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08-19-2016, 03:34 AM
Comedians speak out against alleged ***ual assaults – and an ex 'Inside Amy Schumer' writer comes under fire
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Disclosure: Sophie Hirsh, one of the writers of this piece, is also currently a student at the Upright Citizens Brigade.
Comedian Amy Schumer is supposed to be celebrating the release of her new book (http://mashable.com/2016/08/17/amy-schumer-tattoo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) this week, but on Wednesday, the writer and actor tweeted a very different kind of message.
Schumer had recently come under attack after former staff writer for Inside Amy Schumer, Kurt Metzger, (https://mic.com/articles/151826/comedian-aaron-glaser-has-been-accused-of-***ual-assault-and-women-are-speaking-out#.oXG6VZmMh) posted a ****** of inflammatory remarks on social media over the weekend. Metzger had criticized social media users for quickly condemning Aaron Glaser, a comedian who had been banned from the Upright Citizens Brigade (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/improv-comic-banned-ucb-theatre-rape-allegations-article-1.2755492) (UCB), New York’s largest comedy school, over ***ual assault allegations. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/***ual-assault-amy-schumer-writer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Upright Citizens Brigade (http://mashable.com/category/upright-citizens-brigade/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Social Good (http://mashable.com/category/social-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Comedy (http://mashable.com/category/comedy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Inside Amy Schumer (http://mashable.com/category/inside-amy-schumer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Amy Schumer (http://mashable.com/category/amy-schumer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/a0B1JvDznxU
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Disclosure: Sophie Hirsh, one of the writers of this piece, is also currently a student at the Upright Citizens Brigade.
Comedian Amy Schumer is supposed to be celebrating the release of her new book (http://mashable.com/2016/08/17/amy-schumer-tattoo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) this week, but on Wednesday, the writer and actor tweeted a very different kind of message.
Schumer had recently come under attack after former staff writer for Inside Amy Schumer, Kurt Metzger, (https://mic.com/articles/151826/comedian-aaron-glaser-has-been-accused-of-***ual-assault-and-women-are-speaking-out#.oXG6VZmMh) posted a ****** of inflammatory remarks on social media over the weekend. Metzger had criticized social media users for quickly condemning Aaron Glaser, a comedian who had been banned from the Upright Citizens Brigade (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/improv-comic-banned-ucb-theatre-rape-allegations-article-1.2755492) (UCB), New York’s largest comedy school, over ***ual assault allegations. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/***ual-assault-amy-schumer-writer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Upright Citizens Brigade (http://mashable.com/category/upright-citizens-brigade/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Social Good (http://mashable.com/category/social-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Comedy (http://mashable.com/category/comedy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Inside Amy Schumer (http://mashable.com/category/inside-amy-schumer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Amy Schumer (http://mashable.com/category/amy-schumer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/a0B1JvDznxU