Ruth Bader-Ginsberg's "Women of Distinction" award goes to Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Sly Stallone

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Ruth Bader-Ginsberg's "Women of Distinction" award goes to Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Sly Stallone - Lemmy.World

What in the name of all the Earth and its domains and the heavens above is this asshattery [https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2024/03/15/ruth-bader-ginsburg-award-backlash/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzEwNDc1MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzExODU3NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTA0NzUyMDAsImp0aSI6IjQ3OWViNTAxLThjODItNDMyYy05ZWNkLWQ0NzM4Mjk0M2Y1OCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zdHlsZS9wb3dlci8yMDI0LzAzLzE1L3J1dGgtYmFkZXItZ2luc2J1cmctYXdhcmQtYmFja2xhc2gvIn0.4dLV26vXFDpLbz6MtFwtg7wc_IKzL2kXYJXnO4mjFE4]? The family of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is very much up in arms at something called the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation over its decision to give a leadership award named after the former Supreme Court justice to **drumroll* … *Elon Musk. . . . Oh yeah, Rupert Murdoch is also getting this year’s Leadership Award, along with Martha Stewart (weird but whatever), Michael Milken (what?), and Sylvester Stallone (no, seriously, fucking what?). . . . The award is all of four years old, and has previously gone to “individual women of prominence.” Did we run out of those or something?

Man Finally Put In Charge Of Struggling Feminist Movement

WASHINGTON—After decades spent battling gender discrimination and inequality in the workplace, the feminist movement underwent a high-level shake-up last month, when 53-year-old management consultant Peter "Buck" McGowan took over as new chief of the worldwide initiative for women's rights.

The Onion

In Australia, one of our previous PMs appointed himself Minister for Women.

He also claimed his greatest achievement for women was repealing a carbon tax as it helped women better budget the family income.

Minister for woman. He also pointed out women bore the cost of rising energy prices because they did the ironing.

en.wikipedia.org/…/Minister_for_Women_(Australia)

Unless the woman thing is a reference I’m not getting?

Minister for Women (Australia) - Wikipedia

When he assumed the position the sign for his assistant Minister, Michaela Cash, was misprinted :

www.sbs.com.au/news/article/…/xu2p6emth

Office plaque typo leaves Coalition red-faced

The parliamentary office plaque for Senator Michaelia Cash has been quickly replaced after it accidentally labelled her Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Woman.

SBS News