Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court William Rehnquist administers the oath of office to newly appointed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on August 10, 1993. Photo: Kort Duce/AFP via Getty Images I wanted to love Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I’d been looking for a general, any kind of leader at all, from the moment I understood I was in a fight. Since puberty, at least, danger first spread its sails on my horizon. There would be marriage, early. Children as soon as possible.
I share the outpouring of rage that greeted Ginsburg’s death last Friday, and regard her popular cult with some sympathy. But by the time of Ginsburg’s passing, two truths had become apparent. The late justice really did advance the cause of equality for women and, from her seat on the high court, protected our progress from those who would tear it up by the roots. Underneath the pop-culture ephemera, though, Ginsburg was a complicated figure.
This suggests a somewhat less heroic reading of her legacy. Over the course of her long legal career, Ginsburg carved out a space for women that had no real historical precedent. She did so not just through her personal accomplishments, but through her work on pregnancy discrimination. When I left fundamentalism, it was easier, in part, because of Ginsburg and the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project, which she helped found.
onesarahjones Far too many women hate other women. Far too many women think just like men. It’s no different then Black people having to deal with uncle Toms and sellouts. As long as their own personal goals are being met and their family’s are good, they don’t give a shit about anyone else.
So Jones is angry RBG didn't live up to her idyllic expectations, so she should be cast aside & only thought of as 'eh she did some things for me, but not all that I wanted so I won't really look up to her.' Everyone needs a leader(s) to guide us through the obstacles.
onesarahjones This is disrespectful clickbait - don’t fall for it.
onesarahjones Jfc. Get a life
onesarahjones I would like to know how many innocent people she put in jail that we don't know about
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