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Rose McGowan says she stands for everyone “grabbed by the motherf---ing pussy”

Actress Rose McGowan made it clear to attendees of the Women’s Convention on Friday that her fight against sexual harassment was only beginning.

DETROIT, Michigan — Actress Rose McGowan made it clear to attendees of the Women’s Convention on Friday that her fight against sexual harassment was only beginning.

“I have been silenced for 20 years, I have been slut shamed, I have been harassed,” McGowan said in her first public speech since she joined the wave of more than 50 women who have publicly said Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them. McGowan tweeted earlier this month that “HW raped me.”

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“And you know what? I am just like you,” McGowan went on. “What happened to me happened to all of us in this society.”

McGowan spoke as part of the opening remarks for the three-day Detroit conference organized by the activists behind the Women’s March on Washington. She’s become one of the faces of the national controversy over Weinstein, largely thanks to her vocal Twitter support of the women who have come forward to accuse Amazon Studios head Roy Price, journalist Mike Halperin, director James Toback, and many others of sexual harassment or assault. McGowan often adds the hashtag #RoseArmy to her tweets that call out people who helped cover up these behaviors. McGowan said Friday that the phrase refers not to her name, but “the actual flower — because we have thorns.”

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Despite McGowan’s strength, she admitted that the scandal has taken its toll on her. “The triggering has been insane,” she said, pausing frequently and her voice growing raspy, as if holding back tears.

One of McGowan’s recent tweets — in which she suggested people replace the word “women” with the “n-word” — drew criticism for expressing white feminism, instead of an intersectional approach. McGowan later apologized for her “stupidity lapse.”

McGowan wasn’t the only speaker who touched on the issue of sexual harassment and assault. Tarana Burke, credited with initially creating the hashtag #metoo — which recently lit up social media as a rallying cry for survivors of sexual violence — introduced McGowan. And it wasn’t just Weinstein whose shadow hovered over their speeches: Both McGowan and activist Rosa Clemente called out “Predator-in-Chief” President Donald Trump for his alleged sexual misconduct. McGowan said she stood up “for all of us who’ve been grabbed by the motherfucking pussy.”

“Hollywood may seem like an isolated thing, but it is not. It is a messaging system to your mind,” McGowan said. “We are given one view, and I know the men behind that view. They should not be in your mind.”

The actress didn’t reveal any more information about what, exactly, happened between her and Weinstein. She’s purportedly bound by a non-disclosure agreement and a $100,000 settlement from divulging those details.