“When You Get Your Ass Kicked, You Don’t Want to Overreact”

[View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair HIVE PS]( “When You Get Your Ass Kicked, You Don’t Want to Overreact” Good Saturday morning, reader! As ever, please pardon the interruption as you browse the early works of Richard Ungewitter, say. But we would hate to keep you from the most recent episode of Joe Hagan and Emily Jane Fox’s Inside the Hive podcast, or Chris Smith’s dispatch from Democrat-land, where they’re licking their wounds and regrouping after a brutal Election Day. Don’t forget to [subscribe]( to Vanity Fair, and have a great day! Emily Jane Fox, Joe Hagan [Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau Wants to Demystify the Internet]( [It’s an Inside the Hive crossover event, wherein the former speechwriter and current podcast host discusses his new solo project, Offline.]( [Listen]( From the Archive: Monica Lewinsky [Shame and Survival]( [She tried public appearances. She tried being reclusive. She tried leaving the country, and she tried finding a job. But the epic humiliation of 1998, when her affair with Bill Clinton became an all-consuming story, has followed Monica Lewinsky every day. After years of self-imposed reticence, and now hoping to help victims of internet shaming, she critiques the culture that put a 24-year-old through the wringer and calls out the feminists who joined the chorus.]( [Read More]( Chris Smith [“When You Get Your Ass Kicked, You Don’t Want to Overreact”: Rocked by Gnarly Elections, Democrats Are Gaming Out How to Regroup]( [Some top Democrats see New Jersey, and not Virginia, as a more worrisome sign. But, says one Biden adviser, the good news is it’s November 2021—not October 2022. “We have the potential for an incredibly powerful message,” this person says. “But we’ve got to get s--t done.”]( [Read More]( [ELSEWHERE] [Porch Cameras and Facebook Groups Are Turning Into Surveillance States]( [From The Walrus]( [Read More]( [Catfish & the Quarry]( [From the Bitter Southerner]( [Read More]( [The Long Battle Over U.S. History]( [From The New York Times Magazine]( [Read More]( [The Doctor, the Dentist, and the Killer]( [From Texas Monthly]( [Read More]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [Condé Nast Spotlight | The breaking news and top stories everyone is talking about. All in one place. The most popular stories from Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest and more. STAY INFORMED]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by HIVE PS. 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](newsletter=vf) Copyright © Condé Nast 2021.One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.