Actress Rose McGowan has a new book to promote, but she’s reportedly canceled all public appearances after a run-in with a transgender heckler at a New York City Barnes & Noble store Wednesday night.
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 @BNBuzz by an actor paid to verbally assault a woman who has been terrorized by your system. And no ONE in that room did anything
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) February 2, 2018
Of course, the whole incident was caught on video:
Rose McGowan has meltdown on stage at Barnes & Nobles book signing after trans heckler yells that she hasn't done anything for trans women who are victims of sexual assault. pic.twitter.com/fTRafCUNcL
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) February 2, 2018
this is not the affect of someone who is well https://t.co/nLhRuY6JEc
— Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) February 2, 2018
McGowan got plenty of criticism on Twitter for being the “epitome” of white cisgender feminism.
https://twitter.com/RacingComputer/status/959883952189263873
https://twitter.com/Carofineisfine/status/959481761263685633
https://twitter.com/blossomo_snow/status/959887092120784896
.@rosemcgowan you need to take some responsibility for the hypocritical white feminism you displayed here. dismissing trans women's problems because cis white women have problems too is not advocacy – it's gaslighting and it's abusive. https://t.co/UwyOnNLqKp
— blayne (@thisisblayne) February 2, 2018
the end meltdown is literally the embodiment of white feminism…this is so ugly. https://t.co/FnoLgRfLZ5
— La Bruja (@glittervolcano) February 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/cryoslime/status/959892763641860097
We might be mistaken, but we think TERF stands for “trans-exclusionary radical feminism.”
Im sorry, but this called a HATE CRIME not a melt down. https://t.co/jQdBKJ4URf
— Shamir (@ShamirBailey) February 2, 2018
Note the immediate flip to seething, uncontrolled rage when challenged about her transphobic comments.
Privilege does not like to be questioned.https://t.co/SaivWdDHVh
— golf NPC ?️♀️⛳ (@gromzly) February 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/Whitepplkill/status/959237207931449345
This is gross. How can she think she's being progressive when she just spoke over a trans woman. If your feminism doesn't include trans women then your feminism is ugly and I don't want it. Listen to your trans sisters. They hurt more than you do. Use your privelage to help them https://t.co/07EiWaZauP
— draggedy anne black (@draggedyanne) February 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/ironmantrilogy/status/959237907994333184
what kills me is the applause at the end, and Rose accepting it as her due. This is not the feminism I know and put my own writing and marching behind. Modern feminism listens to women of color and trans women. It's time to apologize. https://t.co/NaO1XXSP5n
— Dr. Caroline Yezer (@carolineyezer) February 2, 2018
For the record, the Women’s March seems to agree that McGowan was being transphobic.
Please read this interview with the activist who engaged with Rose McGowan last night. Transphobia and denying trans women’s identities is never okay. The pain we feel does not excuse the pain we cause others. https://t.co/9rtdmzngUa
— Women's March (@womensmarch) February 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/AmyOtto8/status/959904873490694144
I agree with Rose.
You do not gain sympathy by shouting down people, flinging bigoted accusations, exaggerating victimhood and statistics and demanding you are above questioning.Identity politics destroys us all.
Rose is right.#NoLabels https://t.co/QcD079WSfU
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) February 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/JVLast/status/959567405352660992
https://twitter.com/Warden_AoS/status/959414808423563266
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