Monica Lewinsky

Monica Lewinsky is an American woman whose affair with President Bill Clinton while she was a White House intern became a major political scandal in 1998, leading to Clinton's impeachment.

The name became synonymous with the scandal itself and with oral sex specifically, after details emerged about their encounters.

Lewinsky later became an anti-bullying activist and public speaker on surviving public humiliation in the digital age.

activism

antibullying

Opposing systematic intimidation

cyberbullyingDigital intimidation of others
advocacyPleading for a cause
public speakingAddressing a live audience

empowerment · social change · awareness · campaigns · prevention · outreach · survivor · resilience · mental health · shame

scandal

impeachment

Charging officials with misconduct

affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
blue dressGarment in cool hue
perjuryCriminal courtroom dishonesty

testimony · investigation · Kenneth Starr · grand jury · subpoena · special prosecutor · political crisis · cover-up · obstruction · controversy

politics

White House

Official presidential residence

internSupervised workplace learner
1990sFinal twentieth-century decade
WashingtonU.S. seat of government

Bill Clinton · presidency · power dynamics · sexual harassment · consent · abuse of power · Oval Office · Clinton administration · partisan · Republicans

media

tabloid

Sensationalist newspaper format

headlineNews article title
news coverageJournalistic attention to events
journalismNews gathering and dissemination

paparazzi · interview · documentary · broadcast · press · publicity · expose · public scrutiny · narrative · victim-blaming

Monica Lewinsky

antibullying

impeachment

White House

tabloid

Monica Lewinsky

Opposites

Categories

Family