Monica Lewinsky: In Praise of Alternate Endings

Biden’s Defiance • Trump’s Abortion Act • Taylor to the Rescue? [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Monica Lewinsky: In Praise of Alternate Endings Good Tuesday morning! As Joe Biden remains defiant in the face of dire polls and deep skepticism about his ability to take on Donald Trump, Eric Lutz [questions]( if Democrats will push him harder to step aside, while Bess Levin [finds]( some in the party fantasizing about Taylor Swift and Michelle Obama coming to the rescue. Plus, Levin [takes apart]( Trump’s supposed “moderate” shift on abortion. Elsewhere, Monica Lewinsky [reflects]( on how her life has changed in the decade since writing [“Shame and Survival,”]( a breathtakingly honest and insightful essay for this magazine. “Something surprising happened,” she writes. “A generation that hadn’t lived through the Brainwashing of 1998 insisted on reevaluating this story, one that, given government and judicial overreach, given the technological and tabloid explosion, had always been bigger than me and any one of the other players in it.” Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Monica Lewinsky, Face, Head, Person, Photography, Portrait, Accessories, Jewelry, Ring, Adult, and Happy]( [Monica Lewinsky: In Praise of Alternate Endings, 10 Years After My First VF Essay]( By [Monica Lewinsky]( [After my “dark decade,” I reemerged in the public eye. What’s happened since, surprised me.]( [Read more button](   [Joe Biden Refuses to Budge. Will Democrats Push Harder?]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The president’s defiance—and dismissive attitude toward polls and skeptics—speaks more to his desire to save his faltering candidacy than the stakes of defeating Donald Trump.]( [Read more button](   [Democrats Are Fantasizing About Taylor Swift and Michelle Obama Saving the Election: Report]( By [Bess Levin]( [This is where things are at now.]( [Read more button](   [After Killing Roe v. Wade, Trump Pretends to Be a Moderate on Abortion]( By [Bess Levin]( [Don’t think he won’t further decimate reproductive rights in a second term.]( [Read more button](   [From the Archive: Shame and Survival]( By [Monica Lewinsky]( [After 10 years of self-imposed reticence, and now hoping to help victims of internet shaming, Monica Lewinsky critiques the culture that put a 24-year-old through the wringer and calls out the feminists who joined the chorus.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast