{"id":5188,"date":"2020-09-20T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T06:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5188"},"modified":"2020-09-20T13:19:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T19:19:51","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-709-in-tribute-to-ruth-bader-ginsburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5188","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #709: In Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nHello, dear Imps. It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that I was saying that I had plans for a Sunday post that I was temporarily setting aside so that I could mark the death of an American luminary<\/a><\/strong>. I’d like to do this again. I’m taking this space here today, given the news of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a><\/strong>, to mark this profound loss. <\/p>\n

On social media, I noticed that various children’s book illustrators were paying tribute\u2014with either previous illustrations of Ginsburg or ones they’d drawn on the spot when they heard the sad news this weekend. I’m sharing some of those here today. (I know there must be many, many more, but here is just a small handful.) <\/p>\n

Pictured above is a painting from illustrator Rahele Jomepour Bell<\/a><\/strong>, who says this is “the piece of her I made while I was thinking about her.” Here are some more tributes. …<\/p>\n


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Stephanie Graegin’s<\/a><\/strong> tribute. Please note: This is available as a print here<\/a><\/strong>, and all profits will be donated to Vote Save America<\/a><\/strong>,
an organization dedicated to flipping the Senate.<\/em><\/center>
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Matthew Cordell’s<\/a><\/strong> tribute<\/em><\/center>
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Sophie Blackall’s<\/a><\/strong> brand-new picture book, <\/em>If You Come to Earth (more soon on that book), includes a portrait of Ginsburg<\/em><\/center>
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Anna Raff’s<\/a><\/strong> tribute<\/em><\/center>
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Don Tate’s<\/a><\/strong> tribute<\/em><\/center>
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Dasha Tolstikova’s<\/a><\/strong> tribute<\/em><\/center>
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Dasha tells me her drawing was inspired by Elizabeth Baddeley’s RBG drawing tutorial<\/a><\/strong>. In 2016, Baddeley illustrated Debbie Levy\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark<\/em>. I wrote about that book here<\/a><\/strong>, if you’d like to read more about it, and I have some art from it here<\/a><\/strong>. Here is one of the spreads from that book, featuring Ginsburg as a child:
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“Celia Amster Bader thought girls should also have the chance to
make their mark on the world. So she took Ruth to the library.”<\/em>
(Click spread to enlarge)<\/center>
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\nAnd below is the beautiful cover, illustated by Eric Velasquez<\/a><\/strong>, of Doreen Rappaport’s Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, published earlier this year:
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\n[Note: Please see the comments for a few more tributes, added after this post went up.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome.<\/p>\n

* * * Jules’s Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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I think I’ll skip my seven separate kicks this week (though readers are welcome to leave theirs). <\/p>\n

RBG paved the way for countless women. Her death is a tremendous loss, and 2020 is testing us all, isn’t it? That’s about all I’ve got in me today\u2014except to say: Thank goodness she was here and accomplished all that she did. May she rest in peace. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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