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

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...
“Obama Pens Apology to an Art Historian” for Hyperallergic Featured on The Rachel Maddow Show + Hardball with Chris Matthews [TV]

“Obama Pens Apology to an Art Historian” for Hyperallergic Featured on The Rachel Maddow Show + Hardball with Chris Matthews [TV]

by Alicia | Apr 10, 2017 | News, Press, TV

The news I broke for Hyperallergic ended up on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow show and NBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews.  MADDOW: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/gop-ties-us-hands-on-ukraine-with-odd-demands-205609539679...
Artists’ Fascination with the Soft, Tingling Sensations of ASMR / Hyperallergic

Artists’ Fascination with the Soft, Tingling Sensations of ASMR / Hyperallergic

by Alicia | Dec 8, 2016 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing

Sometimes we all just want someone’s gentle, soothing voice whispering in our ear that it’s all going to be okay, or we long to hear some meditative, relaxing sounds that induce calming sensations.ASMR, or “autonomous sensory meridian response,” offers these types of...
New webseries ‘Swapped’ messes with Hollywood gender dynamics / DailyDot Entertainment

New webseries ‘Swapped’ messes with Hollywood gender dynamics / DailyDot Entertainment

by Alicia | Jul 21, 2016 | Daily Dot, News, Writing

Women comprise only 7 percent of directors in the 250 top-grossing films of all time, according to a Variety study. While Hollywood catches up, artists with a clear vision of the future are taking it upon themselves to do what they do best: Make a lean, mean, parody...
When my 90s-era online love showed up, I knew my memories were a fantasy / The Guardian

When my 90s-era online love showed up, I knew my memories were a fantasy / The Guardian

by Alicia | Jul 31, 2015 | News, The Guardian, Writing

In my early 20s, I found myself in New York City doing an internship in Midtown Manhattan. I didn’t know that many people in New York, I was always shivering in the heavy air-conditioning, and my boss didn’t seem interested in being my friend. I found myself thinking...
Inhabiting Other People’s Recorded Memories / Hyperallergic

Inhabiting Other People’s Recorded Memories / Hyperallergic

by Alicia | Jul 30, 2015 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing

“I turned the computer on and began to write — all the details of our story, everything that still remained in my memory,” writes the author dubbed Elena Ferrante in her book My Brilliant Friend. This is how the narrator begins her four-part story about a lifelong...
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