It’s Time for Mourning, Respect and Remembering
This week, we were saddened to lose our longtime, dedicated Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Now it’s time for mourning, respect and remembering this feminist icon. It’s not a time for rushing a new Justice to fill her seat one week later just before an election. That would be an injustice to her memory. And it would take away the rights of the people to have a say. Their vote is their chance to have a say in the matter at hand.
Also known as Notorious RBG, she received this nickname from a young woman named Shana Knizhnik who compared RBG’s dissenting opinions to protest lyrics by rapper Notorious B.I.G. The idea was that RBG was tough and absolutely awesome. Age doesn’t matter when you speak out and stand up for what’s important!
Crowds showed up at the Supreme Court steps and across the country, holding vigils after the passing of this tiny yet great woman. What they are feeling in their hearts is not something that is easy to put into words. Poetry can help a little. So I have penned a poem of hope for the grieving:
The Flame That’s in Our Hearts
(after the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg)
by Angie B., Your True Self Blog
She was a light in our world
and now that light is out
She cannot be replaced
for the things she did are a legacy
for women and overall equality.
There are other lights still shining in our world
and they shall not be ignored;
for the light replaces the darkness
of corruption, brutality and inequality
replacing them with love and unity.
Her light now shines upon us from above
where she can ignite the flames in our hearts
until our world is a fiercely shining sun
that banishes the shadows still left lurking
and creates a rainbow of people’s hope arcing.
4 Select Quotes from Ruth Bader Ginsberg:
As we mourn the loss of this feminist icon and leader for equality, let’s listen to her words for a moment. Here are some select quotes:
“People ask me sometimes, ‘when will there be enough women on the Court?’ And my answer is: ‘When there are nine.’ People are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.”
“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”
“Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.”
“You can disagree without being disagreeable.”
We deserve to have someone not just to fill her seat, but someone who’s fit to walk in her footsteps. We can’t wait around for somebody to save us. I encourage my readers (and myself) to stand up for the right to have a say in who appoints the next Supreme Court Justice with their democratic vote in the upcoming election.
According to the Oracle of Whimsy, this is the voice of RBG: “We have to be a nation that raises up its citizens.”
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