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- The unlikely entrance of an octogenarian into the pop-culture zeitgeist (they even made R.B.G action figures) ultimately earned her this surprising moniker, which is a play on the deceased '90s rapper, Notorious B.I.G. Reportedly, Ginsburg loved the attention, but needed her law clerks to explain it, according to The Washington Post.
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Sep 23, 2020 · Appropriate for the age of social media, the cultural stardom of Ruth Bader Ginsburg began in 2013 with a Tumblr account, the Notorious RBG, a takeoff on the well-known rapper the Notorious...
Mar 16, 2015 · That’s when NYU law student Shana Knizhnik launched the Notorious R.B.G. Tumblr, likening the tiny jurist to the rapper Notorious B.I.G., and suddenly a Tumblr/T-shirt/bumper sticker...
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Notorious: That’s the word now forever linked to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — not just for her pioneering work on the court, but also for her online stardom.
She was popularly dubbed "the Notorious R.B.G.", [a] a moniker she later embraced. [5] Ginsburg was born and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Just over a year later her older sister and only sibling, Marilyn, died of meningitis at the age of six. Her mother died shortly before she graduated from high school. [6]
Oct 26, 2015 · Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a cultural icon about the time she turned 80 and became known as "Notorious RBG" — a most unusual identity for a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Sep 18, 2020 · The most prominent Ginsburg meme is that of "Notorious R.B.G.," a play on the late rapper Notorious B.I.G., which features a visage of the justice wearing a crown and her trademark lace...
