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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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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

06.03.2026 22:04 👍 7001 🔁 2602 💬 82 📌 92

I cant believe they gave him JAW's abs

06.03.2026 18:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Anyway we know the economy has been in the toilet from the number of "upscale American comfort" restaurants serving fries with truffle aioli again

06.03.2026 14:32 👍 97 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 2

Joke's on the economy I already don't have a job

06.03.2026 14:15 👍 785 🔁 93 💬 1 📌 6

I also can't believe how unbelievable this sounds now, that a magazine would dedicate the real estate to an entire library, an entire RESEARCH DEPARTMENT. Media has always sucked but imagine!!!

05.03.2026 20:59 👍 50 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

For most of my childhood my mom was a researcher at Entertainment Weekly and worked in their massive library of other magazines reporters were constantly referencing. We lose so much when reporters, or anyone else, can't access that history.

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05.03.2026 19:11 👍 1156 🔁 133 💬 25 📌 27

your new DHS secretary, everyone:

05.03.2026 18:58 👍 2593 🔁 641 💬 122 📌 83

we spend too much time on “the trans girls weren’t even good at the sport” because i don’t think it would be good to ban trans people from sports even if trans women started dominating sports. i think they should be allowed to see how good they can be at sports and not worry about the rest!

07.04.2025 15:40 👍 188 🔁 29 💬 4 📌 6

the only answer chatgpt should ever be able to give you is "skinnylicious(r) asian chicken lettuce wrap and a pineapple upside down cheesecake"

05.03.2026 16:24 👍 50 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I really don't think I should have to verify that I am human to look at the Cheesecake Factory menu online. Dogs and robots should be able to look at 57 types of cheesecakes too.

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Publishing Queer Comics: The Art & Business of Visual Storytelling | Hive Mind Books

hey brooklyn! on thursday 3/19 i’m going to be on a panel at hive mind books about publishing your gay little comic. come thru www.hivemindbooks.com/events/47448...

05.03.2026 14:56 👍 57 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0

what kind of asshole would write something like th—ah, ok, i see

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Anna Hezel launches "Party Tricks," with Jaya Saxena Celebrate local author and food journalist Anna Hezel's newest cookbook with a fun and food-filled party

If you're around New York on March 10 you should come to Anna's book launch where she is in conversation with ME!!!! www.eventbrite.com/e/anna-hezel...

18.02.2026 17:35 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

this a great, thoughtful article, which hits on two of my pet issues: cooking-as-art vs cooking-as-craft, and the financial incentive to skip paying for a gas hookup

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Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!

02.03.2026 18:12 👍 786 🔁 552 💬 7 📌 9

I know many of you already know this because it’s obvious but you can absolutely take a survey of an opinion desk’s output over time and pretty accurately surmise the views—or at least the intentions—of the people who are in charge of deciding what gets published. I thought we were all adults here

02.03.2026 05:05 👍 2385 🔁 324 💬 15 📌 10

Yes that is much of what the piece is about

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"A regular meal, however expensive, can always be written off as satisfying your most basic need to eat. But you cannot argue that a 15-course dinner, each course paraded out over three hours like show dogs, is about fulfilling a biological need for hunger. This is pure, vulgar indulgence."

02.03.2026 14:06 👍 97 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 2

a lot of people looking for something that contains both and we just got out of a screening of SILSILA (1981) and i forgot the answer is “most classic bollywood”

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Everyone Hates Fine Dining’s Most Silly, Overwrought Tradition. So Why Are We Still Paying for It? There are better ways to amuse your bouche.

I wrote about the state of the tasting menu, which is constantly being accused of both dying and omnipresence slate.com/life/2026/02...

01.03.2026 13:49 👍 84 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 7

Presumably in the military you learn about self sacrifice for the larger good, we just want the good to be “not war”

01.03.2026 15:19 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

think we all need to get clear with ourselves about the versions of righteous disobedience that are available to us. what can you personally do to avoid ever having to nuremberg-defense your behavior in this moment

01.03.2026 14:36 👍 499 🔁 77 💬 7 📌 0

(Dramatic headline not my doing)

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Everyone Hates Fine Dining’s Most Silly, Overwrought Tradition. So Why Are We Still Paying for It? There are better ways to amuse your bouche.

I wrote about the state of the tasting menu, which is constantly being accused of both dying and omnipresence slate.com/life/2026/02...

01.03.2026 13:49 👍 84 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 7

“Do you remember the name of the gynocologist you sent your victims to?": For @thecut.com I investigated the NYC gynecologists who for years treated the girls in Jeffrey Epstein’s circle. The question: how much did they know? www.thecut.com/article/the-...

18.02.2026 22:13 👍 21 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
I’m 62 years old, I live in Tampa, I eat corn and beef everyday, I always have a titleist hat on,  and Iran is the biggest threat to my freedom

I’m 62 years old, I live in Tampa, I eat corn and beef everyday, I always have a titleist hat on, and Iran is the biggest threat to my freedom

28.02.2026 13:05 👍 7046 🔁 1034 💬 56 📌 15

Read it again. We killed 85 schoolgirls this morning.

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