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  • Rose McGowan’s Brave: A Brave Rose between the Thorns

    Rose McGowan’s Brave: A Brave Rose between the Thorns

    So…A little while ago I was surprised to be contacted on Twitter by Rose McGowan after responding to one of her tweets. We had a back and forth over Direct Message touching on her experiences and the experiences of others and she recommended reading her book Brave, and this is what the article is mostly going to be about.

    Obviously, I was aware of who Miss McGowan was, having been a huge fan of the TV series Charmed. And with her more recent revelations of her experiences of Hollywood, and her contribution to the #MeToo movement and her own consciousness-raising movement, #RoseArmy, her presence was very much at the forefront of a much bigger story.

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    Out of respect for her, I will not mention the name of who she has accused, or go into details again about what allegedly happened to her. Those things are detailed in the book, though even she refuses to name him, but for anyone who knows the story and has Google, you’ll know who it is.

    I don’t see a broken or damaged woman. I see a hurt woman, yes. But I also see a strong woman who fights for what she believes is right

    So I went into Brave with not really knowing what to expect. The mainstream media had painted a rather bleak picture of her as this loud troublemaker who couldn’t control herself. Even smaller websites would chime in, with one even branding her a whore in the past. Would this book be a self-serving pity fest? A vague collection of anecdotes from a woman desperately trying to promote herself? Far, far, far from it.

    Brave details pretty much everything about Rose McGowan, from her troubled childhood growing up in a cult, her relationships with her family and partners, her experiences of Hollywood, why she decided to shave her head and through to her current fight to be heard by the very media that is so keen to destroy and discredit her.

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    Reading every chapter of her book, gave me an insight into why she acts the way she does now, why she’s so passionate about calling out unacceptable behaviour towards people, and why she’s so angry.

    I don’t see a broken or damaged woman. I see a hurt woman, yes. But I also see a strong woman who fights for what she believes is right.

    For anyone who has ever been the victim of harassment or assault, this book could potentially be triggering, but to see how far she’s come and how she wants to inspire and challenge your way of thinking is utterly phenomenal. There are times that the book will be hard reading, but I would recommend that if there are some chapters that affect you, then take a break. There’s no rush to read it through in one go. I will say though that it’s a book that will certainly get you thinking.

    To be one of the first women in Hollywood to finally speak out and have her voice heard took a tremendous amount of bravery. She threw herself out there, running the risk of being ridiculed and dismissed. For years the talk of the “casting couch” had always come hand in hand with Hollywood. But for the first time the #MeToo movement pointed out that it was far seedier than anyone would’ve thought. A terrible dynamic of higher-ups allegedly using their power and influence over someone’s career to get away with some truly shocking behaviour.

    Brave details the alleged casual misogyny that exists within the film and TV industry, and that’s just towards one woman.

    I don’t want to go over every aspect of Brave, there’s a LOT in there, nothing is held back, so there will be a fair few surprises about what some aspects of Hollywood are like.

    Rose’s public appearances are usually fraught with controversy, from a shouting match with a transgender activist at a book signing (instigated by the activist), to unsettling questions being asked in interviews, usually looking for a juicy soundbite to take out of context. Brave gives Rose an opportunity to actually get her point across without a time limit. I didn’t want to just be another voice in the sea of pieces about her. Her voice deserves to be heard. So I implore you to read Brave, and to actually listen to this woman, who described herself to me as a freedom fighter.

    Rose continues to be a dividing voice, but she’s acutely aware of that. She takes no pleasure in lifting the veil on systemic abuse in the industry at the risk of her own career.

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    And now this year she brings her book tour and talks to the UK & Ireland for several dates around the country. I’ve already got my ticket, and while Brave is a brutally honest, and almost visceral read, hearing the stories from Rose’s own mouth will add that extra dimension to the book.

    Tickets for the four-date UK & Ireland tour can be purchased online here. Rose McGowan’s book Brave can be bought here.

  • Rose McGowan on transphobia “Nothing could be further from the truth”

    Rose McGowan on transphobia “Nothing could be further from the truth”

    Rose McGowan has revealed that accusations of transphobia extremely painful and has told THEGAYUK that nothing could further from the truth.

    In 2018, McGowan was accused of transphobia after a transgender activist questioned the Charmed actor on views expressed on RuPaul’s podcast, What’s The Tee, at a book reading of her autobiography, Brave.

    On the podcast, McGowan questioned whether trans women really knew what was it was like to grow up female.

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    The actor who is now in a relationship with the non-binary model Rain Dove says she was saved from a life on the streets by two trans women.

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    In an interview with Vic Gerami for THEGAYUK.com McGowan revealed that accusations of transphobia made her physically ill and that her life has been interwoven with the community since she was 13-years-old. 

    The actor said, “Nothing could be further from the truth. This one hurts a lot because my life has been interwoven with the community since I was 13 years old. I was runaway taken in by two loving trans women who saved me from a life on the streets. The idea that I’m transphobic makes me physically ill, it hurts my soul”.

    Speaking specifically about the book reading event where she was heckled by a transgender activist, McGowan says, When I said, “what have you done for women?” I meant ALL women”.

     

  • Why did Rose McGowan shave her hair off?

    Why did Rose McGowan shave her hair off?

    The actor has famously shed her former glossy brunette locks, but why?

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    Rose McGowan answers the question of shaving her head in her autobiography, Brave. The Scream actor, who shaved her hair in November 2015, says she shaved off her hair because she no longer wanted to look like a “fantasy f**k toy”.

    She wrote in the book, “The ideal version of a woman that is sold to you by every actress in every hair commercial telling you, ‘this the secret to being beguiling, the secret to getting a man to want you.’ Long, glossy Kardashian-esque hair that says, “f*** me, big boy,

    “‘As if that’s all we are and all we can be. Hair.”

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    Rose McGowan when she dyed her hair blonde.

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    In November 2015 McGowan shaved off her trademark brunette locks after feeling that it put a “sex target” on her back.

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    McGowan’s long hair and the way in which she was styled at the beginning of her career made her feel like a “blow-up sex doll”

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    McGowan also wrote that her long hair “always made her uncomfortable” and that she was wearing, “a plant on my head and a sex target on my back”.

    She continues, “I thought I looked more like a blow-up sex doll, the kind with the hole for the mouth. And it didn’t feel good”.

    McGowan also revealed that she thinks that Hollywood has unspoken rules about women’s hair.

    She revealed, “if you’re a Jennifer Lawrence America’s sweetheart type, you have simple blonde hair, if you’re the vixen, it is long, dark and big. Those are the rules, do not deviate.”

     

     

     

  • Rose McGowan gives advice for those who are being bullied

    Rose McGowan gives advice for those who are being bullied

    Rose McGowan has revealed an incredible tip to tackle bullying.

    The actor, Rose McGowan, has shared with THEGAYUK.com one incredible and powerful tip for people facing harassment, bullying or being victimised, saying it is important to “act brave” in the face of adversity.

    The Charmed actor said in an exclusive interview with Vic Gerami, “Act as if you are brave and you will become brave”.

    McGowan continued, “It doesn’t mean you won’t be scared, it just means you do it anyway”.

    The actor has recently released a book called Brave, in which she talks about how she was treated and her harassment and blacklisting in Hollywood.

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    Rose McGowan was one of the first actors to bring sexual abuse accusations against Hollywood mogul, Harvey Weinstein.

    The 12th of November is the start of anti-bullying week in and we’ve come up with 14 ways to combat bullying, which can take place at school, in your workplace or in public. It can happen to young and older people, male, female or transgender.

  • Rose McGowan cancels all further public appearances

    “I have given enough. I have given beauty”

    Actor turned activist, Rose McGowan, has cancelled upcoming public appearances to promote her new book, Brave, following on from what she’s described as a verbal assault, by a trans activist.

    The former Charmed actor then went on to call out her publicists, managers and the audience of the event, for being complicit.

    She then called upon bookseller Barnes and Noble to apologise for the “assault”.

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    Earlier this week, a transgender activist, passionately told McGowan, “Trans women are dying, and you said that we, as trans women, are not like regular women.

    “We get raped more often. We go through domestic violence more often.

    “There was a trans woman killed here a few blocks [away]. I have been followed home.”

    McGowan responded civilly at first saying, “So have I. So have I. So have I. We’re the same. My point was: we are the same,

    “There’s an entire show called ID channel, a network, dedicated 24 hours a day to women getting abused, murdered, sexualised and violated, and you are too, sister.

    “It’s the same.”

    However, when the activist responded that McGowan had done “nothing for” trans women and labelled as a cis white feminist, McGowan lost her cool.

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    Cancellation

    Taking to Twitter, McGowan, 44, wrote, “I am canceling upcoming public appearances because I have given enough. I have given beauty, in return I was VERBALLY ASSAULTED for two full minutes by an actor paid to verbally assault a woman who has been terrorized by your system. And no ONE in that room did anything

    “And everyone from my publicists, t assistants, managers and every person sitting in their chairs frozen by their weakness, a weakness called COMPLICITY. The truth is you all failed me. Again. And again. And again.

    “I would like an apology from the manager of the Union Square and all security people, and the audience, who did nothing and let the paid verbal assault of an assaulted woman happen. Cool?”

     

  • Rose McGowan loses her sh*t after being called out on her trans views

    “Step the f*** back. What I do for the f***ing world and you should be f***ing grateful.”

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    Rose McGowan lost her cool after a trans advocate questioned the actor about her stance on transgender issues. A video has emerged showing the 44-year-old screaming at a transgender activist after being asked about comments she made on RuPaul’s podcast What’s The Tee in July last year.

    On the show, McGowan questioned whether trans women really knew what was it was like to grow up female.

    At the Manhattan event, the activist passionately told McGowan, “Trans women are dying, and you said that we, as trans women, are not like regular women.

    “We get raped more often. We go through domestic violence more often.

    “There was a trans woman killed here a few blocks [away]. I have been followed home.”

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    McGowan responded civilly at first saying, “So have I. So have I. So have I. We’re the same. My point was: we are the same,

    “There’s an entire show called ID channel, a network, dedicated 24 hours a day to women getting abused, murdered, sexualised and violated, and you are too, sister.

    “It’s the same.”

    However, when the activist responded that McGowan had done “nothing for” trans women and labelled as a cis white feminist, McGowan lost her cool.

    Watch below as it all unfolded.