we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

New episode! She was a little late because she had to navigate the Drake Passage in an open whaleboat. Hope you enjoy Endurance! hugogirl.libsyn.com/episode-89-e...

What a nice thing to say! 🥰

Intergalactic Mixtape is live and full of criticism recs, review recs, and book recs! It’s recs all the way down. 📚🪐💙

it's cold out, please remember to winterize your greyhounds

The deadline to become a WSFS member and nominate for the Hugo Awards is imminent! We have recs to consider and we have guides to help get you started if you're new to the process. 🪐📚💙 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Hey folks! A friend on the ground in the Twin Cities has shared another wishlist with me! These supplies will also go to support folks who are walking patrols & protecting communities! There are many ways to join the professional pop-up leftist supply depot bankrollers! 💓

Tomorrow morning is a great time to call your reps and tell them to abolish ICE. I wrote a script you can use. And no, this is not a joke, it really is that simple. Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen... Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...

There's a whole lot of options at www.standwithminnesota.com fyi, you can take your pick of many options.

We emerge blinking into the sunlight of 2026 and we have a full mail bag! We discuss the @montreal2027.bsky.social org chart and René Walling’s role at Montreal, as well as recent Hugo how-to guides from @renay.bsky.social and @mollytempleton.com. Listen here! octothorpe.podbean.com/e/151-only-d...

Review: Stranger Things Season 5 Volume II & Finale The Duffer brothers stick the landing, bringing a close to nine years of epic storytelling @cestlahaley.bsky.social of @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social has our review at the NOAF blog: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/revi...

Spoke to Manjula Narayan of the Hindustan Times’ Books and Authors podcast about the new age of Indian speculative fiction. Watch here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=u3IU...

Our first episode of the year is here! hugogirl.libsyn.com/episode-88-t...

The 2025 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award It’s the last day of the year, so we present to you, live from the Multiversal Nexus Ballroom, the winner of the 2025 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award. While I have been awarding the Darth Vader…

It's awards eligibility season and we at ConCurrent are definitely eligible for one award: the Hugo Award for Best Related Work. However, if you think we're a good fit for other awards, please do consider us! Short fact thread incoming. 1/

A Meal of Thorns #39: @chloroformtea.bsky.social is back on the show, exploring class, style, and the roots of dark academia in Donna Tartt's THE SECRET HISTORY!

This book is good and weird and I liked it!

after six years of reading so many Hugo Award-winning novels, there are so many small wonderful things to love. This poem is a love letter to the unsung heroes of speculative fiction. The ones that help keep humanity thrumming along. haleyzapal.com/2025/12/02/p...

Stranger Things Season 5: Part One Hawkins residents assemble! @cestlahaley.bsky.social of @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social has a rich and spoilery review at the NOAF blog today: www.nerds-feather.com/2025/12/stra...

It's awards eligibility time of the year! I don't have any fiction to offer for 2025, but here is some involvement with non-fiction for consideration. 1. "The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction," in various non-fiction and related work categories: altermag.com/articles/the... [TBC below.]

A little bit early, here's episode 87! Forever Peace: Telepathic Niceness. hugogirl.libsyn.com/episode-87-f...

In Anaheim did Worldcon a special Hugo Award decree where sci-fi verse with rhymes diverse were celebrated as best poetry (With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Yes, there will be a Hugo for Best Poem in 2026. The press release is out. The LAcon V will be updated later today.

Happy Treksgiving from our starship to yours! Join us and @annmichelleharris.bsky.social for a dinner party with gagh, bloodwine, Romulan ale, raktajino and more! Head over to our Instagram for photos of the food. hugogirl.libsyn.com/happy-treksg...

Film Review: Keeper A slow-burning, dizzying, and surreal descent into folk horror madness @cestlahaley.bsky.social of @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social has the review at the blog www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/film...

Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

We finally had a Trek dinner party! Here's a sneak peek. Episode coming soon, featuring special guest @annmichelleharris.bsky.social!

This is truly brilliant.

Happy Tuesday! hugogirl.libsyn.com/happy-hour-4

If you tried to join our Discord, please try again using the link in the episode 86 show notes! I didn't realize the links expire 😅

I switched to Pocket Casts, and not only do they not advertise for 🧊 they have way fewer ads overall!

We live to serve! 😆

In episode 86, we try (and fail) to define Haley's Oppressive Fantasy Feeling! It's time for The Tainted Cup. hugogirl.libsyn.com/episode-86-t...

So you're a Hugo reader. You've listened to all my episodes and @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social. You've kept up with @hugonauts.bsky.social and now you're out of podcasts. Well, you're in luck! @klaxoncomms.com is bringing you Hugo History, a new monthly podcast! And it's terrific, so check it out!

Film Review: Queens of the Dead Tina Romero, daughter of the legendary George Romero, directs a comedy zombie thriller set in a queer nightclub Haley of @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social has the review at the NOAF blog www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/film...

Grandma got her bookmarks today, which is also her 84th birthday! She said they made her day! Thank you to everyone who shared the original post, to @loopslip00.bsky.social for finding them on eBay, and to @johncoxon.bsky.social for shipping them from the UK 🥹

After you vote in the Public Service Commission election, you can go to this as a reward!

If you are in Georgia, please vote in the Public Service Commission election!!

Contributors Wanted! Do YOU want to write for Nerds of a Feather? www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/cont...

Episode 4 just released! In this episode, we discuss Fritz Lieber's The Big Time and Christine gets nerdy about the history of the USO. Our guest is Nora of @leafittouspod.bsky.social!

well it could be

This month we discussed Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, which might just be Mamma Mia! hugogirl.libsyn.com/episode-85-f...

Here's our very first live show at @armadillocon.bsky.social! Thanks to @mrmaresca.com for inviting us! hugogirl.libsyn.com/hgg-live-the...

As a bonus, in our Discord you may encounter friends from fabulous podcasts such as @hugospodcast.com, @octothorpecast.bsky.social, and @worldbuildcast.bsky.social, all in furtherance of my ultimate goal to create the megafancast, Hugoctothorpe Building There for Girl Masochists!

Hello friends, we made a Discord server since the demise of the other site and the horrors of FB have made it tough to just chat about books. Comment or DM if you'd like an invite link!

When we griped to each other after SF trivia at dragoncon that the questions included basically no women, a (seemingly well-intended) guy said sthg like "oh shucks that's old SF for ya" and 1) it wasn't "OLD" SF trivia and 2) Octavia, Ursula, Kate, Vonda, Alice, Sheri, Anne...

Got one!! Thank you all!!!

Your favorite podcast grandma recently lost a leather bookmark she got in Ireland 30 years ago on a trip with her father. She is so, so sad about it. Hoping to replace it for her, but I've scoured the Internet with no luck so far. Anybody got any ideas? Similar to the ones in the photo (sold out 😓)