Saturday, April 16, 2016

Monica Lewinsky: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’

"Nearly 20 years ago, Monica Lewinsky found herself at the heart of a political storm. Now she’s turned that dark time into a force for good."

The Guardian

. . . "She was bustled upstairs to a hotel room filled with prosecutors and federal agents. She started to cry. They told her they were investigating claims that President Clinton had sexually harassed a former Arkansas state employee, Paula Jones, and that if Lewinsky didn’t cooperate with them she’d be charged with perjury and jailed for 27 years." . . .

. . . "Lewinsky was once among the 20th century’s most humiliated people, ridiculed across the world. Now she’s a respected and perceptive anti-bullying advocate. She gives talks at Facebook, and at business conferences, on how to make the internet more compassionate. She helps out at anti-bullying organisations like Bystander Revolution, a site that offers video advice on what to do if you’re afraid to go to school, or if you’re a victim of cyberbullying."
. . .  
"And so she pitched an idea to Vodafone. Could she design a keyboard of anti-bullying gifs and emojis for them?
“ 'And now you can get them on all carriers,” she says. “Look. Let me show you…' ”. . . 
Monica Lewinsky’s anti‑bullying emojis 
for Vodafone

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