Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
I woke up to the noise of a fist pounding on doors, shouts, and faint screeching of smoke detectors in the apartment upstairs. Alone in my studio apartment, I imagined my petite gas range exploding. I grabbed my bag and flip phone, pulled fleece-lined pants over my pajamas, took my winter coat, and slipped out the door. As I ran to the stairwell, I pounded on neighbours’ doors, grateful for the noise that had woken me.
Image credit: Jamie Neufeld, “Carceral Mindset,” September 5, 2020, Watercolour, 6 x 8 inches. I’ve paused to do some soul searching. I confess that I may have slipped back into my old colonial mindset and succumbed to the temptation to exploit my offenders to advance the interests of the State. The audio is a transcript of the written piece recorded by Calvin Neufeld for Geez Out Loud.
Image Credit: A bumblebee feasts in East Village, Detroit, Michigan, August 2004, schizoform CC. Where is your table? Who is sitting around it? What are you hungering for? The audio is a transcript of the written piece recorded by Lydia Wylie-Kellermann and Kateri Boucher for Geez Out Loud. As I begin to imagine words on this page, my eyes wander around this well trodden landscape. To my right, native strawberry plants poke through the soil under the hammock.
Image credit: Molly Costello (they/she), Detail of “Tending Just Food Futures,” April 2021, Cut Paper, Gouache, and Coloured Pencil on Watercolour Paper, 11 x 14 inches. Historically and today, those who are in closest proximity to systemic power are the ones responsible for assigning value to food and ultimately deciding who is worthy of eating and who is not. The audio is a transcript of the written piece recorded by Patrilie Hernandez for Geez Out Loud.
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
