Ellen Oh

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.

THIS 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.

Just 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...

Our statement regarding the firing of Dr. Carla Hayden (continued)

We 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 ⬇️

ON 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

This 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!!!

Thanks 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...

Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

I 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 🙏🏽♥️

20,000 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.

NEW: 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)

I 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:

WNDB 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

To 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!

Today 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

It’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.

It'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.

Again.

Just 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.

NEW: 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...

New 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...

Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏

Sen. 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?

I 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.

Man. 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.

Happy 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 ❤️

This 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.

There 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.

Celebrate #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!

Way to go, Green Bay, WI! Amazing turnout! 💚

The 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

The 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

This 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!

I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.