Are you surprised at the amount of traction the blog has received? Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “That time when the Notorious RBG saved the jobs of two dozen maids at Columbia”, “5 Reasons You'll Love This New Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a.k.a. (Note: In August 2015, Von Dornum became attorney-in-charge of the Eastern District at Federal Defenders of New York.). Tumblr, a meme-filled forum for fans of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. in response to opinions authored by Justice Ginsburg. D.C. Police Union Attempts to Block Body-Worn Camera Footage in Effort to Skirt Public Accountability, ACLU-DC Files Complaint on Behalf of Demonstrator Injured By Military Helicopters Used to Intimidate Racial Justice Demonstrators, Letter to the D.C. Board of Elections Encouraging Clarity on Rules for Political Attire at Polling Places. At NYU, she was an Articles Editor for the New York University Law Review and served on the boards of OUTLaw and the Coalition on Law and Representation (CoLR). “For every gender injustice that we see today, Ruth Bader Ginsburg saw it first, and she fought it first,” said Tabacco Mar. 4009 Frontgate Drive, Mon.–Sat., Open at 6 a.m., 573-260-3520 It’s that lesson that mothers like Brianne Burger hope their daughters will understand. In recent months, she has taken on the added task of adapting the Internet sensation into a book, set to be published in October 2015. And yes, the face masks, with slogans like: “You can’t spell TRUTH without RUTH.”. With Deirdre von Dornum, she pursued a career as a federal public defender before working in public service for NYU. She served, Among many other activities, Knizhnik served as a co-chair of the Coalition for Law and Representation and a political action co-chair for OUTLaw LGBTQ Students’ Association. But the pop culture status that Ruth Bader Ginsburg found — or rather, that found her — in recent years was just a side show, albeit one that amused her, to the unique and profound impact she had on women’s lives. The “I dissent” T-shirts, the refrigerator magnets, the onesies for babies or costumes for cats. That changed in 1971 with a case in which Ginsburg helped persuade the high court to invalidate an Idaho law that called for choosing men over women to administer the estates of the dead. “She's what I’ve always wanted to be, and still want to be.”. has opened people’s eyes to the amazing legacy of Justice Ginsburg and how much good she’s really done for women in this country but also for everyone, as an advocate for gender equality at the ACLU and through her judicial work as a Supreme Court justice.
With Dean Morrison, he pursued a career in legal academia and was also associate counsel for President Obama. Shana is a karaoke aficionado and was a member of both NYU’s Law Revue musical productions and Substantial Performance, NYU Law School’s best (and only) a cappella group. Shana Knizhnik, Irin Carmon. Younger women and girls also say they were inspired by the justice's achievements, her intellect and her fierce determination as she pursued her career.
Note: Shana Knizhnik ’15 and Irin Carmon participated in a talk discussing their latest book, Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in the Lester Pollack Colloquium on October 28, 2015. In this Oct. 29, 2015, photo provided by The Lower Eastside Girls Club, members of the club pose with author Shana Knizhnik, second from right, at a book launch event for "Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg," by Irin Carmon and Knizhnik, in New York. 137.3k Followers, 1,994 Following, 2,672 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Shayna Terese Taylor (@shaynateresetaylor)
has opened people’s eyes to the amazing legacy of Justice Ginsburg and how much good she’s really done for women in this country but also for everyone, as an advocate for gender equality at the ACLU and through her judicial work as a Supreme Court justice. ‘Notorious RBG’ ”, “15 Things I Learned About Ruth Bader Ginsburg From. "She’s been an inspiration. “We’d go to screenings ... and afterward older women who had been through the kind of discrimination she faced as a young woman would be sobbing ... because they knew what she was up against, and what she did to help them and their daughters and granddaughters,” West said. Can you tell me how the Notorious RBG book came about? I understand there’s an NYU Law connection within your book? Vogue, 10/29/15, © 2020 New York University School of Law. During her three years on campus, Knizhnik, balanced academics with a full slate of extracurricular commitments. But nearly a half-century into her career, something funny happened to the octogenarian: she won the internet. Stacey Feeback, a 33-year-old Fayetteville, North Carolina, voter at a weekend rally for President Donald Trump, said the justice was “an inspirational woman.”, “She meant a lot to the (women's) movement," Feeback said. But, she said, by forcing the courts to address issues like workplace discrimination, sexual assault and a host of others, Ginsburg “literally made me feel as if I had access to the law, because Ruth was there.”. All rights reserved. Tel. Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz in New York, Jessica Gresko in Washington and Bryan Anderson in Fayetteville, North Carolina, contributed to this report.
She has interned at the ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project, the Public Defender Service for D.C. and the Legal Aid Society’s Juvenile Rights Practice in the Bronx. It’s toeing the line between this fun, meme-oriented Internet phenomenon that Notorious R.B.G. Two years later, she again prevailed — making her first oral argument before the high court she would later join — in the case of a female Air Force officer whose husband was denied spousal benefits that male officers’ wives automatically received. Shana Knizhnik is a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society of New York City’s Criminal Defense Practice. “She was my teacher in so many ways,” said Gloria Steinem, the nation’s most visible feminist leader, in an interview. Sall says she was fascinated by what she learned about Ginsburg when she attended an event at the Lower Eastside Girl's Club in Manhattan for the 2015 book, “Notorious RBG," by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik (the title played on the name of Brooklyn rapper The Notorious B.I.G.) Although she has worked on all ACLU-DC issue areas as part of her fellowship, her primary concentrations have been criminal justice reform, due process, and public employee speech rights. Her legacy, though, was nothing less than enormous, she said: “She changed the world for American women. This interview has been condensed and edited. But the extent of Ginsburg’s influence was felt not only by older women like Steinem, 86, who understood from experience the obstacles Ginsburg faced, such as not being able to find a job at a New York law firm despite graduating at the top of her class at Columbia Law School. She served as an articles editor for NYU Law Review, where her note on federal criminal sentencing has been accepted for publication in November 2015. ", "Now, it wasn’t written for me — it left out most folks, actually, when it was written,” Steinem added. South, New York, NY 10012. Shana Knizhnik is the 2016–2018 Dunn Fellow. ", It wasn't just Democratic-leaning women who praised Ginsburg. Compare to … Since the summer of 2013, Shana Knizhnik ’15 has juggled the demands of law school with the responsibilities of curating the Notorious R.B.G. Shana Knizhnik is the 2016–2018 Dunn Fellow. * Shana Knizhnik created the Notorious RBG meme on a Tumblr blog account, still active today but largely duplicated by the Instagram account of the same name. “She still talks about that day,” said Burger. community while thriving within the context of NYU Law student life. While a student at NYU, she created the Notorious RBG Tumblr, a feminist website dedicated to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and in 2015 co-wrote the book Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg with journalist Irin Carmon. You’ve had a chance to meet Justice Ginsburg. She teaches women and girls not to count themselves out even though they don’t look like those in power.”. In recent months, she has taken on the added task of adapting the Internet sensation into a, NYU Law student life. Knizhnik sat down with Leslie Hart, NYU Law video producer, to discuss the origins of. A popular picture of Biggie Smalls wearing a gold crown was re-created with Ginsburg’s image and was used for the cover of the 2015 book “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg” by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik. Los Angeles Times, 10/30/15, “15 Things I Learned About Ruth Bader Ginsburg From Notorious RBG” Notorious RBG” (Knizhnik, as a second-year law student at New York University at the time, coined the moniker on a Tumblr blog.) (212) 998-6100, Since the summer of 2013, Shana Knizhnik ’15 has juggled the demands of law school with the responsibilities of curating the, , a meme-filled forum for fans of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The project marked “a real turning point for situating women’s rights not just as a gender issue, but as a civil rights issue that affected all of us,” said Ria Tabacco Mar, its current head. First as a litigator who fought tenaciously for the courts to recognize equal rights for women, one case at a time, and later as the second woman to sit on the hallowed bench of the Supreme Court, Ginsburg left a legacy of achievement in gender equality that had women of varied ages and backgrounds grasping for words this weekend to describe what she meant to them. While a student at NYU law school, she created the Notorious R.B.G. Fusion, 11/3/15, “5 Reasons You'll Love This New Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a.k.a. But I am not surprised that Justice Ginsburg has captured the public imagination in the way that she has because really, it’s all about her. I was approached by an editor from HarperCollins in the fall of my 3L year about the potential for Notorious R.B.G. When I started Notorious R.B.G. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Younger women and girls say they were inspired by the late justice's achievements, her intellect and her fierce determination as she pursued her career. Owners Jesse Walters and Megan Meier-Walters say the opening date is still in the works (as of Sept. 25), but they plan to be open bright and early, so you can get your coffee as soon as 6 a.m.