Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American activist, television personality, fashion designer, and former White House intern.
He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied.
Anyone who is suffering from shame and public humiliation needs to know one thing: You can survive it. . . You can insist on a different ending to your story. Have compassion for yourself. We all deserve compassion, and to live both online and off in a more compassionate world.
As far as our culture of humiliation goes, what we need is a revolution. Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop.
Feeling alone and unseen can intensify the experience of being harassed, shamed, or bullied.
But, clearly to me, what I've come to see is that that happened because I didn't have enough feelings of self-worth. So that I didn't feel that. . . I was worthy of being number one to a man.
Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.
Public shaming is a blood sport that has to stop.
Getting and keeping my immunity became very important to me. For I needed to take care of myself and my family. No one else was worried about me.
There is a very personal price to public humiliation, and the growth of the Internet has jacked up that price.
I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself.
Try and have neutral compassion toward the perpetrator. Step outside the sting of the incident and realize that this person is trying to erase their own inadequacy or unhappiness by transferring it to you. It won't make the incident go away, but it's one thing you can do to reduce the pain.
I know I will never have an affair with a married man again.
Changing behaviours begins with evolving beliefs.
And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.
The jokes that take my last name and equate them to a sex act. . . is a really cruel thing to do.
I've learned not to put things in my mouth that are bad for me.
I'm kind of known for something that's not so great to be known for.
He ended it. He just said he didn't - he - well, what he said was that he didn't feel it was right, and you know, I mean that's - because he ended it, he'd probably have to be the one to answer that.
I tried to walk a line between acting lawfully and testifying falsely, but I now recognize that I did not fully accomplish this goal and that certain of my responses to questions about Ms. Lewinsky were false.
Building a more compassionate society is going to be a bilateral exercise between individuals and the brands that represent their aspirations, their values and their truths. People make brands. If people are compassionate, brands will be compassionate in return.