Amanda Knox
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And it became known as the Monica Lewinsky scandal and not, you know, the Bill Clinton affair or whatever. Like it matters what you name a thing. And it seemed like the legacy of that and the person who became defined entirely by that scandal happened to be Monica, the one who was the person with the least amount of power and agency in that equation. Yeah.
Yeah, 23 years old. Yeah. Who did a very normal thing, which was fall in love with a charismatic, powerful man.
Yeah, 23 years old. Yeah. Who did a very normal thing, which was fall in love with a charismatic, powerful man.
Yeah, 23 years old. Yeah. Who did a very normal thing, which was fall in love with a charismatic, powerful man.
He was the president of the United States. He was charismatic. He was handsome. He showered her with attention. And it makes sense that a young, inexperienced person would fall in love with him. And yet she was the one who got railroaded. She was the homewrecker. She was the one who became the subject of all the rap lyrics.
He was the president of the United States. He was charismatic. He was handsome. He showered her with attention. And it makes sense that a young, inexperienced person would fall in love with him. And yet she was the one who got railroaded. She was the homewrecker. She was the one who became the subject of all the rap lyrics.
He was the president of the United States. He was charismatic. He was handsome. He showered her with attention. And it makes sense that a young, inexperienced person would fall in love with him. And yet she was the one who got railroaded. She was the homewrecker. She was the one who became the subject of all the rap lyrics.
And her entire life and her entire identity became identified with this mistake she had made. And that was not the same thing with the president of the United States. And I think that that impulse to define women by their worst moments and to tear them down for their worst moments is prevalent from what I have seen.
And her entire life and her entire identity became identified with this mistake she had made. And that was not the same thing with the president of the United States. And I think that that impulse to define women by their worst moments and to tear them down for their worst moments is prevalent from what I have seen.
And her entire life and her entire identity became identified with this mistake she had made. And that was not the same thing with the president of the United States. And I think that that impulse to define women by their worst moments and to tear them down for their worst moments is prevalent from what I have seen.
Like schadenfreude, just as an audience, like we want a story, we want a real life story where we get to, you know, passively enjoy the destruction of another human being.
Like schadenfreude, just as an audience, like we want a story, we want a real life story where we get to, you know, passively enjoy the destruction of another human being.
Like schadenfreude, just as an audience, like we want a story, we want a real life story where we get to, you know, passively enjoy the destruction of another human being.
No. And that's what's fascinating. It worked to destroy Monica.