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EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE
Madhur Anand Catherine Bush Akshi Chadha Stephen Collis Tom Cull Francine Cunningham Catherine Graham Camille Intson Fiona Tinwei Lam Carrianne Leung Natalie Lim Daniel Lockhart Canisia Lubrin Kathryn Mockler Hoa Nguyen Amber Nuyens Elena Johnson Kirby Khashayar Mohammadi Kim Mannix Terese Mason Pierre Amber Nuyens Sina Queyras Tosh Sherkat Shazia Hafiz Ramji Rasiqra Revulva Yusuf Saadi Trish Salash Sanchari Sur Jacqueline Valencia VISUAL ART EDITORS Jennifer Dorner June Pak SUBMISSION EDITORS Tom Cull Akshi Chadha Natalie Lim Kim Mannix Amber Nuyens Tosh Sherkat PRINT ANTHOLOGY EDITORS Madhur Anand, Stephen Collis, Jennifer Dorner, Catherine Graham, Elena Johnson, Canisia Lubrin, Kim Mannix, Kathryn Mockler, June Pak, Sina Queyras, Shazia Hafiz Ramji, Rasiqra Revulva, Yusuf Saadi, Sanchari Sur, and Jacqueline Valencia Please direct any questions to Kathryn Mockler: submissionswatchyourhead[at]gmail[dot]com HISTORY OF WATCH YOUR HEAD The seed of this project was planted at a protest. On September 7, 2019, Kathryn Mockler organized a reading with eight writers for an environmental group hosting a climate protest at Simcoe Park during the Toronto International Film Festival. The day-long event included music, readings, and art performances. As the sky threatened rain and most people in the area were enjoying the festival, the event itself was small—only about 15 or so in attendance and few passersby. But that didn’t matter. Once each performer took the mic, the size of the audience and the grey autumn day fell away, and it was just the writers, their words, and their messages which were captured on video. The readers included Margaret Christakos, Adam Giles Catherine Graham, Hege Jakobsen Lepri, Khashayar Mohammadi, Terese Mason Pierre, Rasqira Revulva, and Todd Westcott. An online platform was needed to share this moving and powerful event, and so Watch Your Head was born where the videos and texts from that unforgettable day can be found. The title Watch Your Head operates not only as a literal warning about the climate disaster but also critiques of society’s self-interest and the failure to address collective global concerns. Once the site went live, several writers and artists offered to lend their support to the project forming a large editorial collective to publish creative works focused on climate justice and the climate crisis. Visit our contributors page to see the works we have published to date. ESTABLISHED September 13, 2019 PUBLISHER Kathryn Mockler |
