Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who remembers Bill Clinton (rightfully) taking most of the heat when this happened? I honestly don’t remember people blaming Monica. She was regarded as a naive pawn.
Yes, there were a million jokes, but it strikes me as revisionism how people are now claiming that Bill “got away” with it when he spent most of the second half of his presidency dealing with the fallout and being impeached.
I remember Monica Lewinsky being the butt of so many jokes. It must have been horrible to be her.
Anonymous wrote:I agree Monica is off - but boy did Sarah Paulson transform into Linda. So much about her character and lines that I love - and the suits and hair are dead on for the time.
Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who remembers Bill Clinton (rightfully) taking most of the heat when this happened? I honestly don’t remember people blaming Monica. She was regarded as a naive pawn.
Yes, there were a million jokes, but it strikes me as revisionism how people are now claiming that Bill “got away” with it when he spent most of the second half of his presidency dealing with the fallout and being impeached.
Anonymous wrote:I agree Monica is off - but boy did Sarah Paulson transform into Linda. So much about her character and lines that I love - and the suits and hair are dead on for the time.
Anonymous wrote:I think Monica is the best thing about the show. She and Paula are the only ones who don’t feel like impersonations to me. Though Monica is a more complex character.
This second episode, where they are both being manipulated by older women with ulterior motives is very upsetting. Jones really was naive and innocent— she didn’t deserve her treatment by the press at all. And Monica was more savvy but SO YOUNG. And look at all the people around both of them who know exactly what is going on and are just exploiting the fact that these women don’t get it.
It’s just disgusting. Clinton was/is a sexual predator and serial harasser. That he was never held accountable is enraging. It makes me sick. And I’m liberal. But he deserved to be removed from office. He was a criminal.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Monica absolutely was suicidal at a couple points. They discuss this in Slow Burn, and I’m pretty sure she has been open about this in her writings and public appearances. Can you even imagine being in her shoes? The whole damn world knows your personal business? Not to mention being in legal peril.
She didn't deserve to be a pariah forever. However, what she did was pretty bad. A married man and the president of the U.S.
She should have stayed over seas and moved on. She's only embarrassing herself now and once again her family.
She didn’t deserve to be a pariah at all and was the not the one abusing their position or cheating on their spouse. The worst thing she did was trust Tripp. She shouldn’t have to move, and profiting off what the public, Clinton, and the GOP did to her is not embarrassing. Good for her for taking control of the narrative.

Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Monica is now rich and a feminist #metoo folk hero to the younger generation. Some of you all sound a smidge jealous tbh.
That’s a good one!![]()
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Monica absolutely was suicidal at a couple points. They discuss this in Slow Burn, and I’m pretty sure she has been open about this in her writings and public appearances. Can you even imagine being in her shoes? The whole damn world knows your personal business? Not to mention being in legal peril.
She didn't deserve to be a pariah forever. However, what she did was pretty bad. A married man and the president of the U.S.
She should have stayed over seas and moved on. She's only embarrassing herself now and once again her family.
She didn’t deserve to be a pariah at all and was the not the one abusing their position or cheating on their spouse. The worst thing she did was trust Tripp. She shouldn’t have to move, and profiting off what the public, Clinton, and the GOP did to her is not embarrassing. Good for her for taking control of the narrative.