by Alicia | Feb 27, 2016 | Daily Dot, Writing
Comedian Mo Welch and her Instagram character Blair are very different, but she admits they’re pretty tight. Welch writes down the random depressing thoughts that cross her mind, and hands them over to her crude line-drawing creation. Blair, also known as Barely...
by Alicia | Apr 22, 2015 | News, Press
Hey everyone! I’m psyched to present my newest lecture, Warholian Instahumor, examining the relationship between Instagram, Warhol’s pop art and contemporary Jewish humor. Thursday, April 23 7PM Portland State University’s Shattuck Hall Annex (1914...
by Alicia | Jul 10, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Writing
Explosives blow up skies the world over. From our smartphone-enhanced filter bubbles, we learn to consume these explosive images on social sites like Instagram, where the Insta-aesthetics of war know no global boundaries. Instagram offers a space for mediating the...