Marissa Landrigan

Writer, reader, eater, nerd.
Author, The Vegetarian's Guide to Eating Meat (@GreystoneBooks, 2017)
Associate Professor, Writing, @PittJohnstown
She / her

[Marissa Landrigan @MKLandrigan]

@PAHumCouncil @cnfonline Preparing my notes, recipe, and writing prompt, excited to chat with everyone: writing about food and its connection to place / landscape / environment.

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

This is great news. It means that the FDA will maintain its requirement for COVID-19 vaccine authorization that a trial must follow patients for a median of two months - which is already a bare minimum.

[Marissa Landrigan @MKLandrigan]

This is SUCH a crucial thing to understand, even -- especially -- for those of us whose paychecks are relatively sizable. I take home more in a month now than I ever have, but I literally couldn't pay all my bills if I missed even one paycheck = working poor and I vote like it.

[AshleyStevens @The_Acumen]

Too many of you are confused about your class status. If you can’t afford to miss a paycheck, you’re the working poor, and part of the 80% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck. If you HAVE to work to survive, you’re working class.

[Marissa Landrigan @MKLandrigan]

@BrittanyHailer I picked out a "bridesmaids" dress from the brand I liked because I wanted something in a different color / short. It was BHLDN, but if I could have afforded it, it would've been from this designer: https://t.co/2GMoPSk9l7

[UPJ Activities @UPJStuAffairs]

We are thrilled to be a part of the national effort to engage new voters! Join us at the gazebo from 9am-6pm and register to vote in this election. #upjengage #PittVotes

[Marissa Landrigan @MKLandrigan]

@surlybassey I adore the depiction of birth in @victorlavalle The Changeling -- I found great comfort in it while I was pregnant. Also Jean Hoagland's Into the Forest and Louise Erdrich's Future Home of the Living God (TW for loss on that last one).

[Marissa Landrigan @MKLandrigan]

@lillydancyger I love this idea! I've never been able to establish any kind of daily routine -- writing, exercising, drinking enough water -- that sticks, but this feels totally manageable.

[Rebecca Traister @rtraister]

Care work as infrastructure investment —yup.

[Marissa Landrigan @MKLandrigan]

This thread provides a really useful perspective on a few different issues.

[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

THREAD: School closure and kids

I am an expert in child & adolescent EMERGENCY psychiatry. This is my expert opinion: It's complex, and it is not easy to answer

COVID = BAD
Education = GOOD
In person schooling in a deadly pandemic
= GOOD + BAD

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[Marissa Landrigan @MKLandrigan]

@angiecwriter @PAHumCouncil @cnfonline Thanks, Angie! I have such love for Iowa now -- what a complex, lovely place. With such great food! :D

[PA Humanities @PAHumanities]

This Friday is @cnfonline's next installment of Food Writing Fridays, this time featuring @MKLandrigan, author of The Vegetarian's Guide to Eating Meat. Tune in live!

This series is supported by our Pop-Up Grants for Cultural Producers program. https://t.co/iUpHmAbqiA

[Marissa Landrigan @MKLandrigan]

This list of SO GOOD. I'm ordering @victorlavalle DESTROYER but might I also suggest THE CHANGELING which is maybe the best book I've ever read about the terror of becoming a parent.

[Summer Lee @SummerForPA]

We need to be careful w/narrative we accept and spread. The "violence" at the protest wasn't against cars, statues, & all those other inanimate objects

The violence I witnessed in Pittsburgh was militarized police responding to water bottles w/chemical force & rubber bullets

[Jeanna Kadlec @jeannakadlec]

@lillydancyger like our politicians don't engage in looting as part of their JOB

[🇺🇦 Dean Bakopoulos 🇺🇦 @DeanBakopoulos]

Spent five years working retail and lemme tell you, none of these workers are paid enough to put up with your bullshit. You don’t wanna wear a mask? Then: Have shit delivered or shop online. Stay home.

[Marissa Landrigan @MKLandrigan]

@lacymjohnson Oh yes. A more mindful approach to my use of resources: being judicious with paper products, planning meals to use all the food we buy and throw as little out as possible. More concerted efforts to reach out and connect to friends. Daily outdoor time / walking.

[Marissa Landrigan @MKLandrigan]

@IamRageSparkle A band! My favorite album of theirs is Stay Gold, but they also did this excellent cover for the Wild movie soundtrack a few years back: https://t.co/f2neZXN8XF