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Gaslighting: Don’t Tell Me (and AOC) To ‘Move on’ After the Capitol Insurrection
I wrote this article and was ready to submit when news broke about Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s impassioned statements last week. She spoke to me in a deep-down place and I was moved by her courage. It should not be courageous to state your truth, but it is because society silences all of us who are victimized. Her statements about compounded violence reminded me of my own story and how the abuse was relentless from all corners and nowhere was safe. I could see her cower in that bathroom, thinking is it my time again. Will I live through this, this time?
