What Monica Lewinsky can teach us about escaping dysfunctional roles

What Monica Lewinsky can teach us about escaping dysfunctional roles

She went from being “suicidal” to becoming a respected public speaker by breaking free from the labels others put on her. Here’s how we can throw off labels that cripple us,too.

  • bySamantha Selinger-Morris

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Lewinsky documentary unpacks our culture of online public shaming

Lewinsky documentary unpacks our culture of online public shaming

Monica Lewinsky,who knows better than most what it’s like to be publicly shamed,co-produces this compelling documentary on the rise of “cancel culture”.

  • byKylie Northover
Can dobbers be cobbers? Tony Abbott’s COVID informer raises questions about the Australian way

Can dobbers be cobbers? Tony Abbott’s COVID informer raises questions about the Australian way

Once it was a no-no to dob. We live in more ambiguous times.

  • bySheila Fitzpatrick
Monica Lewinsky is (reluctantly) revisiting ‘that woman’

Monica Lewinsky is (reluctantly) revisiting ‘that woman’

New show Impeachment,which premiered on September 8 on Binge,is the most personal – and arguably the most prominent – chapter in Lewinsky’s rehabilitation.

  • byJessica Bennett
A very Presidential scandal:Clinton-Lewinsky saga retold for TV

A very Presidential scandal:Clinton-Lewinsky saga retold for TV

Impeachment:American Crime Story follows the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky sex scandal. “Engrossing and undeniably juicy”,it’s generating major buzz in Hollywood.

  • byMichael Idato
Why did we do what we did to Britney Spears?

Why did we do what we did to Britney Spears?

For those of us who spent our teens or 20s dancing to Britney Spears and consuming the spectacle of her unravelling,the experience of watching the film was part horror,part shame.

  • byJacqueline Maley
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Why did America stop being great?

Why did America stop being great?

In this week's episode of Good Weekend Talks,editor Katrina Strickland is joined by Nick Bryant,author and New York correspondent for the BBC,and Farrah Tomazin,a senior writer with The Age currently covering US politics and news,for a conversation about Donald Trump,American unrest and the upcoming election.

  • byKonrad Marshall
Hillary Clinton:'It took an enormous amount of forgiving'

Hillary Clinton:'It took an enormous amount of forgiving'

Condemned as weak for sticking by her husband,Hillary Clinton reflects on her marriage and why it continues to be a source of curiosity and bewilderment.

  • byCelia Walden
What would have happened to Hillary if she had never married Bill?

What would have happened to Hillary if she had never married Bill?

The former First Lady is the subject of a new book and a documentary series – but it is Bill who provides the real entertainment.

  • byAmelia Lester
Bill Clinton explains Monica Lewinsky affair as'managing my anxieties'

Bill Clinton explains Monica Lewinsky affair as'managing my anxieties'

"Nobody sits down and thinks,'I think I'll take a really irresponsible risk',"Bill Clinton says in a new documentary series.

  • byNeil Vigdor
Monica Lewinsky says #MeToo movement changed her views on relationship with Clinton

Monica Lewinsky says #MeToo movement changed her views on relationship with Clinton

"There has been enough momentum and energy and force that the pendulum has moved,"Ms Lewinsky said in Sydney.

  • byMichael Koziol