#women judges

[importantwomensbirthdays]

Nannette Jolivette Brown

Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown was born in 1963 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Brown was the first African-American to serve as a New Orleans city attorney. In 2011, she became a judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Since 2018, Brown has served as the chief judge on that court. In 2019, Brown won the Hon. Sarah T. Hughes Civil Rights Award from the Federal Bar Association. She has also won the National Bar Association’s Women Lawyers Division Excellence in the Judiciary Award.

Image source: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

[womensjudgesday]

"Inclusive justice = resilient justice" exploring questions.

The 3rd annual "Women in Justice/for Justice" high-level event to celebrate the International Day of Women Judges will be opened by H.E. Ms. Alma Zadić, Minister of Justice of Austria, and Ms. Ghada Waly, UNODC Executive Director, and will feature a discussion with high-level experts from different regions on the theme "Inclusive justice = resilient justice" exploring questions.

Watch the International Day of Women Judges - Women in/for Justice Initiative

"Inclusive justice = resilient justice" exploring questions.

[papermariosuggestion]

[2000sanimeop]

Played Pentiment. You, play Pentiment. 🫵

[fictionadventurer]

Maybe the problem with Christian fiction is that it's non-denominational. People are just "Christian", with no effort put into showing what practicing that religion looks like for them specifically. No indication that there are other Christians who could have different beliefs. No wrestling with differing ideas and the struggle of how one should live out their Christian faith. And that makes it unrealistic and unrelatable.

[mallloryrowinski]

I’d argue that personal acts of defiance against patriarchal standards are incredibly important. Choosing not to shave and letting your body hair show? Another woman might see that and realize she doesn’t have to either. Calling out sexism in a conversation instead of laughing it off? Someone else might finally feel safe to do the same. Refusing to shrink yourself, apologizing less, taking up space? That woman silently sitting in the corner may be witnessing that for the first time. Wearing what you actually want instead of what’s expected? That could be the moment someone else realizes she can, too.

Sometimes, all we need is a little push—to see another woman prove that yes, there is another way. Yes, you can act like that. Yes, you can make those choices. You can live your life on your terms.

Idk, man. Free women free women. They inspire each other. That matters

[feuxx]

she is simply . all of us joongdok shippers so i had to honor her as best as i could.

[khepiari]

She is just an evil woman doing evil things that would pass as vigilante justice and get applauded if she were a man 🤣.

[importantwomensbirthdays]

Vanessa Gilmore

Judge Vanessa Gilmore was born in 1956 in St. Albans, New York. In 1994, Gilmore was appointed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. At the time, she was the youngest sitting federal judge in the country. During her time on the bench, Gilmore presided over several high-profile cases, including litigation stemming from the Enron scandal. She retired from the bench in 2022. Gilmore is the co-author if A Boy Named Rocky, a book for the children of incarcerated parents, and has written three other books.

Image source: United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

[womensjudgesday]

Stories of Women Judges.

Progress in the Quest for Gender Parity in the Judiciary of The Gambia.

Women judges and women judicial leaders play an irreplaceable role in modern judiciary.

Significance of women judges and my contribution towards equality of access to justice.

[snixx]

if hearing a girl criticize consumerism and beauty/makeup/anti-body hair culture or even just saying they don't like wearing makeup or shaving or performing femininity immediately makes you label them a pick-me maybe that's your own conscience or internalised guilt projecting just sayin'. maybe she isn't the one who thinks you're anti-feminist for wearing makeup (let's face it she most probably doesn't because most people fucking wear makeup) but your visceral defensiveness at someone just existing outside conventional beauty standards says more about you than it probably does about them

[sailing-ever-west]

The Vinsmoke men are misogynistic and it's so narratively important even though it's mostly subtext and never outright stated. None of them ever say anything against women specifically, and they don't seem to discriminate as far as who can be warriors, but their actions reek of it nonetheless and I can't stop thinking about it.

On the surface it seems like Sanji gives thought to treating women differently and the Vinsmokes don't, but it's clear through their actions that the only "equality" they're really upholding is that no gender is exempt from abuse and exploitation.

It's like when people say "well if you want equality, women should get drafted into the military too!" When the problem is that no one should be forced to join the military. That's basically exactly what Germa is doing.

Sanji's view of women is frequently flawed and a bit myopic, but he seeks to treat them with kindness and love and respect, whereas the Vinsmokes make no attempt at philosophy about women and just treat them horribly.

The most glaring example is probably Cosette, who they berated for making food they didn't like and then proceeded to beat unconscious solely to shatter her confidence and upset Sanji. And when Sanji is understandably enraged at their horrible abuse, they assume the reason is that he was physically attracted to her and didn't want the object of his attraction damaged (saying they didn't know he Liked her, and if the busted up face wasn't a dealbreaker they could make her Sanji's personal attendant, which also reaaally sounds like code for something else).

Another aspect is that despite having no emotions, the Vinsmoke brothers still seem to experience attraction to women. But it's not love in any sense of the word, just purely physical. They find Nami attractive, even wanting to arrange to keep her around when the Strawhats are captured by Big Mom (ew), and there's that scene of them and Judge in their private room surrounded by mostly drunken unconscious (and rather scantily dressed if I remember correctly) barmaids that were sent to them. Granted, nothing Happens in that scene, but the undertones are gross and we're only shown a small portion of the night. Whatever the case, it's clear that these women were not sent in to be equal, respectable company, but an objectified distraction to pair with alcohol, and were treated as such.

And then there are the internal family dynamics, which I think are the biggest and most important part.

To start, there's Reiju. On the surface she seems like she has the same status as her brothers, a modified Germa weapon capable of performing as her father wants. But whenever Judge talks about being proud of his children, he always emphasizes the triplets. Often he doesn't even mention Reiju, and his attention to the boys' training seems to be much closer than to hers. Her raid suit is also more sexualized, as though that's expected to be part of her arsenal. And of course, there's her name meaning "zero" while the boys are all numbered. She is the eldest, but she survives by being ignored, and it's clear that her father prefers her emotionless brothers. This feels symbolic as well since being emotional is often seen as a feminine trait, portrayed as a weakness. Judge hates weakness. And so he hates emotion, hates women.

But at the root of it all, really, is Sora. Sora who's choices and body and children were stolen from her for an abusive man's ideals about war and domination. We don't really get to know how much choice she had in her marriage, but given Judge's royal status and the fact that they obviously share zero values I think it would have to be a strategic political arrangement at best, and something she got no say in at worst.

The kids are all named in a numbering system, which also reeks of Judge not letting her into the decisions. And, of course, there is the absolutely horrific experience of being forced into prenatal surgery to genetically modify her children against her will, to the point that the only way she could exercise any agency was to poison herself in an attempt to save even one of them. She was literally just a baby-producing machine to Judge and it couldn't be more blatant.

The violent, self-centered, and misogynistic Vinsmoke brothers are born directly from a woman's choice being taken away from her. Kind, selfless, and loving Sanji is born directly from her one act of defiance, and then later saved by his sister's one act of defiance as well (after which, she was programmed to be obedient).

Basically, the Vinsmoke family is built and preserved on the abuse and exploitation of women, and Sanji is the black sheep for many reasons, but I suspect a rather large one is that he's the ultimate antithesis to that.

[squarbies]

"oh daemon's wife is cheating on him-" IDGAF he groomed her i think rhaenyra gets to kiss girls without judgement thanks

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Results from the ‘Who is the tallest MDZS Character poll! Thank you all for voting!

[ianthewife]

Aubrey and Bryony should be having fucked up insane evil sex like the kind of sex when it doesnt even make sense anymore you just look at it and genuinely have no idea the fuck is going on it just looks like two rabid dogs trying to kill each other like the oh god somebody call the police and the ambulance and maybe fire fighters too kind of shit