COLLEGE FOOD PANTRIES: USE THEM!!!
reading a fic about a struggling food insecure college kid, and as a fellow struggling semi- food insecure college kid💀 I was reminded that universities sometimes don't advertise the fact that they usually have a food pantry!!! So check to see if your university has one, even if you can "technically" afford your own food. I didn't use mine for two years, first because I didn't know it existed, and then because I believed that I didn't count as food insecure because "technically", if I just worked my ass off at a job instead of focusing on schoolwork, I had enough money for food (which always sunk my grades). If you don't need it quite as much as the next person, just take less, or the easily restocked things! most school food pantries will have an excess of canned or non perishable things, and then maybe some refrigerated fresh stuff. when I'm doing well I'll just take non perishables. And if you do need more, please please please take it.
