Tech Culture Reporter @ ReadWriteWeb.com

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ReadWriteWeb is one of the Internet’s leading tech news sites. As a reporter at ReadWriteWeb, I cover the intersection of social networks, culture and communication. Most recently, I have been covering Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram, the future of photo-sharing apps on the Web, the implications of posting photos of kids to Facebook, and video-sharing mobile apps. [...]

What Marlene Dietrich & Shirley Temple Do

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Hello and welcome to your new chat session! Me: Hi Marlene how are you. Long time no see SEXXXYY Marlene Dietrich: … You have been logged out of the chat session due to inactivity.   ———-   Hello and welcome to your new chat session! Me: Hey Shirley what’s up you free LOL hey you [...]

The Altar of Adolescence: A Teenage Dream in 12 Parts

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I adorn you with pink flowers, loose edges of petals dripping from my tongue. I adore you from afar, across the green grass of the schoolyard. The gym teacher punts the rubbery red ball my way; I ignore it. I gaze at you. I stand here, silently worshipping at your altar of adolescence. For you [...]

Why I Like St. Louis

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St. Louis reminds me of Kansas City, Missouri, with its warehouse-filled downtown area, and its mix of the South and the Midwest. I took a giant Megabus to get here, winding through cornfields and flatlands. When I was at the gas station-slash-diner, I bought some beef jerky in a plastic bag. The cashier was strict [...]

Flower Boy Travels to Various Lands

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He meanders through the castle grounds in a green glass carriage. Later, he hops onto a sailboat.

Are Diamonds Forever?

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These are excellent depictions of diamonds!

Social Media Strategist & Web Editor, Nicole Hollander/BadGirlChats.com

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Social Media Consultant Services For Nicole Hollander Project: BadGirlChats.com Dates: April 2010–May 2011 Every newspaper reader knows the Sylvia comic strip, written by long-time Chicagoan Nicole Hollander. For more than 35 years, Hollander has been writing the smart, political, feminist comic strip, Sylvia, which is distributed by the Tribune Media Services Syndicate. So why would this [...]

There Are No Winners, Only Losers: Peregrine Honig’s LOSER

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xoxoo love, loser American culture is obsessed with winning and success, yet it is fixated on losers. On August 10, 2010, in the final episode of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, the reality television competition for artists, 1.48 million people nationwide watched as artist Peregrine Honig lost the final challenge. She came in [...]

Chicago Gallery News: Collector Conversation with Curt and Jennifer Conklin

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Writer Alicia Eler spent some time getting to know collectors Curt and Jennifer Conklin, their 3-year-old daughter Claudi, and of course their expansive art collection. The young couple discussed who caught the art bug first, and what they’re most interested in collecting now. Click HERE to read the article on ChicagoGalleryNews.com.

Sylvia, Nicole Hollander and Alicia Eler on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight, December 20th 2010

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How did Sylvia Cartoonist Nicole Hollander become a BadGirlChats blogger with a bustling online community? Social Media Consultant & Writer Alicia Eler discuss Hollander’s entrance into the blogosphere on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight. The original broadcast aired on Monday, December 20 at 7:00 Central Time. And here’s an additional shout-out from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Art Critic, [...]