Ashley F. Miller

Author's details

Name: Ashley Miller
Date registered: October 1, 2011
Jabber / Google Talk: ashleyf.

Biography

Writer, public speaker, and general smartass who gets paid to talk about variations of: atheism, feminism, gay rights, minority rights, young adult literature, mass media, culture, the oxford comma, the ukulele, and surviving getting a doctorate. Her speaking engagements have included spots at The Amazing Meeting, Dragon*Con, and universities across the country. She is working on a PhD in Mass Communications from the University of South Carolina, graduated cum laude from Emory with a BA in Film Studies, and has an MFA from FSU's Film Conservatory. In other lives, she has been an accountant, a banker, a reality television editor, and a teacher. She has lived in Pawleys Island, SC; Greenville, SC; Columbia, SC; Atlanta, GA; Tallahassee, FL; Los Angeles, CA; and Washington, DC.

Latest posts

  1. Enchanted Forest, INC. – Novel Excerpt — May 9, 2013
  2. The life of the PhD student: Comprehensive Exams — May 8, 2013
  3. Scammers on Craigslist — April 24, 2013
  4. I get e-mail — Cinematic Appraisals: “Mind Science” or Pseudoscience — April 22, 2013
  5. Musical Wednesdays: Dreams on the Ukulele (Fleetwood Mac) — April 17, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. Why does anyone like Ron Paul? — 613 comments
  2. Racism, homophobia, and how I lost my dad last week — 450 comments
  3. The food of my childhood, the food of Southern poor white trash — 164 comments
  4. Thunderf00t: Stealing people’s private information is a major violation — 108 comments
  5. My Vagina is Destroying America or Love from Ron Paulians — 97 comments

Author's posts listings

May 09 2013

Enchanted Forest, INC. – Novel Excerpt

Yesterday, probably yesterday, who knows with exams being the way they are, a few people expressed some interest in reading my fiction.  What follows is an excerpt, the prologue from my novel Enchanted Forest, INC.  It is Terry Pratchett-esque fantasy/humor/adventure/snark. There comes a point when a yipping dog has to be put outside or locked in …

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May 08 2013

The life of the PhD student: Comprehensive Exams

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Tomorrow, I begin the journey of Comps.  There are 4 questions, over 4 days, and I have 4 hours to answer each of them.  It’s sort of the marathon of test-taking. Last week I turned in a 7000 word historical research paper about the rural purge.  Maybe I’ll adapt that into some sort of much …

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Apr 24 2013

Scammers on Craigslist

Scam

Oh, there’s nothing new about scammers on CL, but what is the point of having a blog if I cannot post about them.  I am trying to sell a basically new MacBook Pro because my stolen computer got returned to me several weeks after I got a replacement.  I got an e-mail from someone asking …

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Apr 22 2013

I get e-mail — Cinematic Appraisals: “Mind Science” or Pseudoscience

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I got a very hurt e-mail from someone yesterday. A few years ago, before I was at Freethoughtblogs, I wrote an article about a service offered to film producers called “Cinematic Appraisals”.  I had recently optioned my screenplay and I was generally up-to-date with everything, but a friend sent me a link to their site telling me …

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Apr 17 2013

Musical Wednesdays: Dreams on the Ukulele (Fleetwood Mac)

Apr 16 2013

5 beautiful things from today

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I’m trying to force myself to be more engaged with the world, which can be difficult to do when you’ve got the imaginary pressure of “must write something brilliant” when really you just aren’t feeling brilliant at all.  Instead, see all of these other brilliant things. 1. Modern Art in Cake Caitlin Freeman makes awesome …

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Apr 15 2013

Boston and the bad that reveals the good

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When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” — Fred Rogers So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look …

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Mar 26 2013

Prop 8 Media Appearances Round Up (UPDATED)

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NEW: Me on Politico video where you can see just how terrible the conditions were. NEW: Same photo in galleries at the LA Times and Politico.  You can see how creepy the statue is in the LA Times version. Me on the NYTimes video talking about waiting to get in. Me talking to CBS Los Angeles about …

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Mar 25 2013

Prop 8 at scotus , in line

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It’s cold and snowing. I’m 51st in line. Interesting people, mostly pro equality. Chilling under my tarp Edit: more pics

Mar 18 2013

Rapists are more than monsters, victims are more than victims

Steubenville Rape

There have been a few conversations going on online this week about what is and isn’t rape, who is and isn’t a rapist, and the Steubenville rape case and the HBO show Girls have been at the center of these conversations.  Obviously, the two are not equivalent in terms of moral weight, but they both …

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