this idea of me having gone to Washington with an agenda or or that I was stupid you know that

was something I contended with for a long time I mean part of going to graduate school and

holding on to every textbook I had because I just thought this is some symbolism of I'm not a dumb bimbo.

Somebody got to cue me or do I cue myself?

Cue yourself.

Okay.

All right, everybody, we are back with another let's talk off camera, so let's get talking.

Ashley, I'm going to tell you a story. Buckle up.

There was a time.

Yes, a time I tell you before social media.

You were not born yet?

When our next guest was 24 years old,

she endured one of the most public and painful experiences.

A young woman, man, person could possibly face

becoming what she likes to call the patient zero of online harassment.

Boy, that's the understatement of the century.

But what truly defines her isn't the scandal.

It's what she's done in the aftermath.

She has redefined what it means to reclaim a narrative, transforming personal trauma into

public service. Monica Lewinsky has since dedicated her life to changing the cultural

conversation around victim blaming and online cruelty.

She delivered that incredible TED Talk, the price of shame,

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