Monica Lewinsky is an activist, writer, producer, global public speaker, and contributing editor to Vanity Fair. She is also the host of the podcast Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky, which launched in February 2025, and explores personal narratives of identity, survival, and transformation. The podcast was named one of Rolling Stone’s “Top 10 New Podcasts of 2025” and included in The Guardian’s “20 Best Podcasts of 2025.”

A leading voice on the issues of public shaming, cyberbullying, and resilience, Lewinsky has transformed her own lived experience into influential advocacy work. Through writing, speaking, and storytelling, she fosters compassionate conversations around shame, accountability, and reclaiming one’s voice.

Lewinsky served as an executive producer on the Hulu series The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, which premiere in August 2025. After meeting Knox at a conference and reading a New York Times interview in which Knox expressed interest in adapting her memoir, Lewinsky initiated the project—bringing together key creative partners and helping secure writer KJ Steinberg and The Littlefield Company to bring the story to screen. She previously served as a producer on Ryan Murphy’s Impeachment: American Crime Story for FX and as an executive producer on the HBO Max documentary 15 Minutes of Shame.

In 2015, after a decade of silence, Lewinsky authored the essay “Shame and Survival” for Vanity Fair, in which she examined the lasting effects of public humiliation and challenged a culture that disproportionately shames and silences the powerless. The essay was nominated for a National Magazine Award.

Her 2015 TED Talk, “The Price of Shame,” has been viewed more than 25 million times, and has spoken at major global events including the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit, Cannes Lions Festival, The Atlantic Festival, and New York Times Dealbook Summit.

As a social activist, Lewinsky advocates for a safer social media environment and addresses topics such as digital resilience, privacy, and cultivating compassion online. In 2017, for National Bullying Prevention Month, she launched the #ClickWithCompassion campaign and released the Emmy-nominated PSA In Real Life in collaboration with BBDO New York. She and BBDO continued to partner in 2018 and 2019 on additional award-winning campaigns. Her most recent 2023 campaign, Stand Up to Yourself, encourages people to stop “self-bullying.”

Lewinsky is a founding board member of the Childhood Resilience Foundation, serves on the advisory board of Project Rockit (Australia’s premier anti-bullying organization), and is an Ambassador for The Diana Award’s Anti-Bullying Program in the UK. She holds a master’s degree in social psychology from the London School of Economics and Political Science.