And here you thought “the future of the Democratic Party” (in the words of DNC Chairman Tom Perez) was just a wind-up toy.
It turns out she’s so much more. She is celebrated in a new book fittingly titled “The ABCS of AOC: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from A to Z,” which is written for children, and a comic book, which is not.
First the book. According to Publisher’s Weekly:
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In [Jamia] Wilson’s introduction to this alphabetical paean, she explains that present-day politician and activist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (“AOC”), “may just be changing the rules of politics” for future leaders. The book succeeds mainly as a presentation of terms associated with civic engagement, among them democracy, feminist, and human rights. Several of the descriptions lack a clear connection to AOC’s biography (though back matter provides context) — such as, for immigration, “immigration is coming into a new country to live there permanently,” and for visionary, “a visionary is a creative thinker who imagines a different future.”
One has to wonder whether “s” is reserved for “self-deluded,” but then again that word probably exceeds the book’s intended reading level. It certainly exceeds AOC’s.
If you haven’t yet made up your Christmas shopping list…
Like the book, the comic book depicts Ocasio-Cortez as something she is decidedly not: a superhero. Titled “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Freshman Force,” the action adventure appears to be tongue-in-cheek. G Mart Comics, which sells the feature for $30 a pop, advertises the opus as a “satire that takes aim at Washington,” hailing AOC and company as “the most diverse group of freshman congresspersons in history.”
