Jennifer Shimada
@jenshimada.bsky.social
Academic librarian, dog mom, speculative fiction reader, tea drinker, world traveler, former teacher, Californian-turned-New Yorker, progressive Christian, 4th-6th gen Chinese American/4th gen Japanese American (yonsei). She/her.
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Indigenous Peoples Month starts today! We'll be showcasing a #sciencefiction, #fantasy, or #horror book every day this month, all by Indigenous female, nonbinary, and trans authors from the United States, Canada, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Let's make those TBR lists a few 📚 longer!
November 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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The LGBTQIA+ affinity group meeting is todsy, 6-7pm EDT. Come hang with us!
Reminder: Our first affinity group meetups for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled/neurodivergent/chronic illness sci-fi, fantasy, and horror readers are happening this week! Sign up here if you're a member of one or more of these communities and we'll send you info: forms.office.com/r/jK0Cv1TU9n
November 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The LGBTQIA+ affinity group meeting is todsy, 6-7pm EDT. Come hang with us!
Come join our first Sirens affinity group meetings, whether you are a long time member of the Sirens community, or just wanting to check us out for the first time! All who identify with these communities are welcome!
In our quest to make #Sirens26 a more inviting, more inclusive space, we thought it might help to have some more protected spaces. Presenting: the Sirens affinity groups, spaces created for the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled/neurodivergent/chronic illness communities. First meetup info here:
October 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Come join our first Sirens affinity group meetings, whether you are a long time member of the Sirens community, or just wanting to check us out for the first time! All who identify with these communities are welcome!
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Hey, Sirens! Our submissions system for programming proposals closes THIS FRIDAY. While our faculty are amazing, we are holding space so our attendees can teach at #Sirens26 as well. You do not need to be registered yet to apply, so hie thee here for more details sirensconference.org/learn/#progr...
Learn – Sirens
sirensconference.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hey, Sirens! Our submissions system for programming proposals closes THIS FRIDAY. While our faculty are amazing, we are holding space so our attendees can teach at #Sirens26 as well. You do not need to be registered yet to apply, so hie thee here for more details sirensconference.org/learn/#progr...
Have you signed up for Sirens yet? Here are the rest of our faculty for next year!
#Sirens26 is a community of dreamers, of scholars, of truth-tellers, of revolutionaries, of readers of progressive speculative literature. The cornerstone of our programming is our brilliant faculty who are all of the above. Please join us in celebrating our second round of faculty announcements:
October 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Have you signed up for Sirens yet? Here are the rest of our faculty for next year!
This news made my day!
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
September 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This news made my day!
Follow this thread for awesome book recs!
It's #LatineHeritageMonth! We're showcasing a book a day, every day, through October 15, by female, nonbinary, and trans authors of Latin heritage who write #sci-fi, #fantasy, #magicalrealism, #fabulism, #horror and other speculative works. Come read with us!
September 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Follow this thread for awesome book recs!
If you love to talk about progressive speculative fiction, consider applying to teach at Sirens! We are looking for short talks, roundtable presentations, and workshops.
Anyone wondering how Sirens assembles its programming schedule? Our expert, invited faculty form the backbone of our schedule -- see yesterday's announcement! -- but we also hold space for Sirens attendees to apply to teach as well. Here's how that works!
September 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
If you love to talk about progressive speculative fiction, consider applying to teach at Sirens! We are looking for short talks, roundtable presentations, and workshops.
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Invited speakers--our faculty--are the cornerstone of Sirens's educational program. In 2026, we're expanding their role: more speakers, with more presentations, which means more opportunities for you to learn from experts in a variety of fields🤓
Let's meet our first round of 2026 faculty:
Let's meet our first round of 2026 faculty:
September 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Invited speakers--our faculty--are the cornerstone of Sirens's educational program. In 2026, we're expanding their role: more speakers, with more presentations, which means more opportunities for you to learn from experts in a variety of fields🤓
Let's meet our first round of 2026 faculty:
Let's meet our first round of 2026 faculty:
Reposted by Jennifer Shimada
Sirens has been around since 2009, though we've taken a few years off to read, rest, and reimagine what Sirens could be. It might be different from what you remember--or from other events that you might know. As you make a decision about whether to attend, you might find some info helpful 🤓
September 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Sirens has been around since 2009, though we've taken a few years off to read, rest, and reimagine what Sirens could be. It might be different from what you remember--or from other events that you might know. As you make a decision about whether to attend, you might find some info helpful 🤓
Read this thread to learn more about Sirens, an amazing conference for readers of progressive speculative fiction that explores gender (and other marginalized identities)!
Hey, everyone! #Sirens26 is just six months away and we've got news. But before we get to that later this week, let's find out if we're your sort of people! 📚👽🐉👻
#reading #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #conference #convention
#reading #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #conference #convention
September 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Read this thread to learn more about Sirens, an amazing conference for readers of progressive speculative fiction that explores gender (and other marginalized identities)!
More amazing Sirens book recs this month!
Happy Pride, everyone! 🌈 We're celebrating that love is love and gender comes in many forms as we celebrate all things: with magnificent #SFFH books by trans, nonbinary, and ciswomen authors. If you need another queer af book (or 30) on that giant TBR pile--and who, we ask, does not--follow along!
June 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
More amazing Sirens book recs this month!
I am so sad to be missing this gathering, but I had an absolutely lovely time at the last one, and recommend it for all progressive Asian American Christians! It’s truly a group that feels like “home.”
Hey friends! Registration closes May 31st for PAAC's National Gathering (*Janet voice* not a conference) in Seattle, July 11-13. A little rest from the bad place. www.paachristians.org/national-gat...
National Gathering — PAAC
www.paachristians.org
May 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I am so sad to be missing this gathering, but I had an absolutely lovely time at the last one, and recommend it for all progressive Asian American Christians! It’s truly a group that feels like “home.”
I have SO missed the Sirens book lists! Fellow SFF readers, follow this thread all month for recs for AA&NHPI Heritage Month!
May 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I have SO missed the Sirens book lists! Fellow SFF readers, follow this thread all month for recs for AA&NHPI Heritage Month!
Sirens is an AMAZING conference that examines gender through the lens of progressive speculative fiction. Come join us next March in New Haven, CT!
Join us, one year from today!
#books #reading #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #diversity #equity #inclusion #accessibility #justice #conference
#books #reading #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #diversity #equity #inclusion #accessibility #justice #conference
March 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sirens is an AMAZING conference that examines gender through the lens of progressive speculative fiction. Come join us next March in New Haven, CT!
Finally made an account! If I use this platform the way I used Twitter, you’ll mostly just see me here during conferences. But I figured I’d at least grab my handle and start following people!
January 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Finally made an account! If I use this platform the way I used Twitter, you’ll mostly just see me here during conferences. But I figured I’d at least grab my handle and start following people!