Steph Ahn
@ahnwriting.bsky.social
Author and illustrator of the Harrietta Lee series, 🇰🇷, 🏳️🌈, 🔞, she/her
(@ahn_writing on Twitter)
https://stephanie-ahn-books.com/
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https://stephanie-ahn-books.com/
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Steph Ahn
@ahnwriting.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Is adult, lesbian, modern-day urban fantasy with a flawed Korean heroine your jam? 🔞🌈🌆
Then welcome to the HARRIETTA LEE series! Check out the first book, DEADLINE, an appetizer-size novella that introduces the magic and mess of Harry's New York.
Enjoy your stay!
books2read.com/harrietta-le...
Then welcome to the HARRIETTA LEE series! Check out the first book, DEADLINE, an appetizer-size novella that introduces the magic and mess of Harry's New York.
Enjoy your stay!
books2read.com/harrietta-le...
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Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
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Borders also keep you in
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Borders also keep you in
The best skincare ingredient is a hobby, work, or school that keeps your mind 1 million miles away from anything skincare or your-face-related for at least 23 hours a day. Which i know is easier said than done, but even a miracle ingredient is nothing if you obsess over its effects after only 2 uses
January 31, 2026 at 7:25 AM
The best skincare ingredient is a hobby, work, or school that keeps your mind 1 million miles away from anything skincare or your-face-related for at least 23 hours a day. Which i know is easier said than done, but even a miracle ingredient is nothing if you obsess over its effects after only 2 uses
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Don't read the comments. It's all bots and people whose entire purpose is to make you feel like shit. Do the work, don't read the comments. Do the work, don't read the comments.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Don't read the comments. It's all bots and people whose entire purpose is to make you feel like shit. Do the work, don't read the comments. Do the work, don't read the comments.
They want us to despair, they want us to not care, they want us to despair, they want us to not care
January 31, 2026 at 6:53 AM
They want us to despair, they want us to not care, they want us to despair, they want us to not care
I like drawing. Drawing calms me. Doing a contour sketch is like running your hand across the edges of an object with your brain.
January 31, 2026 at 6:49 AM
I like drawing. Drawing calms me. Doing a contour sketch is like running your hand across the edges of an object with your brain.
Have a Harry for the first time in a while
January 31, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Have a Harry for the first time in a while
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The government is using technology to identify protestors, and then using that information to track and intimidate them. The people using the devices are wearing masks, but we know the companies creating the technology.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The government is using technology to identify protestors, and then using that information to track and intimidate them. The people using the devices are wearing masks, but we know the companies creating the technology.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
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Just a reminder that at least 242 journalists were killed by Israel since October 7.
Palestine was the test to see what they could do. Not standing in solidarity with Palestinians was not only a major moral and ethical failing it was a strategic mistake that everyone will pay for.
January 30, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Just a reminder that at least 242 journalists were killed by Israel since October 7.
Wait wait are neurotypical people supposed to never be bothered by the type of socks they're wearing? That sounds wrong, some socks are definitely worse than others, right? Like if you have socks with seams that bother you, you pull them a certain way or layer them with other socks to make them work
January 30, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Wait wait are neurotypical people supposed to never be bothered by the type of socks they're wearing? That sounds wrong, some socks are definitely worse than others, right? Like if you have socks with seams that bother you, you pull them a certain way or layer them with other socks to make them work
I give up on drawing my character consistently, as long as she has most of her described traits I'll call it a win
January 30, 2026 at 7:45 AM
I give up on drawing my character consistently, as long as she has most of her described traits I'll call it a win
Need to go grocery shopping and to the courthouse tomorrow
January 30, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Need to go grocery shopping and to the courthouse tomorrow
Don't read the comments. It's all bots and people whose entire purpose is to make you feel like shit. Do the work, don't read the comments. Do the work, don't read the comments.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Don't read the comments. It's all bots and people whose entire purpose is to make you feel like shit. Do the work, don't read the comments. Do the work, don't read the comments.
Feels wild to care about writing my silly little stories right now. But as im working on book 4, I cant help the desire to rewrite books 1 thru 3 now that im objectively a better writer and know more of what I want out of my world building and character arcs
January 30, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Feels wild to care about writing my silly little stories right now. But as im working on book 4, I cant help the desire to rewrite books 1 thru 3 now that im objectively a better writer and know more of what I want out of my world building and character arcs
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Similarly, the point of "First They Came" is not "when they came for me, that's when it was bad."
They point is everyone should oppose them when they first start coming for people, even if it's not anyone you know or like. Because if you don't, things usually get worse from there.
They point is everyone should oppose them when they first start coming for people, even if it's not anyone you know or like. Because if you don't, things usually get worse from there.
January 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Similarly, the point of "First They Came" is not "when they came for me, that's when it was bad."
They point is everyone should oppose them when they first start coming for people, even if it's not anyone you know or like. Because if you don't, things usually get worse from there.
They point is everyone should oppose them when they first start coming for people, even if it's not anyone you know or like. Because if you don't, things usually get worse from there.
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Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
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Not surprisingly, kids are not faring well in the for-profit family concentration camp. They are distressed, sleeping a lot, not getting enough to eat. Rep. Castro reports that a 2-month-old baby is in there
I just visited Liam and his father. I also met with countless more children and families who have done nothing wrong and should not be detained.
My full update on visiting the Dilley detention center:
youtu.be/j9FcMwyWN2I?...
My full update on visiting the Dilley detention center:
youtu.be/j9FcMwyWN2I?...
I just visited Liam and his father. My full update on visiting the Dilley detention center:
YouTube video by JoaquinCastroTX
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Not surprisingly, kids are not faring well in the for-profit family concentration camp. They are distressed, sleeping a lot, not getting enough to eat. Rep. Castro reports that a 2-month-old baby is in there
Reminder to myself:
Think of what your enemies want you to be doing right now. Make sure to disappoint and enrage them.
Think of what your enemies want you to be doing right now. Make sure to disappoint and enrage them.
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Reminder to myself:
Think of what your enemies want you to be doing right now. Make sure to disappoint and enrage them.
Think of what your enemies want you to be doing right now. Make sure to disappoint and enrage them.
I'm just... stuck on instagram. Reposting anything that's raising awareness. And some stuff I dont even feel like I can repost because the reality it's showing is so bleak I cant imagine it'll do anything but make the person watching want to die.
January 29, 2026 at 8:31 AM
I'm just... stuck on instagram. Reposting anything that's raising awareness. And some stuff I dont even feel like I can repost because the reality it's showing is so bleak I cant imagine it'll do anything but make the person watching want to die.
Im a denim girlie, meaning I like the idea of being a leather girlie but realistically cant put that much effort into taking care of my clothes
January 27, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Im a denim girlie, meaning I like the idea of being a leather girlie but realistically cant put that much effort into taking care of my clothes
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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
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If you're feeling helpless, this might help. Pass it on.
I spent my morning putting this guide together from sources all over the place. Happy to hear from anyone with suggested inclusions, deletions, or edits. jdica@protonmail.com, or you can hit my DMs here.
Please share!
Please share!
The anti-ICE playbook for regular Americans
Every day actions to fight fascism in your community
losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:38 AM
If you're feeling helpless, this might help. Pass it on.
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me: wrapped, snug as a bug in a rug, effortlessly sliding down the upper tube
you: unwrapped, mutant, dead in the lower tube
you: unwrapped, mutant, dead in the lower tube
January 26, 2026 at 5:25 AM
me: wrapped, snug as a bug in a rug, effortlessly sliding down the upper tube
you: unwrapped, mutant, dead in the lower tube
you: unwrapped, mutant, dead in the lower tube
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Allen Dulles, the man who went on to be director of the CIA, spent WWII in Europe, ignoring reports of concentration camps and telling high ranking Nazis that he would help them safely leave Germany by the time the war ended.
Way too many people in this country asking how Germany deNazified are going to be very unhappy when they learn they kinda didn't, we paid for a bunch of their Nazis to come over here and do shit like run our space program.
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Allen Dulles, the man who went on to be director of the CIA, spent WWII in Europe, ignoring reports of concentration camps and telling high ranking Nazis that he would help them safely leave Germany by the time the war ended.