Hypocrite: a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
People: Monica Lewinsky is fighting to stop bullying, and showing others how they can, too. Lewinsky, 42, strategic advisor and ambassador for Bystander Revolution, is teaming up with celebrities like Olivia Wilde, Salma Hayek, Lily Collins, Michael J. Fox, Rashida Jones, Jamie Lee Curtis and Alan Cumming to launch #MonthOfAction, featured exclusively in PEOPLE.
“Bystander Revolutions’s focus is on the right now,” Lewinsky told PEOPLE. “Simple, practical actions that each of us can do right away to relieve suffering and shift the culture.”
Throughout October, Bystander Revolution will pose daily anti-bullying challenges and actions on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr, as well as by email and text for those who sign up on the organization’s website.
“I am thrilled to be a part of launching Month of Action,” Monica Lewinsky tells PEOPLE in a statement. “Engaging in the daily challenges will help transform our online world into a safer and more compassionate space for everyone. Even just one action is a step in the right direction towards ending bullying and can save a life.”
Lewinsky has talked openly about the bullying she suffered nearly two decades ago. She has called herself “patient zero,” the first private person to publicly lose her reputation internationally.
“I was branded as a tart, slut, whore, bimbo, floozy and of course ‘that woman,’ I was seen by many but truly known by few … It was hard to remember ‘that woman’ had a soul and was once unbroken,” she said in June. “In 1998 I lost my reputation and my dignity, I lost almost everything, and I almost lost my life.”
Lewinsky was inspired to break her silence by Tyler Clementi, the 18-year-old Rutgers student who committed suicide in 2010 after he was bullied for being gay. His death brought back her own suicidal feelings from the Clinton scandal, and “my own suffering took on a different meaning,” she wrote in Vanity Fair last year. “Perhaps by sharing my story, I reasoned, I might be able to help others in their darkest moments of humiliation. The question became: How do I find and give a purpose to my past?”
You want to talk about BULLYING? Let’s take a look at what Olivia Wilde has said in the past, shall we?
Feb. 9, 2010 Oliva tweeted this: “Sarah Palin is A F-ing Retard”
In 2010 Ms. Wilde teamed up with MoveOn to inspire voter turnout with a terrifying vision of “ultrawar,” instigated by President Sarah Palin. Of her video, Ms. Wilde said, “I know I stick my neck out there. I have a voice, I believe in what I say and I know what I’m talking about. You don’t have to listen to me.“
Some of her most recent tweets (which are oh so compassionate):
Sept. 22, 2015: “Douche. “@doctorow: That douchebag pharma-bro hedge fund guy reversed the medicine price hike”
Sept. 16, 2015: “Just dangle this piñata from the big toy plane and let these kids go at it! #GOPDebate #itsfullofbolognameat” (with above picture)
March 31, 2015: (Retweet) “Funny Or Die @funnyordie Mar 31 How to send a penis cake to the homophobic governor of Indiana” (with above picture)
Jan. 31, 2015: (Retweet) “Jim Field Smith @jimfieldsmith Jan 30 To be honest, any religious organisation which believes in immaculate conception shouldn’t be allowed to pass judgment on reproduction.”
Monica Lewinsky sure knows how to pick ’em!
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