Ashe Steiner
@ashesteinerbsueng.bsky.social
"Verna’s heart is beating more rapidly. If he recognizes me spontaneously, I won’t kill him, she thinks. If I tell him who I am and he recognizes me and then apologizes, I still won’t kill him. That’s two more escape chances than he gave her." #BSUENG490
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Verna’s heart is beating more rapidly. If he recognizes me spontaneously, I won’t kill him, she thinks. If I tell him who I am and he recognizes me and then apologizes, I still won’t kill him. That’s two more escape chances than he gave her." #BSUENG490
I noticed how Esme's tone immediately switched up after Donna revealed her abortion, that one moment changed their entire conversation, made everything significantly tenser despite how kind and generous Esme was only moments before. She was still helpful, but a wall was raised #BSUENG490
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I noticed how Esme's tone immediately switched up after Donna revealed her abortion, that one moment changed their entire conversation, made everything significantly tenser despite how kind and generous Esme was only moments before. She was still helpful, but a wall was raised #BSUENG490
"Silence about violence is violence." (260)
We forget that invisible forms of violence that do not leave marks on our skin are still violence. Complicity with the violent system to preserve your own personal comfort may keep you safe in the moment, but it won't always. #BSUENG490
We forget that invisible forms of violence that do not leave marks on our skin are still violence. Complicity with the violent system to preserve your own personal comfort may keep you safe in the moment, but it won't always. #BSUENG490
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"Silence about violence is violence." (260)
We forget that invisible forms of violence that do not leave marks on our skin are still violence. Complicity with the violent system to preserve your own personal comfort may keep you safe in the moment, but it won't always. #BSUENG490
We forget that invisible forms of violence that do not leave marks on our skin are still violence. Complicity with the violent system to preserve your own personal comfort may keep you safe in the moment, but it won't always. #BSUENG490
I love the turn towards the end of Snake. It immediately upends the story's realism in an especially satisfying way and I really love the sword dancer's role towards the end of the story. Everything the man despises comes back to bite him for his crimes. Awesome. #BSUENG490
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I love the turn towards the end of Snake. It immediately upends the story's realism in an especially satisfying way and I really love the sword dancer's role towards the end of the story. Everything the man despises comes back to bite him for his crimes. Awesome. #BSUENG490
Audre Lorde's writing on poetry as a revolutionary form is really important to me. I remember reading it a long time ago and it's informed a lot of my motivation towards writing poetry and I love what she has to say about it. #BSUENG490
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Audre Lorde's writing on poetry as a revolutionary form is really important to me. I remember reading it a long time ago and it's informed a lot of my motivation towards writing poetry and I love what she has to say about it. #BSUENG490
One of my favorite parts about this book is how natural non-human characters are. They're integrated incredibly easily and naturally, and I feel like a lot of Sci-Fi struggles with that. This book proves that it doesn't have to be that hard. #BSUENG490
October 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
One of my favorite parts about this book is how natural non-human characters are. They're integrated incredibly easily and naturally, and I feel like a lot of Sci-Fi struggles with that. This book proves that it doesn't have to be that hard. #BSUENG490
Interesting that Frank gets mad at Cassie for getting emotionally involved in the case and yet he's getting pretty invested himself! #bsueng490
October 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Interesting that Frank gets mad at Cassie for getting emotionally involved in the case and yet he's getting pretty invested himself! #bsueng490
#bsueng490 "no pasts" seems like a very hard rule to keep, especially considering that the characters are literally living in a place made of the past. I think it's inevitable that this rule will cause problems at some point and it will not end well
October 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
#bsueng490 "no pasts" seems like a very hard rule to keep, especially considering that the characters are literally living in a place made of the past. I think it's inevitable that this rule will cause problems at some point and it will not end well
#bsueng490 Omg what if she gets stabbed again so much tension
October 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#bsueng490 Omg what if she gets stabbed again so much tension
The idea that feminism has already won its goal and that any work towards it now is overbearing (and conversely that any work against it is now revolutionary) is something I've always felt but struggled to have to words for. So frustrating!!! #bsueng490
October 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The idea that feminism has already won its goal and that any work towards it now is overbearing (and conversely that any work against it is now revolutionary) is something I've always felt but struggled to have to words for. So frustrating!!! #bsueng490
I didn't expect the book to turn/end like this but I think it's really interesting + makes sense. I wish more time was put towards exploring Ada's nonbinary identity as we don't really get to see that until the near end. I think rereading this would be interesting #bsueng490
September 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I didn't expect the book to turn/end like this but I think it's really interesting + makes sense. I wish more time was put towards exploring Ada's nonbinary identity as we don't really get to see that until the near end. I think rereading this would be interesting #bsueng490
It's interesting to watch the obanje care more and more about The Ada as the book goes along. I've noticed that it stops referring to her as The Ada and as just Ada. #BSUENG490
September 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It's interesting to watch the obanje care more and more about The Ada as the book goes along. I've noticed that it stops referring to her as The Ada and as just Ada. #BSUENG490
This book is kind of confusing so far, but I'm excited to read more to see if it starts to make sense. Or maybe it won't, it's interesting anyways :) #bsueng490
September 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This book is kind of confusing so far, but I'm excited to read more to see if it starts to make sense. Or maybe it won't, it's interesting anyways :) #bsueng490
On one hand I felt that the ending was a bit cliche but on the other hand oh my god I'm glad it went that way I was so scared for Anna #bsueng490
September 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
On one hand I felt that the ending was a bit cliche but on the other hand oh my god I'm glad it went that way I was so scared for Anna #bsueng490
Would could manna from heaven be? #bsueng490
September 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Would could manna from heaven be? #bsueng490
Anna's actions can be seen as a form of unconscious(?) protest. As I read further in the book, I realized her reaction to her circumstances was pretty reasonable for a child her age and it only makes the story more heart-wrenching.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Anna's actions can be seen as a form of unconscious(?) protest. As I read further in the book, I realized her reaction to her circumstances was pretty reasonable for a child her age and it only makes the story more heart-wrenching.
#bsueng490
#bsueng490
I've been reading and writing a lot of magical realism lately so part of me hopes that she really doesn't have to eat but omg what if she does #BSUENG490
September 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I've been reading and writing a lot of magical realism lately so part of me hopes that she really doesn't have to eat but omg what if she does #BSUENG490
“All their ‘wars are merry, and all their songs are sad,” ... alongside and underneath the facile expression of sadness runs an idiom that knows about the experience
of pain, and about living through and overcoming it rather than wallowing in it."
#BSUENG490
of pain, and about living through and overcoming it rather than wallowing in it."
#BSUENG490
August 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“All their ‘wars are merry, and all their songs are sad,” ... alongside and underneath the facile expression of sadness runs an idiom that knows about the experience
of pain, and about living through and overcoming it rather than wallowing in it."
#BSUENG490
of pain, and about living through and overcoming it rather than wallowing in it."
#BSUENG490
"if she knew all along who I was
but wouldn’t speak to me out of sheer malice
or if that single, sudden sentence
was like a whale leaping and launching itself out
over the ocean." #BSUENG490
but wouldn’t speak to me out of sheer malice
or if that single, sudden sentence
was like a whale leaping and launching itself out
over the ocean." #BSUENG490
August 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"if she knew all along who I was
but wouldn’t speak to me out of sheer malice
or if that single, sudden sentence
was like a whale leaping and launching itself out
over the ocean." #BSUENG490
but wouldn’t speak to me out of sheer malice
or if that single, sudden sentence
was like a whale leaping and launching itself out
over the ocean." #BSUENG490
It is impossible to define a feminine practice of writing ... for this practice can never be theorized, enclosed, coded — which doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. But it will always surpass the
discourse that regulates the phallocentric system. #BSUENG490
discourse that regulates the phallocentric system. #BSUENG490
August 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It is impossible to define a feminine practice of writing ... for this practice can never be theorized, enclosed, coded — which doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. But it will always surpass the
discourse that regulates the phallocentric system. #BSUENG490
discourse that regulates the phallocentric system. #BSUENG490
The bars on the windows of the children's room symbolizes the protagonist's own "soft" prison.
#bsueng490
#bsueng490
August 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The bars on the windows of the children's room symbolizes the protagonist's own "soft" prison.
#bsueng490
#bsueng490