Mara Pellittieri
Managing Editor , member of , , and . Obsessive feminist, Internet user, and food eater. Tweets are my own.
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No Families, No Children, No Future | The American Conservative
The American Conservative 126d 7 tweets
Thirty percent of women under 25 consider themselves LGBT. Has this ever happened, anywhere?
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Mara Pellittieri My baby is going to be so confused when I tell her about this. 126d
Whole Foods Founder: ‘The Whole World Is Getting Fat’
David Gelles - Nytimes.com 155d 5 tweets
John Mackey, who espouses a high-minded version of capitalism, sold his upscale grocery chain to Amazon.
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Mara Pellittieri Imagine being asked “how do we support the people who can’t afford Whole Foods” and answering “they’re too stupid to shop correctly.” 154d
Multimillion-dollar food bank delivery contracts go to firms with little experience
POLITICO 286d 3 tweets
The Agriculture Department awarded $1.2 billion to several little-known companies to send excess farm products to food banks.
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Mara Pellittieri We’re having serious food distribution issues, and the Trump administration has responded by giving a $40 million contract to an event planning company? Cool cool cool. 286d
How Covid-19 Is Making Millions of Americans Healthier
Nytimes.com 313d 6 tweets
People are finally cooking more.
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Mara Pellittieri This is a stunningly bad take that is somehow celebrating widespread food insecurity and unemployment, all while shitting on people for typically buying the food that is accessible to them in terms of both cost and time. Do better. 310d
Officials ask for SNAP benefits to be allowed at restaurants
KWTX News 10 - Kwtx.com 336d 1 tweets
Officials with the State of Texas sent a letter to the USDA on Wednesday, asking them to allow for the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, or SNAP benefits, at drive-thru restaurants.
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Mara Pellittieri So the answer to the question “what would it take to lift some of the patronizing limits on SNAP” might be a pandemic and total economic shut down? 336d
The Effects on Employment and Family Income of Increasing the Federal Minimum Wage | Congressional Budget Office
Cbo.gov 598d 5 tweets
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour for most workers. In this report, CBO examines how increasing the federal minimum wage to $10, $12, or $15 per hour by 2025 would affect employment and family income.
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Mara Pellittieri Since we’re all in a mood to talk about fair pay, let’s do this. The CBO released a score today for a $15 minimum wage. Toplines: - 27 million people would see an earnings increase - 1.3 million people would move out of poverty 598d
Read a Book: Fall 2018 Releases for When the News Is Too Much
Talk Poverty 874d 1 tweets
Spend some time with these long reads on love, poverty, loss, and policy.
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Mara Pellittieri Today in counterprogramming: Some books that might actually bring you joy. 874d
Yes, Replacing Food Stamps With a Blue Apron-Style Delivery System Is As Bad As It Sounds
Talk Poverty 1108d 2 tweets
The proposal includes massive cuts, and leaves a lot of unanswered questions.
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Mara Pellittieri I cannot believe it doesn’t go without saying that people should be allowed to choose what they eat. But I guess it doesn’t, so and I said it. 1108d
Would You Believe Me If I Said I Was Starving?
Talk Poverty 1129d 1 tweets
Hiding your eating is tricky in the best of circumstances—there are only so many times that you can just “not be hungry” during lunch.
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Mara Pellittieri In which my colleagues let me publish a piece with a paragraph-long description of a spoiled spiral ham. 1129d