Ruth Bader Ginsburg

RBG Fundamentally Shaped the Lives of Women with Disabilities

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an old white woman with brown hair, wears glasses and a loose shawl and sits on stage while smiling.
by Sarah Kim
October 16, 2020 at 12:00pm
Although the fight for disability rights is not complete, Ginsburg used her power and privilege to bring the fight for disability rights to the legal mainstream.
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White Icons: What Does RBG Mean to Black Legal Scholars?

by Nicole Young
October 5, 2020 at 10:30am
It’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s ability to dip in and out of the issues that so directly affect people who don’t look like her that raises larger questions about how whiteness is performed in this country. Read more »
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Our Loss: We Still Don’t Know How to Mourn Jewish Celebrities

by Michelle Krasovitski
October 1, 2020 at 10:15am
It’s a disservice to remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a feminist icon but erase her Jewishness. Read more »
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Very Online: Distilling RBG into a Meme Warps Her Legacy

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
September 25, 2020 at 9:04am
In death, the memeification of Ginsburg fails her. Read more »
Signs and flowers are left at a makeshift memorial in front of the U.S. Supreme Court for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Weight of the Word: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Complicated Legacy

by Andi Zeisler
September 22, 2020 at 8:08am
The memeification of the justice has, at times, felt like hollow marketplace feminism. Read more »
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a white Jewish woman wearing glasses with her hair pulled back in a bun, smiles for the camera

What Just Happened: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

by Bitch HQ
September 21, 2020 at 1:54pm
We can channel RBG’s determination to fight back against unjust systems. Read more »
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“On the Basis of Sex” is the Glossy, Imperfect Love Story We Need Right Now

by Caroline Reilly
January 18, 2019 at 3:13pm
The love between Ruth and Marty Ginsburg is palpable, and brilliantly illuminates the battles Ruth takes on in her professional life. Read more »
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: What “On the Basis of Sex” Gets Wrong

by Bitch HQ
December 31, 2018 at 3:00am
Dorothy Kenyon was a crucial source of inspiration for Ginsburg—just not in the way the film depicts. Read more »
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Baby, It's a War on Christmas

by Bitch HQ
December 24, 2018 at 6:23pm
Wars over Christmas songs have been waged for centuries. Read more »
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Born to Protest: Legal Trailblazer Pauli Murray Takes Her Rightful Place in History

by Marisa Bate
December 20, 2018 at 10:21am
Pauli Murray’s refusal to conform helps explain why this influential legal thinker and activist trailblazer is so little known. Read more »
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Radical Patience: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Turned Courtrooms into Feminist Battlegrounds

by Bedatri D. Choudhury
May 17, 2018 at 1:01pm
The Notorious RBG practiced radical patience as she built a gender-just legal system. Read more »