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 [...]

Associate Editor, MoveOn.org

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From January–September 2011, Alicia served as the Associate Editor of MoveOn.org. Here is a list of her complete duties: • Discovering and curating top viral content daily • Writing irresistibly clicky headlines and ledes for viral content posts • Tracking memes and viral trends in the progressive politics niche • Managing contributing editors and online [...]

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 [...]

MA Interactive Social Media Posts

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The good guys over at digital strategy firm MA Interactive hired me to blog about social media and other web tech news for their company blog. Here are the posts I wrote for them. Social Media For Super Busy People You’re a busy person. I’m a busy person. We’re all pretty busy. So how on [...]

Alicia’s Short Stories on BadGirlChats.com

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Since I began working on launching BadGirlChats with Sylvia Cartoonist Nicole Hollander, Nicole and I have gotten to know each other as writers. Here are a few short posts I’ve written for this funny, feminist site: On Pets and Responsibility: The Reindeer Dog On Paranoia: When the Window Guys Come to Change the Windows for [...]

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.

Chicago Gallery News: Collector Conversation with Dr. Dan Berger

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Are some people biologically drawn to art? Having nurtured a collection since 1988, Dr. Daniel S. Berger thinks so. Writer Alicia Eler visited Dr. Berger’s home, and the two discussed how a collection’s theme takes shape, how art adds balance to a stressful life, and how this collector is inspired by the challenges many artists face. [...]