Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Monica Lewinsky's Disingenuous Self-Pity Is the Really Ugly Spectacle

Monica Lewinsky's Disingenuous Self-Pity Is the Really Ugly Spectacle: "I was Patient Zero," intoned Monica Lewinsky at the Forbes 30 Under 30 summit this week. (Monica is 41.) "I was the first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the internet." She promptly joined Twitter, and started off her digital existence with the hashtag "#HereWeGo".

So begins Lewinsky's attempt to reimagine herself as a feminist, anti-bullying activist, decrying the "shaming" of internet culture. Am I the only one thinking: excuse me, what?

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