Monica Lewinsky
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Monica Lewinsky is a prominent advocate for victims of online harassment and a powerful voice for empathy in the digital age. This interview reveals her journey of reclaiming her narrative and using her experiences to mobilize conversations around consent and the impact of public scrutiny.
“Had kissed me at the end of a two hour conversation in a parking lot at high school at the high school. And that then sort of began a connection.”
“Think that there were a lot of things going on for me and a lot of different traumas that happened when I was younger that I couldn't even see until the last six or seven years once my life started to change, which I know we'll get to later, but started to change a bit.”
“You know, who from whom could I get advice? You know, this was a really challenging period and a lot of things coming my way and not really knowing, I mean, I had navigated it in 2008, but just wondering if there was a different way to navigate it in 2016.”
“But that became a turning point because what I saw in that moment, it was sort of the intersection of emotion and a change in society where I came to see, okay, this kid did nothing wrong. He hadn't made a mistake at all. And this is what was happening to him.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 461 — Monica Lewinsky
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