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...
by Alicia | Nov 15, 2017 | Selfie Press, selfiegeneration
From New York Post, November 11, 2017, by Jennifer Wright: “There’s a fairly common refrain in these pieces that selfie takers are “narcissistic,” despite the fact that a 2017 study from Brigham Young University indicated that’s not generally true. As Alicia...
by Alicia | Nov 15, 2017 | selfiegeneration
From the Chicago Reader, January 10, 2018, by Alicia Swiz: If you’re an Instagram user, you’ve probably noticed a hashtag called #2017bestnine circulating in your feed during the past few weeks. It’s from the Top Nine app, first launched in 2015, on...
by Alicia | Nov 15, 2017 | Selfie Press, selfiegeneration
From Duluth News Tribune, January 4, 2018, by Christa Lawler: Self-portrait of author Alicia Eler, whose book “The Selfie Generation” was published in November. Photo submitted by Eler A celebrity posts a buzzed-about selfie. A cat finds a way to navigate...
by Alicia | Nov 15, 2017 | Selfie Press, selfiegeneration
From LA Weekly, October 31, 2017 by Alicia Eler: The following is an excerpt from Alicia Eler’s new book Selfie Generation: How Our Self-Images Are Changing Our Notions of Privacy, Sex, Consent and Culture, which comes out on Nov. 7 (Skyhorse Publishing,...
