Stephanie
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They're young, they're broke, and they pay for organic salmon with government subsidies. Got a problem with that?
By Jennifer Bleyer
In the John Waters-esque sector of northwest Baltimore equal parts kitschy, sketchy, artsy and weird Gerry Mak and Sarah Magida sauntered through a small ethnic market stocked with Japanese eggplant, mint chutney and fresh turmeric. After gathering ingredients for that evenings dinner, they walked to the cash register and awaited their moments of truth.
I have $80 bucks left! Magida said. Im so happy!
I have $12, Mak said with a frown.
The two friends werent tabulating the cash in their wallets but what remained of the monthly allotment on their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program debit cards, the official new term for what are still known colloquially as food stamps.
Magida, a 30-year-old art school graduate, had been installing museum exhibits for a living until the recession caused arts funding and her usual gigs to dry up. She applied for food stamps last summer, and since then shes used her $150 in monthly benefits for things like fresh produce, raw honey and fresh-squeezed juices from markets near her house in the neighborhood of Hampden, and soy meat alternatives and gourmet ice cream from a Whole Foods a few miles away.
Im eating better than I ever have before, she told me. Even with food stamps, its not like Im living large, but it helps.
all of it here
Hipsters on food stamps - Salon.com
SNIP:
They're young, they're broke, and they pay for organic salmon with government subsidies. Got a problem with that?
By Jennifer Bleyer
In the John Waters-esque sector of northwest Baltimore equal parts kitschy, sketchy, artsy and weird Gerry Mak and Sarah Magida sauntered through a small ethnic market stocked with Japanese eggplant, mint chutney and fresh turmeric. After gathering ingredients for that evenings dinner, they walked to the cash register and awaited their moments of truth.
I have $80 bucks left! Magida said. Im so happy!
I have $12, Mak said with a frown.
The two friends werent tabulating the cash in their wallets but what remained of the monthly allotment on their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program debit cards, the official new term for what are still known colloquially as food stamps.
Magida, a 30-year-old art school graduate, had been installing museum exhibits for a living until the recession caused arts funding and her usual gigs to dry up. She applied for food stamps last summer, and since then shes used her $150 in monthly benefits for things like fresh produce, raw honey and fresh-squeezed juices from markets near her house in the neighborhood of Hampden, and soy meat alternatives and gourmet ice cream from a Whole Foods a few miles away.
Im eating better than I ever have before, she told me. Even with food stamps, its not like Im living large, but it helps.
all of it here
Hipsters on food stamps - Salon.com