In Search of the Authentic Selfie

In Search of the Authentic Selfie

From Hyperallergic, November 9, 2017: Screenshot of Google Image search results for “selfie” Editor’s note: The following excerpt is the ninth chapter of The Selfie Generation: How Our Self-Images Are Changing Our Notions of Privacy, Sex, Consent, and Culture, Alicia...
How selfies reflect a new generation of artists

How selfies reflect a new generation of artists

From the Star Tribune on November 4th, 2017 by Alicia Eler: Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from Star Tribune art critic Alicia Eler’s new book, “The Selfie Generation.” What exactly are selfies, and why are they everywhere? Whether you happen upon them on...
Can Women Build a Better Tinder?

Can Women Build a Better Tinder?

From WIRED, November 17, 2015, by Alana Hope Levinson: “Being single in 2015 often means cynically scaling the walls of the internet and praying for a foothold. “Winning Tinder is about mastering the app’s affordances, its game mechanics, the dissociative...