{"id":576,"date":"2023-09-25T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/?p=576"},"modified":"2023-09-25T14:06:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:06:22","slug":"embed-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/2023\/09\/25\/embed-test\/","title":{"rendered":"EMBED TEST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;custom-post-title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Black Han Sans|700||on|||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;46px&#8221; header_letter_spacing=&#8221;4px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;25px||5px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h1>Comedian Grace Campbell: \u2018Russell Brand made it perfectly clear the person he was, and nobody listened\u2019<\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;credit-name&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Black Han Sans|||on|||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_4_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p><strong>WORDS: Grace Campbell<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-22-at-16.07.29.png&#8221; alt=&#8221;Russell Brand&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Screenshot 2023-09-22 at 16.07.29&#8243; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Earlier this year, I was standing in the wings of a comedy club, waiting to perform my set. About to go on stage before me was a male comedian that I\u2019d never met before.<\/p>\n<p>We had a short conversation before he stepped into the light and he seemed perfectly nice. \u2018I\u2019m really nervous,\u2019 I said. \u2018I\u2019m doing new material, and I\u2019m terrified people are gonna think I\u2019m insane.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CxlZZGotuxn\/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CxlZZGotuxn\/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll stay for your set,\u2019 he said in response to my openness. \u2018I\u2019ve heard your stand up is filthy. It will probably make me blush.\u2019 Then he went on stage.<\/p>\n<p>For the next ten minutes I watched, intrigued to see what a prudish male comedian actually did. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CxlZZGotuxn\/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CxlZZGotuxn\/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==<\/a> Would he quote scripture? Encourage the audience to eat more fibre? Deliver a tight five on the benefits of cold showers?<\/p>\n<p>Of course not. His set was filthier than mine. Not that we were in competition here, but he opened with a few jokes about wanting to shag his mother in law, and how much he wished his dick was bigger. I really enjoyed it. I was just baffled about how I was the edgier, more blush-worthy comedian between the two of us.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p><blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@graziauk\/video\/7282707003598720289\" data-video-id=\"7282707003598720289\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@graziauk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@graziauk?refer=embed\">@graziauk<\/a> <p><a title=\"ellathomas\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/ellathomas?refer=embed\">#EllaThomas<\/a> is THEE main character \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffd <a title=\"tyrique\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/tyrique?refer=embed\">#tyrique<\/a> <a title=\"loveisland\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/loveisland?refer=embed\">#loveisland<\/a> <\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - GraziaUK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7282707053313887009?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; GraziaUK<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/graziauk\/<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CxlZZGotuxn\/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"*NSYNC Breaks Another Record While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/97SPDxM3Ezw?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;custom-quote&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Libre Bodoni|||on|||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h2 class=\"p1\">\u2018You feel weird because you feel angry. When you were open about your rape, your comedy was used against you.\u2019<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>When the news of Russell Brand\u2019s predatory past broke the internet last week (allegations Brand denies), I wasn\u2019t shocked. The man has had rumours swirling about him for the six years that I\u2019ve been in stand up. <\/p>\n<p>Hungover last week, I sat down and watched the C4 dispatches about the comedian. <\/p>\n<p>It made me deeply depressed. I was sad for the women who had spoken out. I imagined what mental torment they had gone through to decide whether or not to do it. I was sad knowing that now, undoubtedly, they\u2019d be going up against an unbearable amount of abuse from ignorant people on the internet who would say things like, \u2018Well, why didn\u2019t she go to the police when it happened?\u2019 \u2018Why did she go home with him then?\u2019 Or worse \u2018This is a coup by the mainstream media to shut down one of our free thinkers.\u2019 ICK. <\/p>\n<p>But the other thing that gave me an irked feeling in the pit of my stomach, were the clips of Brand, both in the documentary and resurfacing online. Clips where he was making it perfectly clear the person that he was, and nobody listened. Nobody blushed. Videos where he referenced rape, and abuse, under the guise of being a \u2019sexually promiscuous comedian.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It made me feel weird and for a day or two I couldn\u2019t understand why. Talking to my mum about why it had upset me so much, she reminded me of how I had felt, two years before, when I was raped, and was open about it, and people, (men) told me that perhaps I should take some responsibility for being raped, because all I do is talk about sex. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018You feel weird because you feel angry,\u2019 my mum said. \u2018When you were open about your rape, your comedy was used against you.\u2019<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;custom-quote&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Libre Bodoni|||on|||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h2 class=\"p1\">no one should ever describe Russell Brand as \u2018sex-positive\u2019<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Russell Brand was not only hailed for being sexually promiscuous, but he was exploiting his promiscuity to make women feel uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>And I thought about that that night, when a male comedian told me he simply couldn\u2019t watch my set, for fear it would make him uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019m not making jokes about raping people, or fucking children? As far as I can tell my jokes aren\u2019t harming people apart from those I feel have harmed me. I talk about sex as a way to take the ownership back of my sexuality, because too many men have tried to rob me of that.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, I\u2019m too much? I\u2019m too edgy?<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week I was asked on Newsnight if I felt Russell Brand had used being \u2018sex-positive\u2019 to cloak his abusive behaviour and the question annoyed me. Not because he didn\u2019t exploit his sexuality, but rather, because no one should ever describe Russell Brand as \u2018sex-positive\u2019. Firstly, because there was nothing positive about the way Russell Brand talked about sex. Secondly, and more importantly, because sex-positivity can only exist in the face of cultural negativity towards your sexuality. The term is reserved for people who society has decreed should keep silent on the subject of sex. These people are not Russell Brand.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;custom-quote&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Libre Bodoni|||on|||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h2 class=\"p1\">Female comics can\u2019t even speak about the terrible things that have been done to us.<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>These are women and LGBTQ people who are rebellious and countercultural for even discussing sex in our own voices, who receive a name like \u201csex-positive\u2019 for even acknowledging something so ordinary as our desire.<\/p>\n<p>We live in a world where women who make jokes about sex somehow become responsible for experiencing sexual violence, while the men who commit such acts can hide them amongst their jokes. Russell Brand has been accused of doing some terrible things, and said many more, while female comics can\u2019t even speak about the terrible things that have been done to us. We need to think about whether our comedy is being used as a tool to raise people up, or keep others hidden. To clarify or to obscure the reality behind the curtain. <\/p>\n<p>Because sometimes, there is just a prude hiding behind a dirty onstage persona, and sometimes there is a predator. 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