Ashley Fryer
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Ashley is a writer, baker and PR lady.

In her spare time, she runs Peach Trees and Bumblebees, a foodie blogazine slash recipe community. The best bit of Peach Trees is that Ashley now has business cards with cake on them.

When not working, Ashley can usually be found reading, writing or lying on her bedroom floor listening to The Cranberries.

For more from Ashley, check out her blog or have a mosey on over to Peach Trees.

Blog Entries by Ashley Fryer

Five Myths About Feminists

(4) Comments | Posted 16 October 2012 | (19:29)

Is the F word a dirty word? When I asked my now boyfriend on our first date if he was a feminist, he said no, he was an 'equalist'. But shouldn't that be the same thing? Isn't feminism, at its heart, about equality? I am still surprised when people, especially...

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Women: The Undisputed Queens of the Twitterverse

(4) Comments | Posted 8 March 2012 | (14:00)

It's no secret that funny women have fairly poor representation in the mass media - but not so on Twitter. On Twitter funny women are queens. Twitter is a new world, a microcosm of society in which there are fewer rules, greater freedom and no oppressive history. The voices that...

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Female Masturbation: The Final Taboo?

(46) Comments | Posted 25 October 2011 | (14:10)

First of all, let me express my distaste at having to refer to masturbation as 'female masturbation'. It suggests from the offset that masturbation is a predominantly male activity, which, ahem, it's not. But when was the last time you heard someone use the phrase 'male masturbation'? Exactly. The banter...

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The Great Weight Debate

(1) Comments | Posted 8 August 2011 | (09:47)

My friend Sam pointed out recently that women can laugh at anything in the world except weight. It made me laugh at the time - partly because Sam's girlfriend Kate has a truly enviable figure, and partly because it is completely and utterly true. Most women have some...

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Caitlin Moran: A New Breed of Heroine

(0) Comments | Posted 4 August 2011 | (11:00)

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few years, you will already be familiar with Caitlin Moran (pronounced Cat-lin, in case you're wondering). Star columnist of The Times, strident feminist, and undisputed queen of the Twitterverse, Moran has cemented herself in the nation's psyche as the alternative...

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Why Buffy The Vampire Slayer Is Still A Valid Role Model

(0) Comments | Posted 17 July 2011 | (18:52)

Ok, I admit it - I'm a huge Buffy The Vampire Slayer nerd. As a teenager, I watched the show religiously. The series, which ran from 1997 to 2003, was undoubtedly a huge influence on my life. Not least because it featured (a frequently shirtless) peroxide blonde James Marsters. But...

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Why Doctor Who Is The Best Thing On Television

(2) Comments | Posted 3 July 2011 | (20:51)

I can't be the only woman in the country with a ginormous crush on The Doctor? Maybe it's his amazing floppy hair, maybe it's because he knows his way around a sonic screwdriver - hell, it's probably even the bow tie (they're cool, you know). I could spend ages waxing...

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Glee Guilty of 'Dangerous Stereotyping'? Don't Make Me Laugh!

(2) Comments | Posted 3 July 2011 | (19:16)

A couple of months ago I came across a blog in the Guardian, titled 'The gay one in Glee - positive role model or dangerous cliché?'

Let me begin by accepting that the post was published in March, and there have been significant developments in Glee's story arcs...

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