The Lawt of Us
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The loathsome lot.
Once an insult,
now a community.
"I loathe the lot."
The Lawt takes its name from a moment in history when women applying to Columbia Law School were dismissed by an admissions counselor as “loud and offensive.” He complained: “I loathe the lot [of them]."
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The Lawt
They called it "brain fever." They cited "peculiar physiological conditions" and "curved lines" as reasons to keep women away from the bar. From the 1873 Bradwell v. Illinois ruling that declared a woman’s "paramount destiny" was the home, to the elite law schools that maintained strict female quotas well into the 1960s, the history of law is a record of our exclusion.
But we’ve never been good at following the rules meant to hold us back. Every landmark case and every denied admission was just fuel for the fire. We aren't here to politely ask for a seat at the table—we’re here to file a Motion to Vacate the patriarchy.