Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Rilegato

Carmon, Irin; Knizhnik, Shana

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ISBN 10: 0062415832 ISBN 13: 9780062415837

Casa editrice: Dey Street Books, 2015

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New York Times Bestseller

Featured in the critically acclaimed documentary RBG

“The authors make this unassuming, most studious woman come pulsing to life. . . . Notorious RBG may be a playful project, but it asks to be read seriously. . . . That I responded so personally to it is a testimony to [its] storytelling and panache.”— Jennifer Senior, New York Times

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg never asked for fame—she has only tried to make the world a little better and a little freer.

But nearly a half-century into her career, something funny happened to the octogenarian: she won the internet. Across America, people who weren’t even born when Ginsburg first made her name as a feminist pioneer are tattooing themselves with her face, setting her famously searing dissents to music, and making viral videos in tribute.

Notorious RBG, inspired by the Tumblr that amused the Justice herself and brought to you by its founder and an award-winning feminist journalist, is more than just a love letter. It draws on intimate access to Ginsburg's family members, close friends, colleagues, and clerks, as well an interview with the Justice herself. An original hybrid of reported narrative, annotated dissents, rare archival photos and documents, and illustrations, the book tells a never-before-told story of an unusual and transformative woman who transcends generational divides. As the country struggles with the unfinished business of gender equality and civil rights, Ginsburg stands as a testament to how far we can come with a little chutzpah.

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“The authors make this unassuming, most studious woman come pulsing to life....’Notorious RBG’ may be a playful project, but it asks to be read seriously...That I responded so personally to it is a testimony to [its] storytelling and panache.” (Jennifer Senior, New York Times)

Carmon and Knizhnik write powerfully about the progression of Ginsburg’s legal career. In particular, they make vivid the development of her trademark arguments ... In her fierce honesty, resolute realness, and, yes, innate sense of style (those collars!), Ginsburg emerges as a cultural icon worthy of her own fanbase (Kate Tuttle, The Boston Globe)

“What a wonderful book: The annotated dissents! The knockout photos! Why she likes to write through the night! The litany of big cases she won as a lawyer, and how she picked them! How she made Bill Clinton cry! Notorious RBG is a laugh-out-loud joy to read.” (Rachel Maddow)

“A deeply original mashup of pop culture and serious scholarship. I plan to give a copy to both of my daughters.” (Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Devil in the Grove)

“This breezy, fun and thoughtful take on the life of the Justice explains exactly why a new generation created and embraced the Cult of Ginsburg.” (Jeffrey Toobin, author of The Oath and The Nine)

“This rigorously reported book shines a new light on the groundbreaking cases Ginsburg litigated challenging gender stereotypes.” (Louise Melling, Deputy Legal Director, ACLU)

“If you admired RBG before, Carmon and Knizhnik will make you fall in love with her, not only as a feminist hero but a human being.” (Vogue)

“Clark Kent had Superman. Ruth Bader Ginsburg has Notorious R.B.G.... Carmon and Knizhnik have turned R.B.G’s robe into a cape.” (New York Times Book Review)

“[The Notorious RBG] book mixes cheeky fan art with a serious – and stirring – account of Ginsburg’s life and work, covering everything from her trailblazing legal career to her current exercise regimen.” (Rolling Stone)

“After this treatment, surely, Biggie would agree that RBG truly is notorious.” (NPR.org)

L'autore

Irin Camron covers gender, politics, and law for MSNBC, and is a visiting fellow at Yale Law School s Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice. A former staff writer at Salon and Jezebel, she was named a best TV pundit of the year by Mediaite and selected by Forbes for its 30 under 30 in Media list. Her work has been honored by Planned Parenthood, NARAL-NY, the Sidney Hillman foundation and the New York Abortion Access Fund. She lives in New York. Shana Knizhnik is a third year law student at New York University School of Law, where she is an Articles Editor for the New York University Law Review, and the creator of the Notorious R.B.G. Tumblr. She has served on the boards of OUTLaw and the Coalition on Law and Representation, and has interned at the Habeas Corpus Resource Center, the American Civil Liberties Union s Criminal Law Reform Project, the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, and the Legal Aid Society s Juvenile Rights Practice. Following her law school graduation, Shana will clerk for Federal Court of Appeals Judge Dolores Sloviter on the Third Circuit before beginning her career as a public defender. She lives in New York.

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• Editore: Dey Street Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0062415832
• ISBN 13: 9780062415837
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 227