Diner Week – All Artwork by Viv Le
In the latest entry in our A+ Editor's Notes series, I'm taking you into the kitchen of Diner Week to see how the sausage (or bacon or ham or vegan breakfast patty) was made.
I'm not sure what prompted it, but on Friday, June 10 2022, just after noon Eastern time, Autostraddle's Director of Operations Laneia Jones popped into the main social channel of our Slack with a prompt:

So, Diner Week didn't exactly start with diners. But Laneia opened up something with this simple request. People started sharing the places they've eaten at, sharing little pieces of themselves. We talked about salad bars for a long time. You might be thinking to yourself: How much is there to possibly say about salad bars? A lot. I...