'There are dozens of Russell Brands': female comedians say abuse is rife by Nadia Khomami Arts, Culture Correspondent

Many women working in industry say allegations only scratch the surface of its culture of misogyny "When I was 18 I had an incident with a powerful male comedian in his 30s," says Lucy (name changed), a female comic in her early 30s. "It was really harrowing and triggering. But when I raised it with other comics at the time they just encouraged me to use the incident as comedy material." This experience, Lucy says, d…

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