Clare Farrell - Rebellion

She tried mainstream fashion but didn't fit in. Clare doesn't fit in - in so many ways! Clare's a rebel. She suggests that rebellion became a part of her when she moved schools and studied the same syllabus and sat the same exams two years on the trot. Clare, because she was bright got very bored and that bred rebellion. I'm sure that year shaped Clare but I have very little doubt that Clare was born to rebel. Her childhood was characterised by instability and change. She learned to cope with the unknown. As an adult with her own mind, she is still unafraid of the unknown. She is unafraid of the consequences of her actions because she's experienced the likely consequences before . . . and survived. Being arrested doesn't faze someone whos spent time in the notorious Top Shop Hilton. Clare's childhood doesn't seem good enough to me. I think she deserved better. She's worked hard to understand what happened but what occurs to me is that this not good enough childhood might just be the very thing that's given her the ability to shock, to wake us up, to help us notice. In her work with XR, the job is to wake us up to what's happening to the planet.It seems to me the risk is too great for no action. Hindsight won't be an option. And why not work together to clean things up?  Why not shout about it if that's what you do so well?Enjoy Clare Farrell - RebellionWe talked to Clare about:Claire's estranged relationship with her much older DadHaving the wrong accentThe moment she lost trust in her familyWatching her mum get ill and die Going into a state of numbness when her Mum diedHaving to grow up quicklyHow she justified her thoughts of self-harm Becoming a surrogate Mum to her little brotherLiving in Middlesborough next door to armed robbers, heroin dealers and heroin addicts Being surrounded by people who'd also suffered childhood trauma because they understood each otherFinding out your boyfriend's gayArriving in London in a state of serious traumaMistaking openness for weaknessBailing on the commercial fashion worldThe benefits of desperation if it leads to asking for help (rock-bottom)  Becoming a much better version of herself thanks to a very special therapistLearning to become more compassionate to herselfThe culture of the fashion industryThe plethora of gross bossesBeing told 'sustainable' wasn't something that would work in fashion'Sustainable Fashion' by its very nature being an oxymoron The destructive nature of CapitalismHer Dad's advice to do something she enjoyedThe protest/art project she organised in a Top Shop storeGetting banged up in the Top Shop jailBuy Nothing DaySpace HijackersDisrupting the daily life of peopleShaking people awakeHow Clare's rebelliousness developed How age has mellowed the rebelExtinction RebellionTeaching fashion  MoneyRisksForgivenessSome people walk on by, some people take personal responsibilityHeading toward environmental catastropheWhen comfortable becomes uncomfortableThe impossibleness of maintaining the status quo Clare's relationship with 'hope'The challenges of activismHow our planet is the thing that can bring us togetherExtinction RebellionReverand BillySpace HijackersVigilante-hippie-six-wheeled-riot-tankDavid Wallce-Wells