Ellen Oh
I write MG & YA books that win awards from people not related to me. Founding member of WENEEDDIVERSEBOOKS. Fight Book Bans!!!
- I'm going to regret saying this but if you are using AI to write anything important, you are intellectually deficient or morally corrupt or inexcusably lazy.
- Over on IG I've been posting an AAPI book a day to celebrate AAPI heritage month. They are all kid lit and YA books except for 1 adult book I snuck in there, but it is by a YA author so it still counts. The beautiful thing is I have more books than days to celebrate. I couldn't do this 20 years ago.
- Reposted by Ellen OhTHIS WEEK: House Republicans are deciding how many families and senior citizens they’ll kick off Medicaid, SNAP, early education, and countless other programs that working families rely on — all to fund tax breaks for billionaires. Call your representative NOW if you live in a GOP district.
- Reposted by Ellen OhJust learned about HJ Res. 54, which aims to put an end to corporations being treated as people. If you have 5 min, call your rep (#s at reps.fyi or 5calls.org) and ask them to support it. Or send them an email, or use @resist.bot. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
- Reposted by Ellen OhOur statement regarding the firing of Dr. Carla Hayden (continued)
- Reposted by Ellen OhWe Need Diverse Books is proud to stand with Dr. Carla Hayden, who started her career as a children’s librarian in Chicago and who became the first woman and first Black appointee to serve as the Librarian of Congress. Find our statement below ⬇️
- The whole King drama really encapsulates why we should never idolize people. Because they will always disappoint you. After all, they are human. I wish he had listened to marginalized voices and just apologized instead of doubling down. Now an author I loved since I was a child, is no longer a fave.
- Also, it was only because of this drama that I realized he was a supporter of JKR. Which was another crucial reason for my deep disappointment. I will always support the transgender community.
- Reposted by Ellen OhON THE BLOCK: STORIES OF HOME edited by @ellenoh.bsky.social (Crown/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/2025-s... #SummerReading #HBFamilyReading #FamilyReading #kidlit #Intermediate #MiddleGrade
- Reposted by Ellen OhThis is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
- Reposted by Ellen OhThanks to the Howard County Public School System, on Friday April 25, @ellenoh.bsky.social and I will be keynoting the HCPSS Pride "Reimagine the Rainbow Community Event" at Centennial High School in Maryland. Registration for this event is required docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Reposted by Ellen OhLet’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
- Reposted by Ellen OhI cannot convey enough how grateful I am to the millions of you all supporting us with your time, resources, and energy. Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities. All with an average donation of $21. THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️
- Reposted by Ellen OhI hope everyone remains safe and also that people know that a corporate spaceflight of only women astronauts for a company owned by a deeply destructive billionaire who is enabling fascism is just public relations for fascism and has absolutely nothing to do with feminism
- Reposted by Ellen Oh20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world. A better world is possible.
- Dear all women, If you get married, KEEP YOUR NAME! If they want to take away our right to vote, then let's make Mrs. an obsolete honorific.
- Reposted by Ellen OhNEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services. The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
- Reposted by Ellen OhI have been saying this when I call my reps to yell at them. Now I can say "As Justice Sotomayor says..." Call your reps and demand they call for the release of Mahmoud Khalil and all of the other detained students as well as the folks sent to the concentration camp in El Salvador. reps.fyi
- I've been screaming inside my head so much I can't think anymore. I hate what's happening to us so much. Even ice cream and donuts can't make me feel any better. The only thing that makes me feel a modicum of happiness is this:
- Reposted by Ellen OhWNDB is excited to share a first look at the cover for THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR by Ellen Oh! Forthcoming from @harperkids.bsky.social this Fall! 📅 Releasing September 30th, 2025 💻 Pre-order > bit.ly/3Rq7E6Q
- Reposted by Ellen OhTo kick off the inaugural #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay, WNDB is also committing to donating 10,000 diverse titles across the country in 2025. We believe that diverse books ought to be read and celebrated, especially now as book bans disproportionately target them. Thank you for all your support!
- Reposted by Ellen OhToday is #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay! If you’re celebrating, tag us so we can follow along with the festivities! Unsure of what to read? We’ve recommended titles for all ages, and you can win ALL of them in our special giveaway, only on Instagram 🎉 🎁 bit.ly/4cd5vVE
- Reposted by Ellen OhIt’s no joke, our friends at @bookshop.org are helping us celebrate #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay with a special promo code! 🛍️📚 Shop Bookshop.org on April 3rd and use the code “WNDB25” at checkout to get 15% off your purchase!
- They're consolidating & hoarding generational wealth & power. That's what these tariffs & tax breaks are all about. All the money & power will remain in their families for generations while the rest of us can't break out of the neverending cycle of debt & poverty. And we simply let them do it to us.
- Reposted by Ellen OhIt's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory. Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
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- Reposted by Ellen OhJust watched the President's "Liberation Day" speech. Based on this, I can confirm many Americans will be liberated from: - Being able to afford groceries - Much of their retirement savings - Any hope of buying a home As for lower prices? Just the opposite.
- I just canceled an international school visit that I was really excited about and I just turned down another one. I hate this. I never get invited to visit international schools and when I finally am, I can't because this fascist regime scares me. I'm angry and so deeply stressed.
- Reposted by Ellen OhNEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
- Reposted by Ellen OhNew Hampshire is moving forward with new state laws that will make banning books easier. The bill already passed in the NH House and is now moving to the NH Senate. NH residents: you can speak out against this (see AABB post 👇) newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/04/01/r...
- Reposted by Ellen OhSo simple. Thank you for the leadership on this, Princeton.
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- Reposted by Ellen OhSen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble. For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity. What will you do?
- Reposted by Ellen OhI just sent Cory Booker money. I will send money to anyone who fights, and I will not send money to anyone who cowers in fear. That has to be the situation, for all of us.
- Reposted by Ellen OhMan. There are a lot of cynics out there. If what Booker is doing doesn’t bring YOU joy, there’s no need to shit all over everyone else’s appreciation.
- Reposted by Ellen OhHappy Trans Day of Visibility to all you wonderful lovely people! 🏳️⚧️ Thank you for sharing as much of yourselves as you are comfortable sharing; all our lives are richer for it ❤️
- Reposted by Ellen OhThis keeps getting worse and worse.
- The way white women are just now realizing and are horrified to learn that they were the largest beneficiaries of DEI is almost funny to watch, if it wasn't so sad. They didn't realize just how much conservative republican men hate women.
- Reposted by Ellen OhThere are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am. We are. We will.
- Happy Trans Visibility Day! Thank you for being here.
- Reposted by Ellen OhCelebrate #TransDayOfVisibility with these newly released & upcoming books featuring trans rep! 🏳️⚧️🩵🤍🩷 As always, this is not intended to be an exhaustive list. Feel free to reply/QRT with your own anticipated trans releases!
- Reposted by Ellen OhWay to go, Green Bay, WI! Amazing turnout! 💚
- Reposted by Ellen OhThe worst people in the world are like "They must be getting paid to hate me" when in reality everyone is happy to hate them for free
- Reposted by Ellen OhThe full verdict is now in and it is HUGE 🇫🇷 Le Pen and co-defendants all guilty 🇫🇷 All banned from holding public office 🇫🇷 Ban takes effect immediately - in other words she cannot remain in politics while she spins out the appeals process 🇫🇷 She can, however, appeal to the Conseil Constitutionnel
- Reposted by Ellen OhLegal fund for Rümeysa Öztürk: chuffed.org/project/just...
- Reposted by Ellen OhThis is what corruption looks like.
- Today, my stress and anxiety is as high as it was on November 3rd, 2024. This week is so important my stomach hurts constantly. Vote blue people! We can do it!!
- I keep trying to subscribe to the Atlantic and I keep getting an error message. Please tell me it's because of the overwhelming number of people wanting to subscribe to them!
- Reposted by Ellen OhI mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
- Reposted by Ellen OhWe've taken the paywall down for this one.
- Reposted by Ellen OhCircling back on this…
- Reposted by Ellen OhIn this Ohio diner, it was a tradition: eggs and waffles, big cup of Folgers, then open the old text message app to read about the administration's secret plans to bomb Yemen. But now the woke mob wants to take all of that away.
- Reported in the Le Monde: "A French scientist, a space researcher, had his laptop searched at the US border and was sent back to Europe after private messages were found criticising President Trump. He was accused of messages which “can be described as terrorism.”" We are all in danger.
- Reposted by Ellen OhThe full statement from the family of R.E. Burke clarifies that there were no grounds whatsoever for the British cartoonist to be detained by ICE for almost 3 weeks – she held a valid ESTA, had broken no rules or laws in the US, and was ready & able to return home. downthetubes.net/comic-creato...
- He can't control judges, so he is trying to scare lawyers. Paul Weiss's capitulation is disgusting & egregious & absolute cowardice. They have stained their reputation forever. Lawyers need to be as brave as our judges have been.
- Reposted by Ellen OhBillionaires & special interests can spend unlimited undisclosed money to try to buy ballot measures & elections. Join clean money activists to fight against this threat.
- If you actively seek to tear down libraries that provide books, internet, and other resources to all people; public schools that provide education to all children; public housing and food for poor people; health care and equal rights for everyone - you are a bad person.
- Reposted by Ellen OhTucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.
- Reposted by Ellen OhOn Sunday afternoon March 30, @ellenoh.bsky.social and I will be leading an online workshop, speaking to Texas high school students about how to safely fight back against book bans, censorship, and the erasure of identities under the current regime.
- Reposted by Ellen OhAOC: If you are an LGBTQ kid or family, we cannot throw you under the bus in order to win an election. In this house, we stand together
- Reposted by Ellen Oh🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
- The Dept of Education news is absolutely devastating. My heart hurts and my stomach is a mess. The long term harm this will do especially after what happened during the pandemic - we may never recover.
- Me every damn day since Jan 20th
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- I've desperately needed Meghan Markle Sussex's lovely show With Love, Meghan because it is sweet and calming and just a balm on my tortured soul. Love it so much! And she is warm and natural and I love her! Can't wait to buy everything she makes bc it makes me happy. And we deserve nice things!
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- Reposted by Ellen OhBREAKING: Judge Furman issues an order in Mahmoud Khalil's habeas petition filed in federal court in Manhattan: "To preserve the Court’s jurisdiction pending a ruling on the petition, Petitioner shall not be removed from the United States unless and until the Court orders otherwise." More to come:
- Reposted by Ellen OhOne of the major problems with billionaires owning major media is that it literally does not matter if they are profitable. They can take a loss on them because the propaganda and narrative control is worth every penny.
