I have no words this weekend to express my sense of loss at the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As an employment rights lawyer, she was truly one of my greatest heroes. Her death hits hard. So, because I have no words that could possibly be of any use to anyone at this time, here are some of hers. RBG quotes from across the years:
"I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability."
"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.”
"So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune."
“People ask me sometimes… ‘When will there be enough women on the court?’ And my answer is: ‘When there are nine.’ People are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that."
"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."
"In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf."
"A gender line...helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage."
"If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself."
"Don't be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time."
"Justices continue to think and can change. I am ever hopeful that if the court has a blind spot today, its eyes will be open tomorrow."
R.I.P. RBG
Things to Do This Weekend
Streaming on Hulu - An intimate portrait of an unlikely rock star: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. With unprecedented access, the filmmakers explore how her early legal battles changed the world for women.
A Conversation with Ruth Bader Ginsburg
A September 9, 2019 interview of RBG from her visit to the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy.
Nina Totenberg interview of RBG
Nina Totenberg, long-time NPR Supreme Court reporter interviewed RBG at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. She discusses many things including her book, "My Own Words".
Weekend Reading
ScotusBlog Article on the Death of Ruth Bader GinsburgEnya Is Everywhere
RBG was a trailblazer who fought for gender equality as a lawyer and became a beloved hero of women in general and the progressive movement in particular, died on Friday of complications from pancreatic cancer. She was 87. Every paper in America will have an obituary piece about her this morning. But you might have missed this one from the ScotusBlog. It is one of the better articles you will find.
In a year pitched to endless anxiety and rife with perilous unknowns, I have spent a tremendous amount of time thinking about Enya.This is article is about how the unlikely star became a phenomenon hidden in pop-cultural plain sight, influencing a generation of groundbreaking artists.
Do you get tons of advertisements in Facebook for something called Masterclass? On online service where you can seemingly be taught anything by expert celebrities. Ever wonder if it is any good? In this article, a professor embarks on a six-month binge of celebrity-led online courses to answer that question.
