"Ruth Bader Ginsburg was 80 the year she transformed from public figure to pop culture icon. It was 2013, Ginsburg had issued a scathing dissent in the Shelby County v. Holder voting rights case, and an admiring New York University law student created the Notorious RBG Tumblr feed. The blog was sprinkled with pictures of the justice in a crown like rapper Biggie Smalls’, along with cheeky lyrics from R&B songs—drawing parallels, years before 'Hamilton,' between the subversive spirit of hip-hop and the power of American institutions. ... This new character, Notorious RBG, had the same intelligence and drive—the blog was deeply respectful and often intellectual, quoting passages from Ginsburg’s court opinions—but she was also a badass and, better, a meme. ..."
Politico
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