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Rose McGowan, artist and activist, documents the work being done to spread her message of "bravery, art, joy and survival."

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    • Author: Mmsa
    It seems that everything that has ever happened to this woman, or to women in general according to Rose is someone else's fault. The power structure of the world has kept her and her kind (Other women who feel like victims.) down apparently. If only life were so easy that we could all just act like children and point our fingers at others when our life doesn't go so great. This is easily among the most delusional things I've ever seen on television, and among the worst shows ever made. People like Rose are simply too immature and too angry at the same time to see how out of touch with reality they really are. Just look at the ratings here even, the older the rater, the lower the vote on average. In fact women 45 and over have so far rated this program an average of 3.7 out of 10. A pretty clear sign that most mature women thankfully are not nearly as silly as the main woman on this show. It seems that Rose has such neglected and in fact overly embraced childish anger issues, that she is far too immature to actually deal with the real world in a responsible way. She calls Harvey W. a monster, but she certainly seems to have become a monster in her own right.

    I certainly have compassion for all people who have suffered any kind of assault or abuse. There are however responsible and irresponsible avenues a person can take after a tragic event has happened to them. Rose has clearly chosen a far more irresponsible one from my perspective, and that really is too bad. In fact I often hear her saying others who are quiet are complicit in the abuse because of their silence. Yet Rose herself didn't come out for over 20 years and reportedly even accepted a hush payment, (Though she claims to have tried to expose the abuse earlier, though we have seen zero proof of this, and in fact pictures to the contrary.). There are red carpet photos out there of Rose that clearly look as if she is the one initiating physical contact with Harvey W. that helps leave her side of the story as little more than an immature tantrum to help her own career in the present day.

    Have you ever heard of a woman who shows up to an awards show red carpet almost fully naked, (MTV awards years ago, look it up.) and now openly complains that she has been slut shamed? Lol! It's unbelievably ridiculous. Is everyone suppose to just bow down to her and her past beauty or something, and do exactly as she likes or else? I'm not even sure what this clown is looking for from others, except to become some kind of women's rights hero, and you can so tell she craves that badly too, as the size of her ego seems to rival the tallest buildings in New York.

    There's a scene in one of the episodes where she claims a narcotics charge against her is part of a conspiracy to silence her. She frantically is talking how no man should be putting cuffs on her, it can't happen to me she says, it can't happen to me as she walks around clearly irritated with a bottle of pills. I would say that this program is certainly a detriment to victims of real abuse out there, and in no way helpful.

    If you want to listen to a celebrity who has suffered past abuse and dealt with it well, listen to a much more mature and intelligent business woman like Pamela Anderson. Both women are strong personalities for sure, but only one of them has overcome their abuse, while the other seems to love to wallow in the victimized power it has given to her as an angry leader/spokeswoman of other abused women. I do not condone Rose's victimized behavior, but I certainly wish her the best nonetheless.

    I'm reminded of a great response by the lovely Adult Film Actress Zara Whites, when she was asked about abuse and overall treatment in the Adult Film business, which has historically been dominated by men and which has had a reputation of taking advantage of women. Her response, "I never had an issue with it. Women have always used men, just as much as men have used women.". Some people are reasonable and realistic, and other people are just lost. Some are willing to take responsibility for their own actions and rise to the other challenges they face, even when they are sometimes tragic. Others just go around blaming everyone else for their problems and shouting loudly. If you want to see the latter view, watch Citizen Rose.

    To me, if you are assaulted, you go to the authorities, you press charges, and you stop the abuse ASAP. I don't go for the cover up defense at all, as you can always go to a higher level of authority when an actual crime is involved. If some police don't listen or care, go above them or to other police. You can't tell me that Weinstein is somehow involved in a country wide silencing conspiracy, it just doesn't add up. Accepting hush money and then keeping silent for 20 years, and then years later trying to take credit for standing up to the abuse. Hello people, to this day, there is still not even one single criminal charge against Harvey Weinstein. Not even one! Who's a hero in this story? Obviously, nobody at all. All we have seen in recent times regarding the whole Hollywood abuse scandal are countless accusations making front page news with few, if any criminal charges made at all. When did the world change and all of a sudden people who are accused of things are now front page news? As Gene Simmons said regarding this Hollywood scandal being all over the media, "The lunatics are definitely now running the asylum.". People are being irresponsibly attacked by a hungry press out for a blood story. The Salem Witch Trials are easily comparable to this modern media frenzy which is getting people fired and ruining peoples names without even one shred of proof, (There are a couple of exceptions.). This will be looked back upon as a sad time, that's for sure. It's the responsibility of a victim to stop abuse by filing criminal charges and following through. It's not the responsibility of the media to convict people on air without due process, in fact this should be a criminal offense. In Great Britain anything involving a name and a crime must go through the courts before the media can even talk about it. I think we are now beginning to understand why. The media in the United States is a complete circus of irresponsibility.

    It is quite clear watching this program that Rose is now in the process of putting together an extremist cult like group of angry female man haters. What is the difference between her hate spreading and those often deemed as terrorists or supremacists? Well as far as I know, Rose has not beheaded anyone or ordered any killings, yet. Embracing anger to this degree is dangerous, more so for the angry person than for the target of their anger in most cases. Besides it has been shown over and over again by psychologists that angry people are almost always mostly angry at themselves, more than anyone else, but are too blocked up mentally and/or emotionally to realize it. Please watch this show with caution, and with a sound mind.

    Rose claims in the show that she made a sacrifice and told the world she was raped for the greater good. Who's greater good? What greater good? We are never really told, but she says that she wants to "stop women from being raped and killed" in her exact words. Good luck with that. As I said previously, she is unable to deal with the real world, where yes, sadly, men and women are raped and killed very single day; And no, she won't help that at all, in fact she is likely just adding more gas to the fire if you really think about it. Stirring up anger and empowering speaking up publically without proper due process. She compares her past situation as equivalent to going to war in Iraq, and claims she wasn't able to be herself for 17 years. The woman is clearly delusional, and perhaps should be committed in all honesty. It seems to me the only greater good out of her story is that she will finally make some money, as this is what the first time her name has been very relevant in the press basically...ever! She is actually a woman who has publically embraced the violence of the IRA in the past and has never been shy about showing off her spoiled childlike anger.

    This show seems to want to claim that the take down of Harvey W and others are at least partly because of her actions, when in reality the storm started when The New York Times listed her as one of the actresses who accepted a sexual harassment settlement Involving Harvey W. The story regarding Hollywood abuse by Harvey Weinstein was originally broken on October 5th. One week later on the 12th, Rose claimed that she was raped. If you read interviews from Rose 20 years ago, it is clear that she was an angry, spoiled and rebellious young woman, and sadly, listening to her today is no different at all. She sounds the exact same, in fact she sounds like one of the most immature 40somethings to have ever walk the earth.

    Truth be told, Rose McGowan as a spokeswoman against abuse is a complete joke if you do a little research, especially when she is accusing others of being complicit of abuse for being silent. In 2008, Rose willingly and knowingly acted in a film called Rosewood Lane which was directed by a previously convicted child molester. Rose claimed at the time complete willful ignorance regarding her child molesting director saying, "I still don't really understand the whole story or history there, and I'd rather not, because it's not really my business. But he's an incredibly sweet and gentle man.". So while she recently loves to lay it on thick about how other people in Hollywood are complicit in her abuse because of their silence, it's perfectly okay for her to be willfully ignorant and stand by a child molester and work with him. Makes a lot of sense I know!! My God man, only a trash channel like E! would even take on a terrible and disgusting show and person like Citizen Rose. Let's call this show what it really is, the spoiled angry brat known as the victim, Rose McGowan.
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    • Author: Bort
    There's the cause and case for not just feminism but equality for all and this gets somewhat mired down by McGowan's self-importance. Her supposed honesty turns out to be just her views on what she feels is right, who is wrong and little justification beyond what either drifts or, alternately, shoots off tangentially. Yes it's easy to be in the right when you've been a victim who can keep pointing to it but to then use that as a base for all manner of supposed deep and justified positions; on whatever springs to mind, in thought and fed out in art, then becomes watered down and up for legitimate critique and ultimately sad. I'm not sure whether some of the current 'in your face' movements will be of aid or detriment to feminism and women in the long run but I am fairly sure that McGowan's overly emotive show ultimately will not be. Mixing personal truths and events with art in a supposed activism can all too often lead to something, how ever well intentioned, arriving at what can be seen as a quest for self-recognition, justification for the 'way you are' and pretentiousness. Keep oft repeating that patriarchal society and/or the lower percentile (!) are the ills will only get you so far before the/your point becomes labored and denigrates the good that this show presumably aimed at. A case in point being Yoko Ono, who had the massive fame and support of John Lennon, but ultimately her feminist art and views drifted into what were seen by many as nonsensical ravings. McGowan clearly didn't take note that she needed to be rather more substantive than a victim who spoke out with fame, at least in part from it, and righteous intent. Therapeutic this is not.
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    • Author: Flamekiller
    There is a good reason why Rose gets crazier every year. She is getting older. Unlike the rest of us, she is taking it really hard. She can no longer get far through life just on good looks. She needs something more. Because she didn't nurture anything else, all that is left is victim-hood. Ever wondered why her exes didn't know about her "dark" past, but now the whole world has to hear about it all the time? It became her talent, her passion and she needs to cash in as much as she can, riding on current trends. If you really want to know Rose, just watch last movie adaptation of Conan. She played herself there. Wonderful performance.
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    • Author: Sataxe
    This documentary is a nice view into the life of a self aware and articulate survivor of sexual assault. Everyone deals with trauma differently, & I applaud this healthy outlet of healing.

    I would love to ask the authors of the negative reviews two questions:

    1. What was it like for you when a repulsive monster penetrated you against your wishes. 2. How did you cope with that?
  • Series cast summary:
    Rose McGowan Rose McGowan - Herself 4 episodes, 2018
    Asia Argento Asia Argento - Herself 2 episodes, 2018
    Ronan Farrow Ronan Farrow - Himself 2 episodes, 2018
    Joshua John Miller Joshua John Miller - Himself 2 episodes, 2018
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