This Friday the 13th might be a rough one for Twitter.
Rose McGowan’s suspension from Twitter sparked an uproar, and while the actress is back on the platform, many people will be off it until Saturday in protest.
The hashtag #WomenBoycottTwitter trended on Twitter on Thursday night in support of McGowan, who earlier in the evening stated that Harvey Weinstein had “raped” her.
McGowan’s Twitter was placed on temporary suspension Wednesday night for a then-unspecified violations of the social media site’s rules. Twitter later posted that the suspension was because one of her tweets had included a personal phone number.
McGowan announced the move to her followers on Instagram, saying “TWITTER HAS SUSPENDED ME. THERE ARE POWERFUL FORCES AT WORK. BE MY VOICE.”
By Thursday, she was back and posting this explosive message aimed at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos:
https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/918567880865628161
A number of prominent personalities have since jumped on the #WomenBoycottTwitter protest.
“Ok ok Jesus, let me clear this up. #WomenBoycottTwitter will not silence us, but @Twitter will make much less $$ b/c of fewer clicks. I’m in,” Kathy Griffin wrote.
Ok ok Jesus, let me clear this up. #WomenBoycottTwitter will not silence us, but @Twitter will make much less $$ b/c of fewer clicks. I’m in pic.twitter.com/LPEbKJwpgM
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 13, 2017
Chrissy Teigen, John Cusack, Anna Paquin and McGowan’s “Charmed” co-star Alyssa Milano also joined the fight.
#IStandWithRose .@rosemcgowan and all the other victims. #WomenBoycottTwitter tomorrow. https://t.co/XTXtFMv2CM
— Anna Paquin (@AnnaPaquin) October 13, 2017
Tomorrow. No secret timeline checking, no tweets, no clicking the bluebird square. They need to see we matter.
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) October 13, 2017
Tomorrow (Friday the 13th) will be the first day in over 10 years that I won’t tweet. Join me. #WomenBoycottTwitter pic.twitter.com/xoEt5Bwj5s
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) October 13, 2017
Even Michael Rapaport weighed in on it in a string of tweets, starting with:
Yo Ladies boycotting Twitter a new @iamrapaport is dropping in AM with some Harvey shit for y’all.
Catch you Saturday#WomenBoycottTwitter— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) October 13, 2017
And heating up to this:
Gonna be Sausage Soup up in Twitter for next 24 Hours Y’all#WomenBoycottTwitter pic.twitter.com/xiwzwUhitD
— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) October 13, 2017
And this …
I’m not naming Names but I know for a fact there are still some women up on @Twitter right now #WomenBoycottTwitter
— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) October 13, 2017
See more tweets from genuine supporters below.
I'm with her and her and her and her and her and her and her…#WomenBoycottTwitter
— Jeffrey Wright 🥜 (@jfreewright) October 13, 2017
Proud to join #WomenBoycottTwitter in 25 minutes. The pure hatred, misogyny and double standards shown to women by @Twitter must end
— Terry Reed 😻🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️⚜️ (@terryreed48) October 13, 2017
#WomenBoycottTwitter I can't say this enough; disable the app from running in the background on all devices otherwise you are still "online"
— noNamePlz (@techygirl52) October 13, 2017
Things to do during #WomenBoycottTwitter:
Call a woman you care about, ask how she's doing and actually listen to the answer.— Damian Holbrook (@damianholbrook) October 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/WendyMolyneux/status/918678600781479936
Taking a day off Twitter is not only the least you can do, it’s good for you. Eat a book, read a sunset, adopt a family #WomenBoycottTwitter
— Arby’s Provocateur (@SamGrittner) October 13, 2017