I’m in Hiroshima and Nagasaki this week to mark 80 years since the atomic bomb. It's been incredibly moving to listen to survivors and their descendants calling for a future free of nuclear weapons. We are all human beings on one planet - let us build a world of peace for all!

Can you possibly trust a President who can't spell, has serious problems with grammar, and capitalizes at random? I think not. A President who can't write can't think. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I’m from Donbas. I remember Ukrainian songs in school. I remember books, not bunkers. Don’t tell me we were “always russian.” I was there. We lived. Then russians invaded.

I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!

On my way to harass people about Halloween plans in August

One of the AA principles, difficult to follow sometimes but worthwhile, comes in Step 10: "When we were wrong, we promptly admitted it."

I am terrified for Afghan women and girls tonight. For years, my work has been covert access to healthcare, education, and information through mobile phones. If the Taliban cuts internet access, they lose their last lifeline. Total silence. Total erasure.

Sheryl Lee & Frank Silva (1990)

That deafening silence is the collective roar of every free speech absolutist staying quiet while the government tells us what to say, what art is appropriate, who deserves to be on TV, and what books your kids can read.

Finally got text messages from family, friends and our colleagues in Afghanistan. One of my amazing team members: "Sara, let's get the mobile clinics back online ASAP." They amaze me every moment. We, Afghan women, will always resist the Taliban. Again, and again, and again.

My book chapter "Long Live the New Flesh: AI Compliance and Trust in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun" will be out in this edited collection in May 2026. Very excited to share it with the world!! #ainarratives #klaraandthesun #edinburghuniversitypress edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-dis-trust…

Delighted to share that my article, “Narratives of Resistance and Political Activism in Post-1980 Turkish Literature: Reimagining 1970s Turkey in Muzaffer Oruçoğlu’s Tohum and Latife Tekin’s Gece Dersleri”, has been accepted for publication in Middle Eastern Literatures (AHCI).

Audrey.

happy 51st anniversary to one of the best shots in horror

Here's our latest podcast episode on Lucio Fulci's DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING, starring Barbara Bouchet. We discuss taboo topics (child murder, pedophilia, critique of the Catholic Church), misogyny and patriarchal oppression, and much more. eddington oilers open.spotify.com/episode/0XGa7n…

A lot of readers discovered Lovecraft because of these Michael Whelan book cover I did back in the '70's!