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==Public re-emergence== [[File:Monica Lewinsky 2014 IDA Awards.jpg|thumb|Lewinsky at the 2014 [[International Documentary Association]] Awards]] In May 2014, Lewinsky wrote an essay for ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' magazine titled "Shame and Survival", wherein she discussed her life and the scandal.<ref name="ShameVF">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/style/society/2014/06/monica-lewinsky-humiliation-culture |title=Shame and Survival: Monica Lewinsky on the Culture of Humiliation |last=Lewinsky |first=Monica |date=June 2014 |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=July 1, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704062418/http://www.vanityfair.com/style/society/2014/06/monica-lewinsky-humiliation-culture |archive-date=July 4, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="VFpreview">{{cite news |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/05/monica-lewinsky-speaks |title=Exclusive: Monica Lewinsky Writes About Her Affair with President Clinton |date=May 6, 2014 |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=May 7, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506233301/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/05/monica-lewinsky-speaks |archive-date=May 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> She continued to maintain that the relationship was mutual and wrote that while Clinton took advantage of her, it was a consensual relationship.<ref name="TheWeekpreview">{{cite web |url=https://theweek.com/article/index/261080/speedreads-monica-lewinsky-breaks-10-years-of-silence-on-affair-with-president-clinton |title=Monica Lewinsky breaks 10 years of silence on affair with President Clinton |last=Meslow |first=Scott |date=May 7, 2014 |magazine=[[The Week]] |access-date=May 7, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506230937/https://theweek.com/article/index/261080/speedreads-monica-lewinsky-breaks-10-years-of-silence-on-affair-with-president-clinton |archive-date=May 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> She added: "I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. What. Happened."<ref name="pol-purdum" /> However, she said it was now time to "stick my head above the parapet so that I can take back my narrative and give a purpose to my past."<ref name="pol-purdum" /> The magazine later announced her as a ''Vanity Fair'' contributor, stating she would "contribute to their website on an ongoing basis, on the lookout for relevant topics of interest".<ref>{{cite web |title=Monica Lewinsky Is Writing For Vanity Fair Now |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/monica-lewinsky-becomes-vanity-fair-contributor-2014-7 |access-date=June 17, 2015 |website=[[Business Insider]] |date=July 31, 2014 |author=Julia Cannon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040749/http://www.businessinsider.com/monica-lewinsky-becomes-vanity-fair-contributor-2014-7 |archive-date=June 17, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Monica Lewinsky to contribute to Vanity Fair on an 'ongoing basis' |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/monica-lewinsky-contribute-vanity-fair-ongoing-basis-article-1.1888461 |access-date=June 17, 2015 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=August 1, 2014 |author=Beth Stebner |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617040706/http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/monica-lewinsky-contribute-vanity-fair-ongoing-basis-article-1.1888461 |archive-date=June 17, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In July 2014, Lewinsky was interviewed in a three-part television special for the [[National Geographic Channel]], titled ''The 90s: The Last Great Decade''. The series looked at various events of the 1990s, including the scandal that brought Lewinsky into the national spotlight. This was Lewinsky's first such interview in more than ten years.<ref name="NatGeo">{{cite news |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/07/monica-lewinsky-grants-first-tv-interview-in-years |title=Monica Lewinsky Grants First TV Interview in Years |last=Makarechi |first=Kia |date=July 1, 2014 |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=July 13, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712163717/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/07/monica-lewinsky-grants-first-tv-interview-in-years |archive-date=July 12, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In October 2014, she took a public stand<ref>{{cite news|title=Monica Lewinsky to Bullying Victims: 'Please Don't Suffer in Silence'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/monica-lewinsky-bullying-victims-dont-suffer-silence/story?id=34139687|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=September 30, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126184414/https://abcnews.go.com/US/monica-lewinsky-bullying-victims-dont-suffer-silence/story?id=34139687|archive-date=January 26, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> against [[cyberbullying]], calling herself "[[Index case|patient zero]]" of online harassment.<ref name="cnn1014" /> Speaking at a ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine "30 Under 30" summit about her experiences in the aftermath of the scandal, she said, "Having survived myself, what I want to do now is help other victims of the shame game survive, too."<ref name="cnn1014">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/20/politics/lewinsky-cyber-bullying/index.html |title=Lewinsky makes emotional plea to end cyberbullying |last=Merica |first=Dan |date=October 21, 2014 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=October 22, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022080457/http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/20/politics/lewinsky-cyber-bullying/index.html |archive-date=October 22, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="forbes1014"/> She said she was influenced by reading about the [[suicide of Tyler Clementi]], a [[Rutgers University]] freshman, involving cyberbullying<ref name="cnn1014"/> and joined [[Twitter]] to facilitate her efforts.<ref name="forbes1014">{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/10/20/monica-lewinsky-speaks-its-my-mission-to-end-cyberbullying/ |title=Monica Lewinsky Speaks: 'It's My Mission To End Cyberbullying' |last=O'Connor |first=Clare |date=October 20, 2014 |magazine=[[Forbes]] |access-date=October 22, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021225914/http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/10/20/monica-lewinsky-speaks-its-my-mission-to-end-cyberbullying/ |archive-date=October 21, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="cnntwitter">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/20/politics/monica-lewinsky-twitter/ |title=Monica Lewinsky joins Twitter |last=Merica |first=Dan |date=October 20, 2014 |publisher=[[CNN]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022101654/http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/20/politics/monica-lewinsky-twitter/ |archive-date=October 22, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In March 2015, Lewinsky continued to speak out publicly against cyberbullying,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/style/monica-lewinsky-is-back-but-this-time-its-on-her-terms.html |title=Monica Lewinsky Is Back, but This Time It's on Her Terms |last=Bennett |first=Jessica |date=March 19, 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 20, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319224903/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/style/monica-lewinsky-is-back-but-this-time-its-on-her-terms.html |archive-date=March 19, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> delivering a [[TED talk]] calling for a more compassionate Internet.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31976567 |title=Monica Lewinsky calls for a more compassionate internet |last=Wakefield |first=Jane |date=March 19, 2015 |work=[[BBC Online]] |access-date=March 19, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320081006/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31976567 |archive-date=March 20, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_8y0WLm78U |date=March 20, 2015 |title=Monica Lewinsky: The price of shame |access-date=March 21, 2015 |publisher=[[TED (conference)|TED]] via [[YouTube]] |first=Monica |last=Lewinsky |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321194938/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_8y0WLm78U |archive-date=March 21, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In June 2015, she became an ambassador and strategic advisor for anti-bullying organization [[Bystander Revolution]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Monica Lewinsky joins anti-bullying group Bystander Revolution, says she wants to help 'other victims of the shame game' survive |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/monica-lewinsky-joins-antibullying-group-bystander-revolution-says-she-wants-to-help-other-victims-of-the-shame-game-survive-10308313.html |access-date=June 17, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=June 9, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617062442/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/monica-lewinsky-joins-antibullying-group-bystander-revolution-says-she-wants-to-help-other-victims-of-the-shame-game-survive-10308313.html |archive-date=June 17, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The same month, she gave an anti-cyberbullying speech at the [[Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity]].<ref name="Alter_6/25/2015">{{cite magazine | last=Alter | first=Charlotte | title=Read Monica Lewinsky's Moving Speech on Cyberbullying | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=June 25, 2015 | url=https://time.com/3936957/monica-lewinsky-speech-cyberbullying/ | access-date=May 25, 2023}}</ref> In September 2015, Lewinsky was interviewed by [[Amy Robach]] on ''[[Good Morning America]]'', about Bystander Revolution's Month of Action campaign for National Bullying Prevention Month.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/monica-lewinsky-bullying-victims-suffer-silence-34145446|title=Monica Lewinsky Bystander Revolution interview|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=April 29, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705054130/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/monica-lewinsky-bullying-victims-suffer-silence-34145446|archive-date=July 5, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Lewinsky wrote the foreword<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/politics/monica-lewinsky-debuts-anti-cyberbullying-video/|title=Monica Lewinsky Shares New Video to Combat Cyberbullying|last=McNeill|first=Liz|date=October 9, 2017|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=October 29, 2017}}</ref> to an October 2017 book by Sue Scheff and Melissa Schorr, ''Shame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/monica-lewinsky-stepping-up-speaking-out_us_59db722fe4b0cf2548b338f2|title=Monica Lewinsky: Stepping Up, Speaking Out|last=Scheff|first=Sue|date=October 9, 2017|work=[[HuffPost]]|access-date=October 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Scheff|first1=Sue|last2=Schorr|first2=Melissa|title=Shame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate|date=October 3, 2017|publisher=Sourcebooks|isbn=978-1492648994}}</ref> In October 2017, Lewinsky tweeted the [[Me Too (hashtag)|#MeToo hashtag]] to indicate that she was a victim of sexual harassment or sexual assault, but did not provide details.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/monica-lewinsky-tweets-metoo|agency=[[Fox News]]|date=October 18, 2017|title=Monica Lewinsky tweets '#MeToo'}}</ref> She wrote an essay in the March 2018 issue of ''Vanity Fair'' in which she did not directly explain why she used the #MeToo hashtag in October. She did write that looking back at her relationship with Bill Clinton, although it was consensual, because he was 27 years older than she and in a position with a lot more power than she had, in her opinion the relationship constituted an "abuse of power" on Clinton's part. She added that she had been diagnosed with [[post-traumatic stress disorder]] due to what she had experienced after the relationship was disclosed.<ref name="vanityfairemergingfrom">{{cite news|last1=Lewinsky|first1=Monica|title=Emerging from "The House of Gaslight" in the age of #MeToo|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/monica-lewinsky-in-the-age-of-metoo|access-date=February 26, 2018|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=March 2018|quote=To be blunt, I was diagnosed several years ago with post-traumatic stress disorder, mainly from the ordeal of having been publicly outed and ostracized back then.}}</ref> In May 2018, Lewinsky was disinvited from an event hosted by ''[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]'' when Bill Clinton accepted an invitation to the event.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peck |first1=Emily |first2=Maxwell |last2=Strachan |date=9 May 2018 |title=Town & Country Magazine Uninvited Monica Lewinsky From An Event Because Of Bill Clinton |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/monica-lewinsky-town-country-bill-clinton_us_5af34667e4b04d3b2c901b74 |work=Huffington Post |access-date=9 May 2018 }}</ref> In September 2018, Lewinsky spoke at a conference in [[Jerusalem]]. Following her speech, she sat for a Q&A session with the host, journalist [[Yonit Levi]]. The first question Levi asked was whether Lewinsky thinks that Clinton owes her a private apology. Lewinsky refused to answer the question, and walked off the stage. She later tweeted that the question was posed in a pre-event meeting with Levi, and Lewinsky told her that such a question was off limits. A spokesman for the [[Israel Television News Company]], which hosted the conference and is Levi's employer, responded that Levi had kept all the agreements she made with Lewinsky and honored her requests.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/09/04/monica-lewinsky-walks-off-stage-jerusalem-conference-when-asked-about-bill-clinton/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|title= Monica Lewinsky walks off the stage at a Jerusalem conference when asked about Bill Clinton|date=September 4, 2018|first=Ruth| last=Eglash}}</ref> In 2019, she was interviewed by [[John Oliver]] on his HBO show ''[[Last Week Tonight with John Oliver]]'', where they discussed the importance of solving the problem of [[public humiliation|public shaming]] and how her situation may have been different if social media had existed at the time that [[Clinton–Lewinsky scandal|the scandal]] broke in the late 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/john-oliver-blasts-jay-lenos-scolding-of-late-night-tv-for-lack-of-civility-1202577196/|title=John Oliver Blasts Jay Leno's Scolding Of Late-Night TV For Lack Of "Civility"|first1=Lisa |last1=de Moraes|date=March 18, 2019}}</ref> On August 6, 2019, it was announced that the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal would be the focus of the third season of the television series ''[[American Crime Story]]'' with the title [[Impeachment: American Crime Story|''Impeachment'']]. The season began production in October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.techradar247.com/2020/10/26/american-crime-story-season-3-production-starts-change-in-plans-more-details-to-know/ |title=American Crime Story Season 3: Production Starts! Change in Plans & More Details to Know |date=October 26, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-date=November 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114232151/https://www.techradar247.com/2020/10/26/american-crime-story-season-3-production-starts-change-in-plans-more-details-to-know/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewinsky was a co-producer.<ref name="impeachment">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/monica-lewinsky-produced-impeachment-set-as-next-american-crime-story-at-fx-1229819|title=Monica Lewinsky-Produced 'Impeachment' Set as Next 'American Crime Story' at FX|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 6, 2019|archive-date=October 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022230642/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/monica-lewinsky-produced-impeachment-set-as-next-american-crime-story-at-fx-1229819|url-status=live}}</ref> It consists of 10 episodes and premiered on September 7, 2021.<ref name="impeachment"/> The season portrays the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal and is based on the book ''A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President'' by [[Jeffrey Toobin]]. The 28-year-old actress [[Beanie Feldstein]] plays Monica Lewinsky. In discussing the series and her observations on social media and cancel culture today in an interview with [[Kara Swisher]] for the New York Times Opinion podcast ''Sway'',<ref>{{cite podcast |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/opinion/sway-kara-swisher-monica-lewinsky.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/opinion/sway-kara-swisher-monica-lewinsky.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited |title=Monica Lewinsky has some things to say about cancel culture |website=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |host= Kara Swisher|date=October 4, 2021 |time= |access-date=October 5, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Lewinsky noted that: {{quote|I think that the first thing that went out the door in 1998 was the truth, and the second was context. And there’s no nuance. And we were all women who were thrust into the spotlight underneath a political film or sheen. And we were all reduced. We were all reduced in different ways to serve purposes for other people, for either political points or to make money.}} In October 2021, she executively produced an HBO documentary ''15 Minutes of Shame'', directed by [[Max Joseph]], which focused on public shaming, [[online shaming]], and [[Ostracism#Modern_usage|ostracism]].<ref name="j683">{{cite web | last=Loofbourow | first=Lili | title=What Monica Lewinsky's New Documentary on Public Shaming Gets Wrong | website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]| date=2021-10-20 | url=https://slate.com/culture/2021/10/15-minutes-of-shame-monica-lewinsky-documentary.html | access-date=2024-11-07}}</ref><ref name="j846">{{cite web | last=Lowry | first=Brian | title='15 Minutes of Shame' looks at public shaming with 'patient zero' Monica Lewinsky | website=[[CNN]]| date=2021-10-07 | url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/entertainment/15-minutes-of-shame-review/index.html | access-date=2024-11-07}}</ref> Lewinsky started her own production company, Alt Ending Productions, and signed a [[first look deal]] with [[20th Television]] in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Baysinger|first=Tim|date=2021-06-14|title=Monica Lewinsky Signs First-Look Deal With 20th TV|url=https://www.thewrap.com/monica-lewinsky-signs-first-look-deal-with-20th-tv/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=TheWrap|language=en-US}}</ref>
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