Monica
Monica
R&B recording artist who sang at the 1996 Olympics at age fifteen and sang "Don't Take It Personal" and "Before You Walk Out of My Life."
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth24 October 1980
CountryUnited States of America
might fbi criminology
At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.
kind known
I'm kind of known for something that's not so great to be known for.
thinking historical trying
Well, for me, really, I think it was I wanted to try and clear up some of the misperceptions that were out there and fill in some of the historical gaps.
shame commodity humiliation
Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry,
media position jeopardy
And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.
compassion suffering stories
Anyone who is suffering from shame and public humiliation needs to know one thing: You can survive it...you can insist on a different ending to your story. Have compassion for yourself. We all deserve compassion, and to live both online and off in a more compassionate world.
sex names lasts
The jokes that take my last name and equate them to a sex act ... is a really cruel thing to do.
growth internet humiliation
There is a very personal price to public humiliation, and the growth of the Internet has jacked up that price.
sports blood
Public shaming is a blood sport that has to stop.
doe want persons
I'm probably the only person over 40 who does not want to be 22 again.
mean answers said
He ended it. He just said he didn't - he - well, what he said was that he didn't feel it was right, and you know, I mean that's - because he ended it, he'd probably have to be the one to answer that.
book lied made
He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied.
men self-worth numbers
But, clearly to me, what I've come to see is that that happened because I didn't have enough feelings of self-worth. So that I didn't feel that... I was worthy of being number one to a man.
sports blood culture
As far as our culture of humiliation goes, what we need is a revolution. Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop.