we're seeing taking shape this early in the cycle, especially in 2016 when president trump sort of unharnessedere no other president had done that before. >> you write about a definite pivotal point when it comes to power generally, and you bring up alexandria ocacio-cortez and others, nancy pelosi who you said will sit behind president trump on the 29th. i'll read one line from your piece as well. changing the way we tell the stories of how people achieve political power is much bigger than just more honest candidate autobiographies or triumphant instagram captions. it has the power to change the outcome of what those in power do. >> one of the things i find most interesting is seeing how the new congresswomen talk about their origin stories. a typical story of how one achieves political power in the u.s. is kind of a bootstrap story. it's usually a man, a white man, and he worked hard and built power himself. to the extent that he talks about the other aspects of his life, a family, children -- family and children. there is sort of this assumption that the powerful man is beneficial to that