by Alicia | Sep 16, 2013 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing
CHICAGO — I didn’t come across Tanya Habjouqa‘s photo series Women of Gazaunderneath a sensationalized article headline about the Middle East. A friend posted one of her photos to my wall because it looked like a woman in a hijab shooting a selfie. But the tiny pink...
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...