Comments on: For rebellious Ruth

By: Kristia

Kristia — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:57:36 +0000

Love it!

By: Kathryn Greenhill

Kathryn Greenhill — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:32:43 +0000

Last I heard, which was about a year after the incident, Denise had moved to Hobart where she was unable to get work as a hairdresser so had opened a nail salon. You are right, she was a mainlander as was I, but two of the other women plus Denise’s boyfriend were Tasweigan. I do understand the attitude to “mainlanders”. Similar to West Australian’s attitude to “easternstaters” … but on steroids with a pitchfork thrown in..

By: morgan

morgan — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:19:33 +0000

We spoke about this once before. I was living in Tasmania when it happened. It did cause quite a kerfuffle at the time, but I think it’s w0nderful and definitely something to be proud of. Do you know what happened to that local hairdresser? Tasmanians of a certain set absolutely hate it when there’s some sort of intervention from mainlanders, and can be quite brutal when it comes to shunning those who embarrass them. But if there had been no intervention from rest of Australia, the Franklin River would have been damned and homosexuality would still be a crime. The only time I have concerns about such intervention is when a line is crossed and instead of just attacking the target (whether it be outdated laws, environmental vandalism, prejudice, intolerance), generalizations are made about all Tasmanians

By: Ruth Baxter

Ruth Baxter — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:16:45 +0000

Thankyou! I shall now expect to become more outwardly rebellious just by talking to you online : – ) Very impressed by your tale of activism.

By: Penny

Penny — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:21:17 +0000

love it, especially the “fake” handcuffs!

By: Simone

Simone — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 05:11:30 +0000

Awesome!