Monica Lewinsky Is Back, but This Time It's on Her Terms [View all]

Monica Lewinsky Is Back, but This Time It's on Her Terms

Monica Lewinsky was sitting in a Manhattan auditorium last month, watching teenage girls perform a play called "Slut." Lewinsky was in bluejeans and a blazer, her hair pulled out of her face with a small clip. She was wiping away tears.

In the scene, a young woman was seated in an interrogation room. She had been asked to describe, repeatedly, what had happened on the night in question - when, she said, on their way to a party, a group of guy friends had pinned her down in a taxi and sexually assaulted her. She had reported them. Now everyone at school knew; everyone had chosen a sidenShare
"My life has just completely fallen apart," the girl said, her voice shaking. Her parents were in the next room. "Now I'm that girl."

The play concluded, and Lewinsky fumbled through her purse for a tissue. A woman came and whisked her to the stage.

"Hi, I'm Monica Lewinsky," she said, visibly nervous. "Some of you younger people might only know me from some rap lyrics."

The crowd, made up largely of high school and college women, laughed. "Monica Lewinsky" is the title of a song by rapper G-Eazy; her name is a reference in dozens of others: by Kanye, Beyonce, Eminem, Jeezy. The list goes on

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