by Alicia | May 2, 2022 | Hyperallergic, Writing
What Makes Medieval Art So Meme-able? All over Instagram, medieval imagery has been remixed, captioned, and somehow reads as peak hilarious, depending on your sense of humor. Medieval imagery wasn’t meant to be funny when it was made hundreds of years ago, but all...
by Alicia | Jun 14, 2021 | Collaborative Essays, Culture Essays, Hyperallergic, Writing
The coronavirus pandemic isn’t over, but on social media it might feel like it is. In the United States, the happy, smiling faces of recently vaccinated friends and family members offer a slice of hope, but the vaccine selfie can elicit a mix of reactions. It’s...
by Alicia | Sep 10, 2020 | Gizmodo, Writing
Published on Gizmodo, May 25, 2020: Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea), Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Photo: Getty Humans and other animals are quite alike—we all just speak different languages. For humans, it’s about the spoken word. With animals, the...
by Alicia | Sep 10, 2020 | NBC, Writing
From NBC Think, published Aug. 15 2020. They’re not really country, but they’re not rock ‘n’ roll either. They’re barely even a band that can still attract critical attention, yet their continually commercially successful songs still incite waves of anger...
by Alicia | Sep 10, 2020 | GO Magazine, Writing
From GO Magazine, June 30, 2019 S.E. Jackson, JD Glass, Robin Kish, Alicia Eler, Che Landon, and Dayna Troisi We are thrilled to present this year’s 100 Women We Love—a diverse group of out entertainers, athletes, artists, activists, business leaders, and elected...
by Alicia | Sep 9, 2020 | Hyperallergic, Writing
The oddly phrased message popped into my inbox on a Sunday afternoon in late July. It read more like a chain mail text than a note from my friend in Istanbul with whom I usually chat with in a mixture of Turkish and English. “I was careful to choose who I think will...
