Who is Monica Lewinsky?
She was the White House intern with whom President Bill Clinton “… did NOT have sexual relations with!”.Yeah, right. That little fling resulted in Clinton's impeachment and was world news for months in 1998.Monica did not curl up and wither away after the scandal though. She went on to design and market her own fashion accessories, got a masters degree in Social Science at the London School of Economics and survived by writing her autobiography and doing TV endorsements and appearances. She had to settle large legal bills resulting from the scandal, despite being granted immunity from prosecution.These days, she is actively involved in Anti-cyber bullying campaigns and has hosted a number of TED talks.All on all, in my opinion, a feisty, intelligent, headstrong woman that proved to be a survivor under the most intense public, media and political pressure imaginable.She publicly stated that she regretted what happened between her and Clinton.She criticized him though that he did not come clean on the lies he told during the impeachment hearings in his own autobiography, My Life. He had the opportunity but did not use it.Monica Lewinsky
Is it true that Bill Clinton gave Monica Lewinshy a pearl necklace?
Jealous?
Liberals, given the current political climate, have your feelings about President Clinton's "Lewinsky Affair" changed?
Monica Lewinsky is a person with a full name and who is entitled to tell her own story. She is not an affair that happened to a presidency. She is a human being who can say exactly what happened and how she feels about it.And she has. Extensively. I don’t get to tell it for her because it’s not my story to tell or twist or use to my advantage. Neither do you. Neither does anyone.Here is a link to the TED talk where Monica Lewinsky tells her story clearly about her affair with Bill Clinton as well as the impact of the aftermath and all that she learned. She shares her perspective in great detail:The price of shameThis talk has been viewed on this link alone nearly 13 million times in three years.Monica Lewinsky clearly states she had a consensual affair with her boss, the President at that time. That she wishes she had not fallen in love with him. But that the worst part of this was the bullying and public shaming that came from the public and press and that nearly drove her to take her life. She discusses this bravely in hopes of helping others who are targeted by public bullying.I’m not going to appropriate another woman’s story which she is using herself in anti bullying campaigns - the way she chooses to use her own story - for any other purpose.If 13 million people or more have heard her say she had a consensual affair that she regrets - but still we have those that want to say the affair was not consensual and draw comparisons to #metoo and to politicians accused of rape and sexual assault? For political advantage against liberals or for whatever reason? Then they should listen harder. To her. The woman who has the right to say.I personally believe affairs with wildly unequal power dynamics aren’t fair. But it it sounds like the worst part for Monica Lewinsky was public shaming.And we are two different people. And she owns her own narrative.I don’t twist other people’s words.Critically listen to her speak for herself at the link to TED and form your own opinion.It will certainly be more accurate then any opinion that is not formed with Monica Lewinsky as the primary source of information.