How Women Survive and What We Remember

AOC and Katie Porter share the hard-earned ‘gift’ for noticing what others can’t yet see

Sara Benincasa
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10 min readFeb 4, 2021

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This week, I opened my phone and watched Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tell a story that managed to be both shocking and familiar. The congresswoman is an unusual individual, and her hour-long Instagram Live broadcast regarding the attempted coup at…

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Sara Benincasa
GEN
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Author, REAL ARTISTS HAVE DAY JOBS & other books. Writer of scripts. Host of WELL, THIS ISN’T NORMAL podcast. Patreon.com/SaraBenincasa