Meg Ahn

Writer | Editor | Lead Editor of Popdust (former) | @CUNY #adjunct (former) | Bylines under Meg Hanson = adopted by white people: hi mom

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

hey friends, if you encounter anyone arguing that forced birth > abortion "✨️because there's always adoption✨️," feel free to re-direct them to me, personally (or any #adopteevoices rn).

Free lesson #1: never having existed means I literally wouldn't care

[Jams @CherOfAstora]

every single time

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk this week, educators across the country have found themselves facing swift termination or potential discipline after sharing opinions on social media about the killing. https://t.co/6C43syq2Rz

[Slate @Slate]

Charlie Kirk helped create an American culture that would laugh at his death. https://t.co/tLWGSMRjq1

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

i can’t have a debate with one more white guy who begins with “if you study wolrd history, you see that…”

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

The thriller novel version of what happened is Charlie Kirk’s biggest fan meticulously recorded everything Charlie Kirk ever said he wanted for this country and devised an exact way to give it to him in his honor

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

Gun control, like vaccines and masks, is focused on making people feel “safe” by taking freedoms away from others. Don’t fall for it.

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

my proudest writing was once in Slack when we were roasting our inappropriate boss and I said the way he treated women made it clear that “he’s never strummed a woman’s guitar to the end of the song”

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Hurricane Milton is exactly the type of storm that scientists have been warning could happen, @zoeschlanger reports. 🧵on how climate change set up the Gulf of Mexico to birth a storm this strong, this fast: https://t.co/lMshOeAuif

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

not “Spy Kids: Armageddon” star Zachary Levi 😮

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

Hollywood star Zachary Levi endorsed Donald Trump on Saturday, admitting that the move may constitute “career suicide.”
https://t.co/KTd7YH0bpU

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

I just wanna be someone’s emotional support millennial

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

friendly reminder that if you’re teaching this semester and a student falls asleep at their desk, most people don’t intend to sleep in public. Tapping their desk, waiting for eye contact and asking “you okay?” got me their best effort every time

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

TIL apparently it’s rare that I can taste things in my dreams when I dreamt I ate a fried tarantula and it tasted like toasted peanuts and slightly burnt popcorn even though I’ve never eaten a fried tarantula

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

“What is the Taliban but an Islamic version of Footloose?” —my life partner

https://t.co/CVwFdnkHgO

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

this is your last August reminder to post more liberal shit on Facebook to trigger your red relatives gearing up for the election

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

haven’t met my graduate thesis advisor yet, but his last email included “hmmm” and “tbh.” I see I have chosen the right school.

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

*humming in my 20s*: Party rock is in the house tonight / Everybody just have a good time
*humming in my 30s* : don’t forget your probiotic / lest your tummy goes chaotic

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

last night at a bar someone asked if I was born in the 1900s. bitch my credit score is older than you

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

There are two millennials inside me. One is Slipknot’s “Vermillion” and the other is “In My Own Little Corner” by Brandy

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

as a 5’0” non-binary AFAB person, my choices are to present as either a Small Woman or a Very Small Man, and we don’t talk enough about this sizist dilemma, also can you reach something for me

[Meg Ahn @MegSoYung]

Is there an equivalent to the Bechdel Test but for toxic masculinity? What would it be?

Movies With Male Leads That Don't Involve Violence?