Rose McGowan Reveals the Reason She ‘Had to Have’ Long Hair in Hollywood

Rose McGowan is featured in an exclusive interview with Hunger Magazine and portrait series with photographer Rankin, out now.

Here’s what the actress and activist had to say…

On masculinity: “My heart breaks for boys when I see them being molded into men. If we could get back to understanding that we’re human before we’re a gender then we could solve a lot of problems. Boys get stolen really early and put in this tight-fitting jacket – ‘here’s what you can be’ and ‘here’s what you are’. They do the same thing to girls, in a totally different way, but for men so much gets repressed so you can be the idea of what a man is supposed to be. How can you not help but have an inner rage?”

On the power of short hair: “I always had short hair growing up. Then when I was in Hollywood, they told me I had to have long hair otherwise the men wouldn’t want to f–k me. If they didn’t want to f–k me, they wouldn’t hire me. A woman told me that. The longer my hair is, the less powerful I feel. The side effect I noticed when I shaved my head is that men could hear the words coming out of my mouth for the first time. They couldn’t hear me before. I had not expected that.”

On the question she wishes journalists would stop asking her: “The question I always get that’s really stupid is: ‘Well, how do men know if they’re allowed to flirt anymore?’ It makes me want to bang my head against the ground. If you’re not grabbing people against their will, you should be okay. If you’re not punishing them for not going out with you, you should be okay. If you’re not seeking revenge because this girl doesn’t like you, you should be okay. It’s fine to flirt but it’s another thing when someone buys you a drink and thinks they own your hour or that night.”

For more from Rose, head to HungerTV.com.

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