Monica Lewinsky is giving a TED talk

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Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky is continuing her post-scandal career with a TED talk later this month.

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Lewinsky, who gained international infamy due to her affair with former President Bill Clinton, is scheduled to speak at TED 2015 Truth and Dare in Vancouver, Canada on March 19.

After a lengthy absence from the public eye, Lewinsky began remaking herself as an anti-bullying activist last year. Her biography on the TED website touts her experience surviving the scandal and becoming a "social activist."

"Monica Lewinsky advocates for a safer and more compassionate social media environment, drawing from her unique experiences at the epicenter of a media maelstrom in 1998," the biography says.

Lewinsky's gave her first major public speech on anti-bullying activism last October at the Forbes Under 30 Summit. In that address, Lewinsky described herself as the first person to become the focus of a media circus in the modern, digital landscape.

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"I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. I was patient zero," Lewinsky said.

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