Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik

A light-hearted look at the life of Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Based on the Tumblog of the same name, Notorious RBG deals with Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and ongoing advocacy for gender equality and civil rights.

This was EXCELLENT. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one of my feminist heroes (I have a long list, with biographies I should read!) and this book is great. It's VERY easy to read, and was never less than fascinating. It includes some of her dissents, with commentary for the layperson written by various lawyers. There are photos of her at various points in her life; her face now is so familiar that seeing pictures of her as a young lawyer was really neat.

The only thing I didn't like was that it's not completely linear; there's a chapter about her 56-year-long marriage to Marty Ginsburg, ending with his death, and then the next chapter starts talking about Marty's reaction to something! So that was slightly odd and I had to flip back a few pages to find the actual dates for what I was reading about now.

Other than that, though, the book was really interesting, and talks about the cases she argued before the Supreme Court before becoming a justice, her nomination and senate confirmation to the Court, and the cases she's seen since becoming a justice. It talks about how Ruth and Marty balanced their work and home lives, in a way that was definitely not normal at the time; Marty was a full partner in parenting and housework, taking over all of the cooking and the 2 am infant feedings because it was easier for him to get back to sleep!

Overall, this was a really neat look into the life of one of the U.S.'s most prominent female figures right now. Justice Ginsburg has been a tireless fighter for equality for her entire career, and this book reveals some of her motivations and thought processes. I loved it.

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Fun intro to RBG by millennial reporters. Tried the audiobook but then missed all the pictures and commentary on rulings, so got the book. Would be great in MS and HS libraries. Loved the small details about her life, those are the kinds of questions teens ask about people.

This book is runs the gamut from activist battle-cry, to inspirational, to tear-jerker. The Notorious RGB is truly a badass and we're lucky to have her.

The book is better named “10 fun facts about RBG”. The structure is strange. Like another review said, it is indeed like a textbook, listing some of RBG's achievements, citing some of her words, and that's it.

There was a strange atmosphere of optimism in the book, which, given it was written in 2015, is understandable.

The audio book is a disaster. There are a bunch of errors in the audio book which makes it quite confusing. Not to mention that the narrator is just a slightly better version of Siri.

I wonder if there is any proper biography of RBG out there? It would be such a shame if no outstanding biography was published for such a badass woman.

5 star woman. 2 star book. 1 star audio book.