Brittany Ashley

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Brittany Ashley is an American actor, writer, and comedian.[1][2] She is known for creating lesbian online content and has been identified as an internet celebrity.[3][4][5]

Early life and education[]

Ashley grew up in Chicago with her dad, older sister, grandma and great-grandma. Her mother died when Ashley was six.[6]

Ashley attended the University of Illinois-Chicago where she became an entertainment editor for the Chicago Flame and eventually earned her BA in English.

After graduating from The Second City Training Center sketch writing program she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting/writing/comedy career.[7] She has performed at the Groundlings.[8]

Career[]

BuzzFeed Motion Pictures[]

Ashley was a full-time content creator for BuzzFeed. She was widely recognized for creating lesbian content.[9] She frequently collaborated with BuzzFeed staffer, Chris Reinacher.[10]

While at BuzzFeed, Ashley also wrote the web series You Do You which aired on BuzzFeed Violet and was later sold to iTunes.[11] The series hit the number 1 slot on Apple's top chart after its release meaning it beat out HBO's “Silicon Valley” season 2, TBS's “Angie Tribeca” season 1 and CBS's “The Big Bang Theory” season 9.[12] The series follows four women who go through a series of changes (sort of like a queer sitcom).[13][14]

During her career at BuzzFeed, Ashley created numerous videos that went viral.[which?] Including a short film about emotional abuse in a same-sex relationship titled "Unaware", a short film about abortion titled "Unplanned" and a series called "Lesbian Princess", a modern period comedy about a lesbian princess in the middle ages who tries to avoid marrying a royal prince.

After Ashley and appeared in small roles on “,” a web series produced by America Ferrera, Buzzfeed terminated both staff members for violating their contract on July 10, 2016.[15][16] Specifically, even though both Ashley and Lorenzo worked on the "Gente-Fied" series in their free time,[17] they were not authorized to work with other companies without prior permission (i.e. non-compete clause).[18][19]

Due, in part, to Ashley's large fanbase, her dismissal from BuzzFeed also surfaced a number of critiques of the organization and the way it takes advantage of young artists by owning all the creative rights to their work.[20][21][22] BuzzFeed pays their employees a standard rate and as such, writers, actors and performers do not receive residual payments when their work is viewed/goes viral.[23][24][25] The incident with the firing of Ashley and coworker Jenny Lorenzo has sparked conversations on the need for BuzzFeed staff to unionize.[26]

Freelancing[]

Since Reinacher also left BuzzFeed, he and Ashley continue to collaborate.[10][27] Ashley continues to write, primarily queer-led scripts.

Personal life[]

Ashley resides in California. In 2021, she became engaged to designer Cristina Keane.[7]

Videography[]

  • 2014 "The Lphabet" AfterEllen[28]
  • 2014 "Dating: Now Vs. The '90s" BuzzFeed Video[29]
  • 2014 "What It's Like To Be Stoned At The Grocery Store" BuzzFeed Video[30][31][32]
  • 2014 "13 Things Only Siblings Will Understand" BuzzFeed Video[33]
  • 2014 "13 Reasons Having An Opposite-Sex BFF Is Awesome" BuzzFeed Video[34]
  • 2014 "People Use A Bidet For The First Time" BuzzFeed Video[35]
  • 2014 "10 Things Only People With Attention Problems Understand" BuzzFeed Video[36]
  • 2014 "7 Things Only Middle Children Understand" BuzzFeed Video[37]
  • 2015 "Dating Problems Every Lesbian Will Recognize" BuzzFeed Video[38][39]
  • 2015 "When You Get Drunk and Lose Your Phone" BuzzFeed Yellow[40]
  • 2015 "Lesbian Princess" BuzzFeed Video[41]
  • 2015 "How to Win the Breakup" BuzzFeed Video.[42][43]
  • 2015 "College Lesbians" .[44]
  • 2015 "When You Have A Sex Dream About A Coworker" BuzzFeed Video[45]
  • 2016 "People Cover Up Regrettable Tattoos" BuzzFeed Video[46]
  • 2016 "When Things Don't Go As Planned" BuzzFeed Video[47]
  • 2016 "When You Miss Your Ex's Dog" BuzzFeed Video[48]
  • 2016 “Pokemon Go to Your Ex’s House”[49] Funny Or Die.[50][51]
  • 2016 "Emotional Abuse Can Be Hard To Recognize" BuzzFeed Video.[52]
  • 2016 "" America Ferrera[53][54]
  • 2016 "Last Call With Carson Daly" KNBC Interview[55]
  • 2017 "Masturbation: Guys Vs. Girls" BuzzFeed Video[56][57]
  • 2017 "9 Questions Gay People Have For Straight People" BuzzFeed Video[58]
  • 2018 Take My Wife. SeeSo and iTunes[59][60]
  • 2018 "Twelve Forever" Netflix (Producing)[61]
  • 2018 "For Real, Though" Logos Facebook[7][62]
  • 2018 "Something Else" Tancred Music Video Apple Music[63][64]

Podcasts[]

“Don’t Tell the Babysitter Mom’s Dead,”[]

Ashley created and hosts the podcast "." The show uses dark humor but mostly features Ashley interviewing a new guest on their personal experience with losing their mother while also asking each guest comment on a pop-culture touchstone that helped them cope with their mothers' death.[6]

"Angel On Top"[]

Angel on Top is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Brittany Ashley and discuss the TV Series Angel one episode at a time.[65][66][67][68]

“Sicker Sadder World”[]

Similar to Angel on Top, “Sicker Sadder World” is a Daria re-watch podcast.[6][69][70]

Publications[]

  • 2015 "The AfterEllen Summer of Love: “Same Time Next Week” by Emily Smith"[71]
  • 2017 "If There Were a Lesbian Version of “The Bachelorette[72]
  • 2017 "“The Lesbian Bachelorette” Recap: Batter Up (Episode 2)"[73]
  • 2017 "“The Lesbian Bachelorette” recap: Love is Heating Up (Episode 3)"[74]
  • 2017 "Coming Out To Your Uber Driver"[75]
  • 2017 "Why Every Queer Woman Should Watch “Buffy”"[76]
  • 2017 "How I Found Lesbians Before YouTube"[77]
  • 2017 "Watching “The L Word” After A Decade Shattered My Illusions"[78]
  • 2018 "How The “Buffy” Prom Saved The World—And Reconciled My Own Prom Disappointment"[79]

External links[]

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