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she/they, artist, archaeologist and Just Stop Oil supporter. The Daily Mail called me a “Digging Expert” 🌎
Cambridge, England
Joined March 2015
As an archaeologist and a supporter of Just Stop Oil, I think this action at Stonehenge was incredibly well done. It's cornstarch that will wash off in the rain, and its captured the attention of tens of thousands of people online. So much respect 🧡.
🚨 BREAKING: Just Stop Oil Spray Stonehenge Orange. 🔥 2 people took action the day before Summer Solstice, demanding the incoming government sign up to a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030. 🧯 Help us take megalithic action —
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Today 7 of my friends were found guilty of acting to save the planet. They used exactly the same tactics as the Suffragettes, and now face prison. You might be demonising climate activists now, but you’ll be thanking us in the future. You’ll be wishing you acted with us.
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Today has been the worst day in a long time, but I recreated a beautiful painting on my skin instead of self harming
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This morning I climbed on top of a silo after entering Exxonmobil’s oil refinery, the largest refinery in the UK. We are in a climate emergency, industries like this cannot be expanded. So much love to all of the amazing people who were also part of the action.
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I was in London last week with @XRebellionUK, and on Saturday I was arrested after gluing my hand to the road. This Wednesday I’ll be 24, and I’ve now been arrested 6 times trying to ensure a better world for future generations. I will not be a bystander while the world burns
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Marching with @JustStop_Oil on the first day of the #PublicOrderBill. Our rights to protest have been taken away.
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Van Gogh would have LOVED yesterday’s @JustStop_Oil protest, and nothing you say will convince me otherwise.
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Soup Over Sunflowers. My illustration of @JustStop_Oil's protest on Friday. Sunflowers is one of my favourite paintings, and this has been one of the best protests JSO have done. Resistance is not comfortable. It is not easy. But it is necessary. Must credit me to use!
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(The lighting is slightly better in these) I finished my ukulele
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Today I was in Court appealing my conviction of Obstruction of the Highway after being arrested outside London City Airport in October 2019. My appeal was successful and my conviction was quashed! [thread]
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Hey my mental health is really bad at the moment and I really need some love. If anyone could send me a nice letter or something in the post that would really be so appreciated, because I’m feeling a lot like I’m not wanted.
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Painted a sunflower on myself instead of self harming. Depression doesn't have to win🌻🎨
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A few days ago 9 climate activists were sent to prison for sitting in a road. Yesterday, I was one of the approximately 120 protestors arrested for defying the injunction that the courts used to send them to prison. Good people disobey bad laws. #BetrayedByMyGovernment
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Today I was sentenced in crown court alongside my friend James after protesting against the Bank of England 2 years ago at an @XRebellionUK protest. I was given a Community Order, and am not allowed to carry any containers of paint in public for 12 months
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We’ve only gone and put a table in the middle of a junction in central London! The atmosphere here is truly special. We are here to demand the impossible
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Today I was in court supporting James Brown at his sentencing. I’m absolutely devastated that the judge gave a custodial sentence for a peaceful protest. James is one of the sweetest, most caring and brilliant people I know @XRebellionUK.
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Yesterday I was arrested after we parked a pink boat outside of Parliament. Words cannot describe how it felt when we revealed it to the crowd. What an end to the rebellion
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My close friend @civilresistorCF has just been arrested with @JustStop_Oil in Parliament Square for marching. This is what is happening under the #PublicOrderBill. Marching is now illegal.
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Painting a Van Gogh painting on your thighs is a sure way to boost your self confidence
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Starting uni I was regularly suicidal and self harming, and painting on myself helped. This summer I’ll be graduating with a degree in archaeology, having given a TEDx Talk, been featured on a BBC video, and won two prestigious awards. My art reminds me that things get better.
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#MentalHealthCareSoPoor people would rather go through their illnesses alone than deal with the state of the help available.
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Fantastic #NotMyKing protest at the Guildhall in Cambridge right now, with loads of public support #Coronation
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Morgan and Marcus from @JustStop_Oil are currently in prison for their protest at Dartford Crossing. So much love and respect to them. Credit: Amelia Halls
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Yesterday I was one of the people from @XRebellionUK who shut down the Schlumberger-sponsored gala dinner for the delegates of the Africa Energies Summit at @GordonRamsay’s Heddon Street Kitchen. I glued my hand to the floor in front of the entrance to the restaurant.
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On 9th April, @XRebellionUK took to the streets for a week of mass civil resistance against the government for their failure to act in the face of climate breakdown. I'm doing an illustration for each day of the rebellion - here's day 1!. Please credit me: Amelia Halls
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I am strong and I will keep painting on myself and not let depression win
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It's #NationalComingOutDay but remember that if you're not ready to come out, there's no shame in that. Don't let yourself feel pressured.
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AAAAND. IT'S DONE. Here's my artwork of the International Rebellion back in April. This can be shared and reused, and I can give anyone a high quality version if you message me, just please credit me! #ExtinctionRebellion @ExtinctionR @LdnRebellion @XrYouth @XR_MCR @xrcolchester
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Police violence at the Kill The Bill protest in London @netpol . Does this look like an acceptable response to a peaceful protest about keeping our human right to protest? @metpoliceuk
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4 days ago at Piccadilly Circus, 6 pregnant women demanded an end to fossil fuels to give their unborn children a future. Here is my illustration of the protest. Please credit me (Ams Halls) if using it anywhere.
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We Want To Live Rebellion Series #ExtinctionRebellion . Every day for the next 10 days I'll be posting an illustration (or two) that represent each day of the September Rebellion. Keep track of this thread to see them all! . Day 1: Arriving at Parliament Square
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On Thursday, I tried to stop the government forcing people back onto Bibby Stockholm. Seems like the Home Office had briefed the coach driver to drive into us, regardless of whether or not we would die.
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On 01/04/21 I covered the Bank of England in fake oil. Today I was in Inner London Crown Court, where I entered a not guilty plea to the Judge for this action. My co-defendant and I will face a 3 day trial in front of a jury in November.
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Tomorrow morning I’ll be in court for protesting outside London City Airport in October 2019. Wish me luck.
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Recreating famous paintings instead of self harming is the most positive coping strategy I've found yet
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"Art meets body positivity" - I've spent so much of my life hating my body, so I've made it magical to begin to love it
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It's not enough to just do what feels comfortable. We must all do what's necessary. Disrupting football matches is absolutely necessary in the face of the climate and ecological emergency. It's time to step up.
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This morning I will be in Inner London Crown Court pleading not guilty for protesting at the Bank of England last year with @XRebellionUK. Join me on the streets tomorrow, 10am, at Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park
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I'm starting series of illustrations of examples of direct action through time! . This is the Kinder Scout mass trespass. It took place in 1932 to secure the Right to Roam on countryside across the UK
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Ya gal is graduating from the University of Manchester with a First Class degree of 78.6% in Archaeology!! And I got 82% in my dissertation!! I did it!!.
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I finished my painting of the scene from Harry Potter on my bedroom wall
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6 years ago I was regularly self-harming, almost constantly suicidal, and didn’t think I’d even make it to adulthood. Now I’m 20, I’ve done a TEDx Talk, and fallen in love with archaeology. I may be struggling, but I know now I’ll be okay. It gets better, so keep fighting ❤️
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Words cannot describe how proud I am of the rebels who did this #BritishGP #ExtinctionRebellion
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(1) Almost all of the comments on this video are verbally abusive comments about my weight. So here's the thing: .1. No one should have to justify their existence for any reason, including their weight. 2. Some people (including myself) take medication which causes weight gain.
UPDATE: COVENTRY BLOCKADE REBEL. "This feels like absolutely the right thing to do. We're in the middle of a climate and ecological emergency but we're eating huge amounts of meat. It's unsustainable." Well said! 🙏💚🌍🐮. @McDonaldsUK we're waiting for your reply. #plantbased
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I've been on the edge of a panic attack for 2 days now and couldn't work out why. Then I remembered that the world is literally on fire right now. That could have something to do with it.
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From the early hours of Saturday morning, I was locked on under a bamboo structure for 13 hours blocking 1 of the 4 McDonalds distribution centres. The other 3 sites were also blocked, stopped deliveries leaving. We were there for 30 hours. #AnimalRebellion #McDonalds
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I’m really enjoying illustrating @JustStop_Oil protests at the moment. This one was a lot of fun to do
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5 months ago I was in A&E so I wouldn't commit suicide. Now, I look so much happier and was able to do a TED talk. Keep going, it's worth it
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Twitter took the picture down but I finally got around to putting strings on it so I'm posting it again
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Here it is!
Amelia has struggled with self-harming for years, but now she paints beautiful bright drawings on her skin to help her cope. 🌻
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Just finished this illustration of a @JustStop_Oil supporter getting arrested at Parliament last week for simply marching in the road, on the first day of the #PublicOrderAct
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Don't be a fucking parent if you're not prepared for your child to be anything but a straight, neurotypical, cisgender kid.
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Chiara is one of my best friends. I love her and miss her so much.
⛓️ A MESSAGE FROM PRISON. 🦺 Before being remanded to HMP Pentonville, Chiara recorded this call to arms. Where are you, members of @friends_earth? Of @Greenpeace? Will you come down to London and march?. 12PM SATURDAY, 18th NOV:.📍 Meet at Jubilee Gardens by the London Eye. 🦺
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The XR action yesterday at the #BritishGP was simply wonderful, so I've turned it into an illustration
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I'm so sick of parents who are 'fine' with LGBTQ+ people until it comes up around their children, and they treat it as a taboo topic.
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I stand by what I did. As we hurtle further into climate breakdown, we have a gov more interested in profit than people, fossil fuel companies intent on extracting every last drop of oil and gas from the planet, & a judicial system criminalising peaceful protesters.
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We Want To Live Rebellion Series. Day 2: Doctors for Extinction Rebellion
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Better Broken Windows than Broken Promises. My illustration of the action at Barclays on Wednesday. Please credit me (@amsillustrator) if using this image
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The real criminals are the corrupt politicians, fossil fuel bosses & billionaires who have no regard for human and nonhuman life. Every day the prospect of a future liveable planet gets more out of reach, so we must keep taking action. This is the work we need to do.
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I have never been prouder of these people I love than I am right now. Army Veteran Donald Bell pays his respects at the Cenotaph, warning of the wars to come if we don’t Act Now @XRebellionUK @xr_cambridge @XRLambeth
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Love to the #Highway9 . People I love are in prison for peacefully protesting. Join us in solidarity tomorrow, 12pm, outside the Royal Courts of Justice. It's time to stand together. Illustration credit: Ams Halls
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Yesterday a jury found the 6 protestors who disrupted the DLR in April 2019 not guilty. Seems juries are beginning to acknowledge the proportionality of peaceful protest in the face of climate and ecological breakdown. Illustration credit: Amelia Halls
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Morning reminder to water your concrete seeds before you start your day!.
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CEE Bill banner drops in Stamford and Peterborough today, as part of the UK day of action to support @CEEbill_NOW . Photo credits: Ams Halls (@amsillustrator)
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Faces of Civil Resistance. I’ve being doing illustrations of some of my friends who have been arrested in support of @JustStop_Oil over the last few weeks. Sign up to slow march at (I’ll do your portrait if you do)
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I lost most of my adolescence to mental illness and suicidal thoughts. Now I’m here, fighting for my future and the futures of those dying due to government inaction. I don’t want to die, but the climate crisis may kill us all. This is why I’ll be rebelling in Cambridge tomorrow
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I've started on a series of sketches capturing moments from the International Rebellion in London. These two are based off photos taken by my wonderful photographer friend - you can follow him on insta here:
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@xr_east @XRCroydon Promoting the deaths of millions of people as a solution absolutely is ecofascism.
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Hello today is my 23rd birthday! Birthdays are always difficult for me, so send me some love.
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Yesterday I was one of the people blocking Colnbrook detention centre, where the people due to be on the flight to #Rwanda were being held. Being released from custody to hear the flight was cancelled was amazing. Everyone has a right to seek asylum. Deportations must stop.
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Absolutely thrilled to no longer have a conditional discharge and court costs hanging over me! Let's hope this is a reflection of the way the courts are going to treat XR cases from now on. [end].
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Nepocide: the conscious willingness to sacrifice future generations for current convenience. Blood of the Youth, Cambridge, 02/11/19. Photo taken from the Varsity article. #ExtinctionRebellion
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