RBG has left us; coffee image by Izzy Rivi on Unsplash

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leaves Us in Body

1) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. Feminist rock star Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the US Supreme Court has died at age 87 at her Washington, DC home. Justice Ginsburg survived colon cancer in 1999 and early-stage pancreatic cancer a decade later. In 2014 she received a coronary stent to clear a blocked artery. In December 2018, two small tumors were found in one of her lungs, a discovery that came in Justice Ginsburg’s treatment for broken ribs associated with a fall.

The death of the legendary feminist, known as the Notorious RBG, sent grief-stricken supporters to the steps of the US Supreme Court. To the sounds of ‘Amazing Grace’, tears flowed from young and old alike in the streets of Washington, DC.

NYU law school grad and a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society of New York City’s Criminal Defense Practice, Shana Knizhnik created the Notorious RBG Tumblr. In 2015 Knizhnik co-wrote the book ‘Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg ‘with journalist Irin Carmon.

Tributes and Commentary on the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87 The New York Times

Dahlia Lithwick, writing in The Atlantic in early 2019, offered this observation as to why Ginsburg was so adored by young and old alike: “Today, more than ever, women starved for models of female influence, authenticity, dignity, and voice hold up an octogenarian justice as the embodiment of hope for an empowered future.”

The Irony of Modern Feminism’s Obsession With Ruth Bader Ginsburg The Atlantic

How RBG’s Death Could Radicalize American Politics Politico

“It means that we are going to war,” one influential Washington Democrat texted tonight when asked what the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg means. “They do this in the lame duck and I think Americans will rebel.”
The passion is understandable. Ginsburg was the most important and iconic Supreme Court Justice to liberals since Thurgood Marshall, the first African American on the court. She was the Left’s Antonin Scalia. Replacing her with an ideological conservative — creating a 6-3 majority on the Court for the right — would have enormous policy consequences, and not just on abortion, but on civil rights, gun laws, regulation and many other issues.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Left Behind So Much More Than a Seat for Trump to Fill Vogue.com

Of course, the terrifying current political climate makes the grief and pain of losing Ginsburg all the worse: Her death doesn't just feel like her death, but a threat to the civil rights and gender equality she spent her time on Earth championing.

‘Good Morning Vogue’ : Activists Speak

2) ‘Good Morning Vogue’ completes its first week in a 12-part series airing every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of the Spring 2021 collections. In this third part of Good Morning Vogue, host Paloma Elsesser recaps the first two episodes before taking a look at fashion activism with Céline Semaan, the founder of Slow Factory, a nonprofit working at the intersection of climate and social justice.

A common theme running through the first three episodes is the persistent demand for change in the fashion industry.

Hannah Stoudemire and Ali Richmond hope to see designers take diversity and inclusion more seriously than they did in 2016, when the duo launched Fashion for All in response to the police killings of Philando Castile, Alton Sterling, Sandra Bland, and countless other Black men and women. “Where was the fashion industry then?” Stoudemire asks. “The consumer has realized that the power lies within them. Every time they spend a dollar with a designer or brand, they’re endorsing that brand. And it’s more pressure on these brands and corporations to rise to the occasion, and rise to the expectation of the consumer.”

LVMH Said on Friday, 9/18 Tiffany & Co. Acquisition Submitted to the European Commission

Phone Image by Arno Senoner on Unsplash; Collage AOC

3. Bloomberg says the the submission reflects a good-faith effort while LVMH continues to try and back out of the deal. Eight of 10 antitrust clearances have been obtained thus far. The French company also said it expects to get approval ahead of the Nov. 24 deadline to close the deal. Whether the acquisition will actually go through based on the changing retail landscape remains up in the air — lawsuits aside.

The Fashion Law shares a running timeline of each episode of the largest deal in the luxury space from November 24, 2019 to the present.