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We Were Awful to Monica Lewinsky But We’d Like to Think We’d Act Differently Today

Ms. Lewinsky was quickly cast by the media as a “little tart,” as The Wall Street Journal put it. The New York Post nicknamed her the “Portly Pepperpot.” She was described by Maureen Dowd in The New York Times as “ditsy” and “predatory.” And other women — self-proclaimed feminists — piled on. “My dental hygienist […]

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Reading List: Brave New Internet

Emily Perper is a freelance editor and reporter, currently completing a service year in Baltimore with the Episcopal Service Corps. 1. “The Vice Guide to the World.” (Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 8 April 2013) “My big thing was I want you to do stupid in a smart way and smart in a stupid way.” […]

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Reading List: Brave New Internet

Emily Perper is a freelance editor and reporter, currently completing a service year in Baltimore with the Episcopal Service Corps. 1. “The Vice Guide to the World.” (Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 8 April 2013) “My big thing was I want you to do stupid in a smart way and smart in a stupid way.” […]

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