The New Yorker magazine reflecting the same assertion by its subject, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, claims that it is conservatives who have gotten "weird" over her announcement that she is freezing her eggs. However, when you actually read the Friday story by Anna Russell, "A.O.C.’s Eggs and the Working Woman’s Inconvenient Truth," the weird ones appear to be both New Yorker magazine and AOC.
And the W-word was invoked right away in the first paragraph:
On Sunday, the New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez uploaded a video to her Instagram stories. She’s seated on a beige sofa, in jeans and a cardigan, with her French bulldog, Deco, by her side. The vibe is intimate, with the jittery undercurrent of an unboxing video. On a coffee table in front of her, a series of small vials and swabs are laid out. “All right, everyone,” she says. “Day One of freezing my eggs. I’m diving into the process.” She sweeps her hair back and takes a deep breath. Then she pulls up her shirt and injects herself in the stomach. “Don’t be weird about this,” she says. “Even though I know all of you will be.”
Spoiler: people were weird about it. Ocasio-Cortez’s choice to share her egg-freezing publicly has kicked off furious debate and confused hand-wringing among conservatives.
Spoiler: Conservatives were actually quite bemused by it since it provided enough comedy material to launch 10,000 memes. As to weird, check out this story excerpt of the very weird scene where AOC initiated her egg freezing process:
...In one video, she tells viewers that she’ll be going on the ABC talk show “This Morning,” “as part of my job.” “Because of the timing of it, I’m going to have to take my shots in the greenroom before my interview. And I want you all to see that, because women can do anything,” she says. “And I think it’s badass that I’m going to be, you know, giving myself shots in the greenroom, get my glam on, roll out, talk about international events, domestic policy, elections, pop out, live my life, do my thing.”
Weird, very weird. Instead of initiating the egg freezing in the privacy of a clinic or at least her home, AOC is doing her performance art in the green room of a television news show. Weird.
But what of her fiancé in all this? Despite the couple having been together for over ten years, the New Yorker now tells us their relationship is currently in the technical state of dumped.
In the days after Ocasio-Cortez began documenting her egg-freezing, rumors swirled around her relationship status. Was she still engaged to her college boyfriend, the red-headed web developer Riley Roberts? What did he think about her decision? Commentators noted that she had not been wearing her engagement ring lately, and that Roberts had not been photographed by her side. On Wednesday, the Times reported that the relationship had “quietly ended some time ago.”
And since AOC (and the New Yorker) have been acting so "weird" about the egg freezing shtick, it has inevitably led bemused normal people to naturally laugh at the situation. One example is from the Babylon Bee with this comedic gem, "AOC Has Her Boyfriend Frozen In Case She Wants Him In The Future." The satire came complete with fans proclaiming "You go, girl! We can have it all! Freeze the patriarchy!"
X as could be expected has become a treasure trove of multitudes of AOC Egg Freeze memes, including the current owner of X:
AOC is single.
Eggs frozen.
Elon, this is your moment.
Fulfill the prophecy. 😂 pic.twitter.com/yc5HgXlNYF— Angela Belcamino (@AngelaBelcamino) August 12, 2026
So why so many memes on this topic? Because, sorry New Yorker, AOC and her frozen eggs situation is just plain WEIRD.
