Rose McGowan goes on epic (and somewhat confusing) Twitter rampage ahead of GQ awards
Rose McGowan has launched a Twitter tirade ahead of tonight’s GQ Awards, taking aim at red carpet dressing and the industry among other issues.
At first, it appeared that McGowan – who explains that she is invited to the prestigious men’s magazine award ceremony this evening – was taking aim with the event’s dress code.
The 45-year-old activist and former actress called out the “cocktail or evening gowns” dress code for women, saying it gives her “Hollywood PTSD”.
McGowan – one of the founders of the #MeToo movement and key whistleblower of Harvey Weinstein – then goes on to discuss her other issues with the industry on a whole, thanking her community of supporters.
You can read McGowan’s full 24-tweet thread here…
Breaking News: I have decided to what to wear to tonight’s @BritishGQ Man of the Year awards. The dress code said women should wear cocktail or evening gowns. This threw me. Mostly because those kinds of dress give me Hollywood PTSD that is peculiar to someone like me. Con’t…
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
A survivor of the Hollywood former sex symbol machine. Very few, if any, survive with a mind fully intact, it’s no wonder Garbo retreated from the public at large. It’s a peculiar beast our kind of world, and unknowable by most. As I prepare mentally and spiritually for the red-
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
carpet, something that has for years brought me trauma. Camera flashes registered as energetic bullets. I knew the Weinstein machine’s PR network, bought of journalists across the board of papers, sites, magazines. I was/am Number One on his hit list. To character assassinate and
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
humiliate. Labeling me as a crazy, mentally unbalanced whore across all media. That was the image of me sold to you, the Public. To you, the Media, to you, the Complicits. The Complicents range from just about everyone working in Hollywood and in media. Especially those who work-
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
ed for The Monster, Hollywood’s de-facto Cult Leader, Mr. Harvey Weinstein and his cohorts at Disney, including Michael Eisner who owned Miramax/Dimension films. I know @WaltDisneyCo had and has a very strict code of conduct. When Weinstein violated me, as a Hollywood innocent
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
who mistakenly thought she had a non-serial rapist boss and enabling manager, agency and management office. The conspiracy set about right away. The news spread rapid fire through town over and over and over. And journalists dare question me if my blacklisting is real? The answer
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
is motherfucker of course it’s real. I was SHAMED. SHAMED by collusion and the glee of those who desire to grind down a beautiful and free mind who just happened to have a beautiful shell. You PUNISHED me because of your personal values and your deep character flaws. Tonight as
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
I reflect on the journey of MY platform, the #RoseArmy, an Army of Free Beings, whose values reflect mine- I eternally indict you on moral grounds. I will not sue you, but I will personally indict you on belay of my alter-ego #RoseArmy.
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
*behalf We who form #RoseArmy are a collective group of Thinkers. We value standing up for the one who is a rung below you on this ladder of life and by so doing reach up to the one higher. Our hands join as a society. This is how we bridge the gap between Left and Right, Whites
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
and the rainbow that makes up humanity. Tonight I’d like to thank Tarana Burke and Alyssa Milano, for creating a common language for survivors to speak. You are noted and appreciated for your work. My work as an activist is different in that my platform/Alter-Ego, the #RoseArmy
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
simply wishes for this to be a freer, more complex and thoughtful world which, like trickle-down economics that trickles up instead, will no doubt change the world. My name is Rose McGowan and I am here to change a world that needs changing. My goals are to broaden cultural
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
mores and societal progression through adopting an outsider’s point of view, by simply adjusting the lenses on your glasses. If we can see our lives through another’s lens we can collectively learn about each other and understand one another in a fundamentally different way.
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
We will no longer need shrieking news sources and their rating’s driven need to divide and bias us against one another. Frankly, I undertook what I undertook for two reasons. 1) Justice for all victims in the name of one-me. I am simply a representative of all the victims who’ve
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
never been heard. I am a stand-in for the hurt, the damaged, the fucked with. I am a mirror that tells them because I broke through society’s atmosphere – unlike Icarus, I stuck the landing- and came to represent the voiceless, those who’ve never had a chance to speak. Voice is
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
A powerful thing. I was once grounded off speaking for a month. It left a deep scar. I vowed I would have my voice. I would have my day of speaking out. Hollywood and Weinstein stole my public voice. Until Twitter. Thank you jackdorsey & co, appreciate the platform that finally
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
let me puncture. Most of you have never heard me speak. As an actress, I altered my intonation and pitch for each role, I changed the way I looked by changing hair colors, and losing/gaining weight. I hid from most of you because you consumed the image sold, as most of the public
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
unwittingly tends to do. Tonight I want to thank those who’ve always seen my, my band of outsiders, the trans and queer community that I have and do support and that supported me til Weinstein and his machine decided to rupture our always deep connection. I want you to know I
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
mourn our connection. The populous has been sold a lie, but still I wish you all well. I believe we have it in all of us to be ten percent better humans. Including me. As a representative of those who are voiceless, thank you for hearing out. Oh yeah, tonight I’m wearing a
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
robin egg blue sheath dress made by @topshop. I got it for 15 pounds! I’ll be wearing a jacket by Osman, scuffed vegan shoes by @StellaMcCartney and a my winning smile. I’ll be with my love @raindovemodel someone who’s brought water energy to my fire. They have allowed me space
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
heal and to explore showing my softer side to the outside world. Reminding me always to be what I say I am. Thank you Dylan Jones for cutting a ribbon in a creative way and for fighting the good fight. You are a good man. Speaking of men, it’s a misnomer I’m against you. What I
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
I do is very specifically for you. My heart breaks for what gets stolen from boys at such an early age, the seemingly limited options on how to be, how to behave, think, and the thing that hurts most- your emotional landscape gets stolen. You are made to conform or be an outcast
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
I’m here to tell you I believe in your humanity, your dignity, your goodness. I know the vast majority of you are inherently good, but I simply ask you to do a behavioral health check every now again. I think we can all benefit from that. I’m proud of who you are and exited for
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
who you can become. What an exciting time this is. As for women, all women, I urge you to stand in your power. Know that you have a right to sit at the table of life, front and center. I believe you can better. Change your collective misogynistic way of thinking. Am I speaking in
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
generalities? Absolutely. But I’ve met and heard from millions of you so I can aggregate. My data suggests we can all better, live more freely, stand up for each other as sisters and brothers on this planet. I believe in you and I believe in us. Go team! #birthdaymusing #RoseArmy
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) September 5, 2018
McGowan finished her series of tweets by telling Twitter users that she’d be wearing a “robin egg blue sheath dress” by Topshop, an Osman jacket, “scuffed vegan shoes” by Stella McCartney and her “winning smile”.
Tonight, McGowan will be become the first woman to be honoured with a GQ ‘Man of the Year’ award, receiving the ‘Inspiration Award’.
She recently defended the award on ‘Good Morning Britain’, telling Piers Morgan it should not be renamed the ‘Human of the Year’ award and that ‘man’ had not become a dirty word.
Follow us on Instagram and Facebook for non-stop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day. For Twitter updates, follow @YahooStyleUK.
Read more from Yahoo Style UK:
Woman says Delta gave her a travel voucher after she was sexually assaulted in midair
Meet the fearsome young leaders paving the way for a better future
