Take Up Space: The Unprecedented AOC

The first half of the book was more straightforward and concise. Plus, it painted a picture of AOC grew up in a working-class family and started as a bartender with family responsibilities and debts she had to pay off. Unlike other politicians, she didn't attend a prestigious university like Yale, Columbia, and Harvard like Obama and her predecessors. However, she did attend Boston University, which is still a well-known research university. I also appreciated learning that she was an introvert and that after a long day, she would much rather either play League of Legends or watch RuPaul's Drag Queen Race. AOC is savy with social media, and used it to her advantage when helping out with political campaigns and running for Congress with the help of the Justice Democrats.

The second half was a bit lackluster and didn't hold my attention though I still learned a lot about her “leftist socialist-leaning” politics. Thinking about it, she and Bernie would be considered liberal or left-leaning in Western European and Northern European countries since they support universal healthcare and left-leaning policies that Americans would freak out over.