joining us live now is rowena chiu, who says she was assaulted by weinstein when she worked as his assistant. fresh out of oxford university in england, rowena now makes her home in the bay area in palo alto. rowena, welcome. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> like you, rowena, are now a metoo activist. i definitely want to talk about your work and mission after you went through all this. but first, if i might, can i get your reaction to last week's appeals court ruling throwing out the new york conviction? >> yes, of course. i mean, for us survivors, it's obviously a gut punch. i think that the few women that you spoke of that were able to take the stance stood for the rest of us. so i think i, in common with many other weinstein survivors, felt that although my case could not be tried, it was tried vicariously through these women that took the stand and therefore, in the overturning of their verdict, it obviously affects us. it almost makes us feel like the price for speaking out was too high and that we shouldn't have done it. and the world doesn't believe us. s