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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.

  • Samantha Selinger-Morris

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<i>15 Minutes of Shame</i> co-producers Max Joseph and Monica Lewinsky.

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”.

  • Kylie Northover
The moment at Fairy Bower that got Tony Abbott into trouble.

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.

  • Sheila Fitzpatrick
Monica Lewinsky in Los Angeles in August.

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. 

  • Jessica Bennett
Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky in Impeachment: American Crime Story.

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.

  • Michael Idato
Britney Spears in 1999, when she released her first album ‘Baby One More Time’.

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.

  • Jacqueline Maley
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America – a country in crisis.

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.

  • Konrad Marshall
Hillary Clinton: "I’ve had such a fascinating, rich life. I’ve been at the forefront of so much change and I’ve seen the positive shifts."

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.

  • Celia Walden
Former Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary celebrate his victory in 1982.

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.

  • Amelia Lester
Bill Clinton at first denied he had an extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky.

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.

  • Neil Vigdor

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