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Russell Brand: how the comedy industry uses humour to abuse and silence women

By Ellie Tomsett, Senior Lecturer in Media, Birmingham City University
Over the last ten years I have been researching the barriers to women’s participation in the UK comedy circuit. During that time, it became clear to me that the live comedy industry has a particular susceptibility to fostering spaces of abuse.

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