Monica Lewinsky
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Yeah, because he was physically abusive. Physically very abusive. Yeah, really abusive.
Yeah, because he was physically abusive. Physically very abusive. Yeah, really abusive.
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Yeah. I think I feel very mindful in my life just because my family got so exposed early on and it was so negative and there was, I think there was so much embarrassment and exposure for them too, that I feel ultra protective.
Yeah. I think I feel very mindful in my life just because my family got so exposed early on and it was so negative and there was, I think there was so much embarrassment and exposure for them too, that I feel ultra protective.
So what's interesting to me about what you're saying with the 20, like in this 28 year old period, going to become a father, and you were married to a woman at the time, not Grant. Yeah, nope. But it's interesting to me because I had similar experience in terms of marriage. just becoming more aware of traumatic experiences that I hadn't thought of as traumatic.
So what's interesting to me about what you're saying with the 20, like in this 28 year old period, going to become a father, and you were married to a woman at the time, not Grant. Yeah, nope. But it's interesting to me because I had similar experience in terms of marriage. just becoming more aware of traumatic experiences that I hadn't thought of as traumatic.
And for me, there was, I had to have done a certain level of healing. So I think it was kind of after I came sort of back out into the public arena, started attempting to take back my narrative. And I think there was a point where I felt on some version, my body, my psyche felt safe enough And that it was, you know, I was in therapy and saying this, you know, thing.
And for me, there was, I had to have done a certain level of healing. So I think it was kind of after I came sort of back out into the public arena, started attempting to take back my narrative. And I think there was a point where I felt on some version, my body, my psyche felt safe enough And that it was, you know, I was in therapy and saying this, you know, thing.
It was like, oh, yeah, but that happened. That didn't count.
It was like, oh, yeah, but that happened. That didn't count.
Yeah, so really the Me Too that we saw in 2017 was Me Too 2.0, right? And so, because Tarana had started the movement 10 years earlier, and it was so fascinating to me, with my social psychology background, to observe how when I put Me Too, everybody assumed I was talking about 98, and I actually was talking about this other experience.
Yeah, so really the Me Too that we saw in 2017 was Me Too 2.0, right? And so, because Tarana had started the movement 10 years earlier, and it was so fascinating to me, with my social psychology background, to observe how when I put Me Too, everybody assumed I was talking about 98, and I actually was talking about this other experience.
several others that I had had that were sort of what I was mentioning before in terms of this something that I had always talked about, like having lost my virginity at 19. Yes. And I was in therapy. I had been with this therapist for five years at this point. And I was like, well, technically I was 14, but that didn't count. Right.
several others that I had had that were sort of what I was mentioning before in terms of this something that I had always talked about, like having lost my virginity at 19. Yes. And I was in therapy. I had been with this therapist for five years at this point. And I was like, well, technically I was 14, but that didn't count. Right.
You know, and that whole, and so the, and her sort of talking me through, no, that's an unwanted sexual, you know, no, no, but I liked him and the whole thing. And I was fucking 14. Right.