Rose McGowan delivers powerful speech in 1st public appearance since Weinstein allegations

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Rose McGowan spoke out publicly on Friday for the first time since accusing Harvey Weinstein of rape.

McGowan delivered a powerful speech at the Women’s Convention in Detroit, calling on women to fight back against a culture of sexual harassment, saying “the scarlet letter is theirs; it is not ours. We are pure, we are strong, we are brave and we will fight.”

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“I have been silenced for 20 years,” McGowan began. “I have been slut-shamed. I have been harassed. I have been maligned, and you know what? I’m just like you because what happened to me behind the scenes happens to all of us in this society.”

Later on at a press conference, McGowan called out Seth MacFarlane, specifically his 2013 Oscars monologue song We Saw Your Boobs. She also made reference to HBO show Game of Thrones, which frequently features women being raped.

McGowan derided the show, saying there are other ways for women to rise up and show their strength than overcoming sexual assault.

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“And that cannot stand, and it will not stand,” she said.

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“I came to be a voice for all of us who’ve been told we are nothing,” the actress said. “For all of us who have been looked down on. For all of us who have been grabbed by the motherf***ing p***y.”

“No more. Name it. Shame it. Call it out,” McGowan said. “It’s time to be whole, it’s time to rise, it’s time to be brave.”

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McGowan was among the women cited in an initial New York Times report earlier this month as having settled harassment claims against Weinstein. The report claimed that Weinstein paid a financial settlement of $100,000 to McGowan in 1997 over an incident in a hotel room at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.

Since the article, McGowan has used Twitter to support other accusers and to accuse Weinstein of raping her.

“I told the head of your studio that HW raped me,” she wrote on Twitter on Oct. 12. She later confirmed she was referring to Weinstein in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter the following day.

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Weinstein, through his spokesperson, has denied “any allegations of non-consensual sex.”

McGowan did not name Weinstein in her opening remarks at the Women’s Convention Friday. She did speak directly about Hollywood, calling it a male-dominated environment and said, “It’s time to clean house.”

“No more will we be shunted to the side, no more will we be hurt,” McGowan said. “It’s time to be brave in the face of unspeakable actions.”

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The actress also spoke to the crowd about other “monsters,” saying it’s time for women to speak out.

The event includes forums and discussions arranged by organizers of the Women’s March using what they call “nonviolent resistance … committed to dismantling systems of oppression.”

According to its website, the Women’s Convention will bring together all genders “for a weekend of workshops, strategy sessions, inspiring forums and intersectional movement building to continue the preparation going into the 2018 midterm elections.”

Watch part of McGowan’s speech in the video above.