writing // Queens, NY // she/her // jayasaxena.com
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Jaya Saxena
@jayasaxena.com
· Sep 24
Nobody Wants to Be a Foodie
How “foodie” went from badge of honor to cringey term to pejorative smear and all the way back again.
www.eater.com
Here it is, my last piece for @eater.bsky.social: my treatise on the last 20 years of food culture, and how food turned into fandom. I really hope you read it. www.eater.com/food-culture...
Not ready to be old enough to have used two defunct forms if NYC transit payments
December 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Not ready to be old enough to have used two defunct forms if NYC transit payments
Tis the season for cartoon ham
December 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Tis the season for cartoon ham
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Soviet New Year's card from the World War II showing Ded Moroz (Santa Claus) decorating his tree with Nazis, 1942
December 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Soviet New Year's card from the World War II showing Ded Moroz (Santa Claus) decorating his tree with Nazis, 1942
Merry Christmas
we’re scrolling around HBO and found AZTEC BATMAN and i need everyone to see Conquistador El Joker
December 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Merry Christmas
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great news everyone. the mattie lubchansky review of books on their year end best-of list named simplicity their best book of the year in the “released by mattie lubchansky” category. what a huge honor,
doing promo is physically painful for me but i really would love it if you bought or read my newest book that came out a few months ago. i think it’s the best thing i’ve ever made and im so immensely proud of it. simplicitybook.xyz
December 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
great news everyone. the mattie lubchansky review of books on their year end best-of list named simplicity their best book of the year in the “released by mattie lubchansky” category. what a huge honor,
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i have 3 desires on this earth:
1. the liberation and emancipation of all working people
2. thriving indie media landscape where people can make cool niche art
3. kiss wife kiss wife kiss wife
1. the liberation and emancipation of all working people
2. thriving indie media landscape where people can make cool niche art
3. kiss wife kiss wife kiss wife
December 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
i have 3 desires on this earth:
1. the liberation and emancipation of all working people
2. thriving indie media landscape where people can make cool niche art
3. kiss wife kiss wife kiss wife
1. the liberation and emancipation of all working people
2. thriving indie media landscape where people can make cool niche art
3. kiss wife kiss wife kiss wife
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The segment seems to contradict Bari’s assertion that the Trump administration didn’t respond to request for comment. Per the report, 60 Minutes reached out to DHS who declined a request for an interview and referred all questions about CECOT to El Salvador.
December 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The segment seems to contradict Bari’s assertion that the Trump administration didn’t respond to request for comment. Per the report, 60 Minutes reached out to DHS who declined a request for an interview and referred all questions about CECOT to El Salvador.
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
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(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
Would Geese exist without the success of School of Rock (2003)? Much to consider
December 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Would Geese exist without the success of School of Rock (2003)? Much to consider
I really love a dumb blockbuster and liking things other people like, but I must come clean that Avatar 2 is the only movie that has made me "my friend's uncle got so mad that he had to go in the backyard" mad
December 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I really love a dumb blockbuster and liking things other people like, but I must come clean that Avatar 2 is the only movie that has made me "my friend's uncle got so mad that he had to go in the backyard" mad
I wrote my aunt’s obituary. She was an incredible woman. obituaries.startribune.com/obituary/kat...
Katherine Warner Johnson Obituary | Minnesota Star Tribune
View Katherine Warner Johnson's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 1 tribute posts from the community.
obituaries.startribune.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I wrote my aunt’s obituary. She was an incredible woman. obituaries.startribune.com/obituary/kat...
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
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What bothers me more than anything about this is that many of the same people who correctly go, "This guy's a crank!" when he's talking about Tylenol causing autism or anti-vax stuff will sit there nodding along like, "Hey, if HHS said this, it must be legit!" when it involves trans care.
I’m at HHS headquarters where RFK Jr. is announcing new restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors by spouting pseudoscience and political misinformation that goes against every major medical association.
December 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What bothers me more than anything about this is that many of the same people who correctly go, "This guy's a crank!" when he's talking about Tylenol causing autism or anti-vax stuff will sit there nodding along like, "Hey, if HHS said this, it must be legit!" when it involves trans care.
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6 years ago, a federal ban on gender-affirming care for young people was absent from the national Dem agenda, seemed unlikely to almost everyone who isn’t trans. 6 years ago, Marjorie Taylor Greene was a QAnon crank with a crossfit gym. Yesterday her ban passed out of the House with three Dem votes.
December 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
6 years ago, a federal ban on gender-affirming care for young people was absent from the national Dem agenda, seemed unlikely to almost everyone who isn’t trans. 6 years ago, Marjorie Taylor Greene was a QAnon crank with a crossfit gym. Yesterday her ban passed out of the House with three Dem votes.
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Please don’t live in my city if you’re going to be walking in front of me. Thanks in advance.
December 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Please don’t live in my city if you’re going to be walking in front of me. Thanks in advance.
I think you should buy my wife @mattielubchansky.com graphic novel about queerness and community and monsters for a loved one this solstice season! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739012...
Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky: 9780593701126 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of horror sensation Boys Weekend, a vibrant new graphic novel about a timid academic sent out from the walled dystopian security territory of New...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I think you should buy my wife @mattielubchansky.com graphic novel about queerness and community and monsters for a loved one this solstice season! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739012...
Even though the same product is available under a different name, do I know anyone (like me) who still misses Grade B maple syrup? Get at me
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Even though the same product is available under a different name, do I know anyone (like me) who still misses Grade B maple syrup? Get at me
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an entire generation losing their minds that their children and grandchildren would DARE to do anything they don't understand and turning the full might of the world's imperial powers against the people they profess to love most
Breaking: House Republicans pass Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to criminalize doctors that provide gender-affirming care for trans kids. Her bill imposes jail time penalties up to 10 years. Now, it's headed to the Senate where it is not likely to advance as it would need 7 Democrats to sign on
December 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
an entire generation losing their minds that their children and grandchildren would DARE to do anything they don't understand and turning the full might of the world's imperial powers against the people they profess to love most
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god there’s just no one like anne carson
December 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
god there’s just no one like anne carson
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friday!!!!! i am going to stay out LATE and have two or three BEERS and see my FRIENDS play great MUSIC and you should come too
nyc!!! in three weeks we are playing Pete’s with our pals in french teacher. playing a bunch of new stuff i think…come thru in my opinion
December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
friday!!!!! i am going to stay out LATE and have two or three BEERS and see my FRIENDS play great MUSIC and you should come too
Thrilled to be on @bestfoodblog.bsky.social's list of best food writing of the year! www.bestfoodblog.net/the-year-in-...
December 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thrilled to be on @bestfoodblog.bsky.social's list of best food writing of the year! www.bestfoodblog.net/the-year-in-...
Hey guess what Chuck Schumer's NYC phone line is wide open
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Hey guess what Chuck Schumer's NYC phone line is wide open
One Battle After Another was a good look at what would happen if my dad were in Taken
December 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
One Battle After Another was a good look at what would happen if my dad were in Taken
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I finally remembered to pick up a copy of @mattielubchansky.com’s Simplicity and read it this weekend and it’s genuinely delightful. My new favorite work of hers, for sure!!!
December 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I finally remembered to pick up a copy of @mattielubchansky.com’s Simplicity and read it this weekend and it’s genuinely delightful. My new favorite work of hers, for sure!!!
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This is one of those times when all of the bad news just sucks the air out of your lungs.
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is one of those times when all of the bad news just sucks the air out of your lungs.