Issue 10: Watch Yourself
Mediated Natures: Surveillance and Animals
I keep a nest cam feed going in the background while I work or read online. The feeds provide some nice background noise, and if anything gets loud, I take a tiny break to see what’s going on. These cams...
(Indigenous) Governance is Gay
"It is a mission of mine to make Indigenous women and queerndns realize that governance is merely about how we relate to each other as collectivities."
Ọrun is Heaven (Part Two)
"You are foolish, but you want to be seen, and touched, and to remember that you are alive, now, in this body of yours—before they come for you, because isn't it inevitable?" Ife's journey continues in the second instalment of...
Editorial Note: Watch Yourself
GUTS editors reflect on writing about "watching ourselves" in a hyper-surveilled world
The Decentres
Marlowe is searching for her twin brother, Hugo. Ten years ago, they were kidnapped from their home planet, an all-black commune in space, and separated. Marlowe was left in an all-white suburb on Earth, but she's not alone. Together with...
A Part Yet Apart
Mirusha Yogarajah explores how gentrification in Austin and Vancouver uses surveillance methods to subjugate racialized groups.
Staying Soft Under the Gaze
eyos discusses how Indigenous lives are subject to hyper-surveillance, and the ways communities resist.
Ọrun is Heaven
“Ọrun is heaven, the water is sweet, the work is plenty, and they pay well. And nobody can vanish there.” The first instalment of Francesca Ekwuyasi’s two-part story chronicles the exploitation of a young migrant trapped in a dazzling but...
Watched and Not Seen: Tech, Power, and Dehumanization
The rise of corporate and state surveillance technology is terrifying, but we cannot talk about privacy without talking about power. Lorraine Chuen examines how technologies and data systems are being used to monitor communities at the margins.
Watcher Within, Watchers Without: My Black OCD Story
"my Blackness and my OCD are indivisible."
Call for Submissions
GUTS is looking for submissions to our upcoming issue! Send us your pitch by September 7, 2018