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. Taking it Personally: Privilege and Women in Secularism — May 19, 2013
  2. Enchanted Forest, INC. – Novel Excerpt — May 9, 2013
  3. The life of the PhD student: Comprehensive Exams — May 8, 2013
  4. Scammers on Craigslist — April 24, 2013
  5. I get e-mail — Cinematic Appraisals: “Mind Science” or Pseudoscience — April 22, 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

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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Feb 27 2013

Musical Wednesdays: The Universe, Monty Python, and hate mail

As you may or may not be aware, I have been getting loads of hate mail/comments wishing me harm because I am in a relationship some people on the internet don’t approve of. So, whenever life gets me down, usually in the form of lowlife, scum-of-the-earth comments from racist, misogynist assholes, I sing myself this …

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Feb 24 2013

OSCAR Liveblog

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12:04 Seth McFarlane was pretty good.  Best moment? JLaw tripping and laughing about it and Ben Affleck crying. 12:02 Closing number from Chenoweth.  GAYEST OSCARS EVER.  WE ALL WIN. 11:57 17/23 Best Picture: Will win: Argo Should win: Django Unchained Should have been nominated: Hunger Games 11:54 Michelle Obama is gorgeous.  Jack is gross, but, you know, adorable …

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Feb 24 2013

Oscar Predictions for Every Category (slightly OCD)

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Emmett and I put together a predictions list for the Oscars that I am going to share with you.  Tonight, I’ll be live blogging the event.  This is not because I think the Oscars are particularly right in their judgments, but more that I just love the Oscars. Best Picture: Will win: Argo Should win: …

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Feb 22 2013

Ashley on HuffPoLive at 9PM EST talking interracial dating

At 9PM tonight Jamila Bey, my boyfriend, Emmett, and I will all be on Huffington Post Live to discuss interracial dating with Nancy Redd, who wrote the fantastic book Body Drama.  Here is the link to the segment, where comments have already begun: http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/interracial-dating-today/511c496c2b8c2a4572000324

Feb 20 2013

Liberal Tips to Avoid Rape: Conservatives on Twitter get nasty

A Colorado politician said: It’s why we have call boxes, it’s why we have safe zones, it’s why we have the whistles. Because you just don’t know who you’re gonna be shooting at. And you don’t know if you feel like you’re gonna be raped, or if you feel like someone’s been following you around …

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Feb 20 2013

Musical Wednesdays: Cazwell SuperGay Edition

As Wednesday is the traditional day of the Karaoke, I celebrate with a musical selection just for you.

Feb 14 2013

Happy Valentine’s Day! Surly Amy: Citation Needed

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It’s more a graduate school sort of necklace than a Valentine’s one, but I got it today so! Go buy her awesome stuff.

Feb 13 2013

Musical Wednesdays: A comment and ukulele song for Pope Ratzinger

It’s been a very long time since I’ve allowed myself to do video commentary on YouTube.  I once had a vlog and it was so thoroughly abused by assholes that I took it down.  But, I am short of time lately and it’s less difficult to just sit and talk than to carefully construct an …

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Feb 06 2013

Musical Wednesdays: To the Moon and Back on Ukulele

Did you know that the band Savage Garden named itself after a line in an Anne Rice vampire book?  True story.  Did you know that Anne Rice once exchanged e-mails with me?  ALSO A TRUE STORY. As Wednesday is the traditional day of the Karaoke, I celebrate with a musical selection just for you.

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