During an interview with Katie Couric in 2014, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg showed her “dissenting collar,” which she wears on days she dissents from majority opinions. Now you can have your very own. “I’m a fan of respectful dissent, and I guess fashionable dissent, too,” Nick Jehlen, a former art director and current co-owner of health care innovation company Common Practice said in an email. Jehlen said he noted that Ginsburg wore the collar the day after the 2016 election. Her silent statement stuck with him. He decided to make a few dissent collar pins for friends and family as holiday gifts. He consulted freelance artist Caitlin Kuhwald to help with an illustration that produced 100 hard enamel pins in the style of Ginsburg’s collar. Due to high demand, Jehlen is selling them online and donating half the profits to organizations like the International Refugee Assistance Project. “The organizations I picked are making real, tangible change in the world,” he said. “This is my little way of standing with them.”

KYLIE v. KYLIE

What’s in a name? A lot, if you’re named Kylie — specifically Kylie Jenner and Kylie Minogue. The reality TV star filed to have her first name trademarked in 2014, which prompted fierce opposition from Minogue. The Daily Mail reports that Minogue’s legal reps told the Patent Office that Jenner was a “secondary reality television personality” while Minogue was an internationally known performer and activist who is often known solely by her first name. The Patent Office has rejected Jenner’s application, but the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star has already filed an appeal.

PULLING THE RUG

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