Yes, Lewinsky has changed her take on the consensual nature of the affair. But this critique completely misses the scale of this tawdry affair. Lewinsky was forced to tell a common private failing on the grandest stage there is. This is beyond feminism, this is a human story about the powerful and how they exploit people.

I'm no Hunger Games Loyalist to anyone, but this is the point: She was mercilessly ridiculed and was a pawn in powerful men's games. The swine, Bill Clinton, could have prevented much of her shame by simply owning his inability to keep is pants zipped. And like so many men, he still shows an utter lack of contrition both to Lewinsky and to the American people.