For years, whenever people brought up the name "Monica Lewinsky," it was as a punchline — especially if the person bringing her up happened to be former late night host Jay Leno, who got a frankly obscene amount of mileage out of jokes at Lewinsky's expense. In case you were in a coma during the 1990s or live in the desert without any technology, I'll explain, even though I'm not sure how you're reading this if it's the latter. Lewinsky was roughly 22 years old when she started working at the White House under then-President Bill Clinton, and from 1995 until 1997, the two had a clandestine affair. Clinton was ultimately impeached for lying under oath about the affair, and Lewinsky was shamed and mocked by bad faith actors and, frankly, bad people — despite the obvious power imbalance be

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