Mortified Chicago: Adolescence revisited on ABC-7’s show 190North [TV]

by Alicia | Apr 24, 2018 | Comedy, News, Press, Projects, Stand-Up Comedy, TV

I’ll never forget what it was like to be a teenage girl. Crushes kept me up all night long journaling about a never-ending wave of emotions. I scrawled poems about masturbation while listening to songs on repeat from my idol, queer folk singer-songwriter Ani...

No, Garrison Keillor, Women Who Take Selfies Aren’t “Asking For It” // Harper’s Bazaar

by Alicia | Dec 6, 2017 | Harper's Bazaar, Writing

I was supposed to have a reading of my book, The Selfie Generation, at Garrison Keillor’s bookstore last week, in St. Paul, Minnesota. I canceled the talk after Keillor was accused of alleged inappropriate behavior with a co-worker. Ironically, Keillor couched some of...

NEW BOOK: “The Selfie Generation” (Skyhorse) is out Nov 7, 2017

by Alicia | Aug 15, 2017 | Uncategorized

My first book The Selfie Generation (Skyhorse) is out November 7, 2017!  Pre-order Now >  Whether it’s Kim Kardashian uploading picture after picture to Instagram or your roommate posting a mid-vacation shot to Facebook, selfies receive mixed reactions. But...

Letter from the Editor, ART21 Magazine’s Sept./Oct. 2015 HAPPINESS issue

by Alicia | Sep 30, 2015 | Art21, Editing, Writing

When I was twelve years old, I remember seeing it: my first smiley face. It was gigantic and bright yellow, hanging on the exterior brick wall of a car dealership, located on a busy street in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb just north of Chicago. I hated that smiley...

Sylvia, Nicole Hollander and Alicia Eler on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight [TV]

by Alicia | Dec 20, 2010 | News, Press, TV

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...