Sophia Arnold
sophia-arnold.bsky.social
Sophia Arnold
@sophia-arnold.bsky.social
phd at the uni of kent with Incomindios UK.
environmental and climate justice in Turtle Island | Indigenous art | protest aesthetics
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3 DAYS LEFT! Wasafiri is open for creative submissions on the theme SOLIDARITIES until 24 August. Please share with your networks. We can't wait to read your work ✊

Full details and how to submit: buff.ly/6nOSBon
August 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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🚨You have just ONE WEEK LEFT to enter the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize!

Open to entries in Poetry, Fiction, and Life Writing, including translated work, this prize is awarded to individuals who have not yet published a book-length work in English.

Submit your work:
Enter the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize
The 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, the sixteenth edition of the prestigious prize, is open from 30 January to 30 June.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
So excited to be working on this with some brilliant people! Register for the conference on the @nvpoco.bsky.social website ✨
May 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Hey world, remember when you thought this was awesome? (Which, by the way, it was). Yeah well she's been suspended for a week now because of it; it's coloniser rules and forms of expression allowed only, indigenous people must only be angry in white ways.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Te Pāti Māori MPs to be temporarily suspended from Parliament over haka
MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke faces a seven-day suspension for her actions.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Cambridge coming together to mourn the 1.5 degree climate target yesterday. So empowering to see so many people in solidarity for climate justice, anti-colonialism, and anti-capitalism!
May 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Wasafiri are currently accepting submissions for the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize!
Chair of the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, Romesh Gunesekera, shares what he’s looking for in entries.

Get your poetry, fiction, and life writing ready, then submit: buff.ly/1ykIwFT

#writingprize #writingcompetition #literaryprize #emergingwriters
April 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic

www.crabmuseum.org/visit

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April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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The reason why protest is essential to political change is that only when people *see* the scale of discontent do they realise they are not alone, and that the tide can turn.
April 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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it is never if a pipeline will leak it is always WHEN will it leak and just how much damage is it going to cause
The Keystone pipeline system, which carries crude oil from Canada to the U.S., was shut down on Tuesday because of a leak that spilled an estimated 3,500 barrels of oil in southeastern North Dakota, government and company officials said.
Oil Spill in North Dakota Prompts Shutdown of Keystone Pipeline
An estimated 3,500 barrels of oil spilled in a field near Fort Ransom, N.D., and the release was contained, the pipeline’s operator said.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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“I felt they were going to kill me, not just to punish me. … I felt I would die."

Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Balla recounts being attacked by Israeli settlers and soldiers outside his home in Susiya, in the occupied West Bank
‘I felt I would die’: Palestinian Oscar winner after Israeli settler attack
Hamdan Ballal says he was assaulted by settlers and soldiers outside his home in Susiya in the occupied West Bank.
aje.io
March 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Our CHASE intern Sophia Arnold (@sophia-arnold.bsky.social) reflects on her relationship with rivers & water bodies, weaving in her reading of 2024 anthology BY THE RIVER: ESSAY'S FROM THE WATER'S EDGE, inciting important conversations on how we can better care for our climate.
Meditations: Sophia Arnold on ‘By the River: Essays from the Water’s Edge’
In this Meditations piece, our current CHASE intern Sophia Arnold reflects on her relationship with rivers and water bodies, and the wider environmental humanities…
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March 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Here’s what happens when there’s 6 dead birds at an oil and gas site #investigation #BritishColumbia #oilandgas
March 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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🚨 Emergency Protest - Stop Bombing Gaza
⏰ 18 March, 6PM
📍 Downing Street, London

Israel has resumed its genocidal assault on Gaza, killing at least 330 Palestinians overnight. Join us today to demand our government immediately #StopArmingIsrael and push them to #CeasefireNOW
March 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Instead of slashing welfare and disability benefits — forcing more disabled people and children into poverty — the government could introduce a 2% tax on assets over £10 million.

It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.

This is austerity 2.0
March 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Introducing sub(VERSE)ive — a brand new & exclusive limited interview series from Wasafiri! Hosted by Prerana Kumar, these conversations will showcase various established and emerging poets discussing their 2025 book releases. Stay tuned 👀
February 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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The UK's anti-protest laws pre-legitimise far right authoritarianism. Labour must repeal them now.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
Extremists would not need to create an authoritarian state in Britain: Starmer is doing that for them | George Monbiot
The PM and his ministers are supporting illiberal laws that hard-right authoritarians could apply with zeal, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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