Brittany Ashley

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. Her mother died when Ashley was six.[6]

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.

After Ashley and Jenny Lorenzo appeared in small roles on “Gente-Fied,” 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 on their own individual channels.[10][27]

Personal life

Ashley resides in California. She is a lesbian.[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" Laughs TV Show.[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 "Gente-Fied" 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 "Don't Tell the Babysitter Mom's Dead." 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 Laura Zak 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]

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