Monica Lewinsky: Shame and Survival
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Of this new article written by
Monica Lewinsky
and just released by Vanity Fair,
it’s one of the best I’ve ever read.
She talks about the epic humiliation
she survived
back in the late 90s
(and it sure was epic, wasn’t it?)
because of the lyin’, cheatin’, self-serving “man”
who wouldn’t stand up for her.
I remember watching the endless
media coverage.
And I read Monica’s book
afterward.
I sided with her then, and I
side with her now.
I think I admire her even more
now,
after reading this article.
Because in it, she shines a big
bright light
on how we’ve created
(largely because of the
internet)
a culture of humiliation.
She nails it bang on, big time.
Considering what happened to
her,
I’m surprised she didn’t off
herself.
Had she jumped from a bridge,
it would have been totally
understandable.
She prob’ly would have done it
too,
if social media was around back
then.
Like it wasn’t bad enough as it
was,
I shutter to think of what
people would have
said about her on Facebook.
And had she offed herself,
you can be sure
she would've been heavily criticized for that too.
And had she offed herself,
you can be sure
she would've been heavily criticized for that too.
Just because she gave a “man” a
blow job
(and show me any man who don’t
like those),
she was stripped completely of
all dignity,
no longer allowed to have a
life,
let alone work.
let alone work.
Gossip fodder to the nth degree.
Sure, she was naive and stupidly
fell in love with him,
a married "man",
but like that wouldn’t have
happened
to a hundred million other women
in her place.
I know of what I speak because I
met the “man”
and I can attest to his charisma
and charm,
not one of them hypocrites who
calls herself a feminist.
But if either of them should be
ashamed,
it is he.
He was the most powerful man in
the world,
and he chose to lie about her to
protect himself.
He got to keep his job,
not to mention his privileged life.
not to mention his privileged life.
Sort of like that other lyin',
cheatin', self-serving "man"
who humiliated its citizens
while running the city of Toronto,
high on crack.
To date,
Rob Ford has got to be the worst role model for young men ever,
and he's responsible for tens of thousands of people.
But it seems karma has caught up with that bastard.
To date,
Rob Ford has got to be the worst role model for young men ever,
and he's responsible for tens of thousands of people.
But it seems karma has caught up with that bastard.
Then again, I wouldn't be surprised in the least
if the news of his cancer wasn't yet another lie,
you know, to gain sympathy.
if the news of his cancer wasn't yet another lie,
you know, to gain sympathy.
But even if it were all
untrue in the case of Lewinsky,
it doesn’t matter.
For you can take all the names
out of the article,
and what she says about culture,
our culture of humiliation,
stands at 100% true.
Monica Lewinsky on the Culture of Humiliation...
