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Barbwire Noose by Marcia Anita Hobbs Tells a Gripping True Story of Heroism

  • Apr 16, 2025
  • 3 min read

Marcia Anita Hobbs is a Human Rights Activist, Fashion Designer, Author, and one of Australia's most controversial pillars of strength against corruption. The Story Behind the Brand Barbwire Noose, released in 2023 as a paperback with the publication of the second edition highly anticipated. If True Crime reading is your genre, Autobiographies by Marcia Anita Hobbs aka Marcia BNoose should be at the top of your list. Available via leading bookstores globally and select global libraries. All publications can be indulged as ePub books via the National Library of Australia.


Photo of Marcia Anita Hobbs in peace sign gesture.

In words of leadership, Marcia defends our most vulnerable peers: "Imagine for a moment that you were disabled, unable to move to push somebody away or feed yourself, Unable to speak to say 'no,' 'that food is too hot,' or 'hungry. "Yet you could 'feel' hungry, comprehend sound, and shiver because you were cold. Close your eyes for a moment and think about this reality.


This is the reality of four out of five clients (our peers) I cared for as a 'Disability Officer' employed by the South Australian (SA) Labor government, who lived at Sharley House, Mount Gambier during the year 2004."

 

"The organization IDSC re-branded to Disability SA and I reported the criminal negligence to management, furthermore to the disability minister. This is 'The Story Behind the Brand Barbwire Noose' clothing. My human rights activism for the voiceless, for all of us, started in 2005.


I am a lover, not a fighter. Yet for my disabled peers, I have fought for their justice for over two decades. Taking up the government employment role in the disability sector in 2003, I was pushed out of this sector in 2007. Reprisal for seeking justice the right of our disabled peers to be recognized as people under the law; a Human Right. Article 6 states: Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. A fight that inspired a brand, a movement, and a chapter in both book and time, which drove the registration of the trademarks 'Fear Is the Root Of All Weakness' and 'Barbwire Noose. '"

 

"An act of heroism, as many have commented and complimented. I do not see myself as a hero. I see myself as a little girl just over five foot tall, averaging approximately fifty kilograms - locked in protest fighting for Human Rights, the entitlement of an apology for the voiceless from the government regarding the malfeasance and crimes committed against their human lives.


I want to think everyone would fight for disabled people, those weaker than you - our human rights. Unfortunately, this is a naive reality. The truth is traumatic, weaponized, and ignored by the government with authority assistance. Despite the brand's billboards, TVC campaigns, pleas and protests for justice." – Hobbs.

 

'The Story Behind the Brand Barbwire Noose' Edition One is available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook formats at major bookstores and online retailers. Marcia Anita Hobbs embarked on a nationwide book tour of Regional Australia in 2023/2024.


Visit here for tour dates and exclusive bonus content.

 

About the author Marcia Anita Hobbs


Marcia had worked for government departments since she was sixteen, Trademarking 'Barbwire Noose' in 2005. An avid academic, Marcia has studied in Masters of Business Administration, Accounting, Government Policy, Law, Fashion, and Music. Her passion for fashion leads her forward in both activism and justice advocacy. Stories of the heart, mind, and soul consisting of personal views, knowledge, and life experiences as well as light-hearted, comedic references, poetry, and more. A member of the Author Society of South Australia with both Charitable recognitions and business awards, Hobbs captures hearts and readers of all demographics, worldwide with her books full of candid facts, experiences, and quotes and open to interpretation depending on where the reader's head is at judgment, education, my life, and thoughts.

 

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