Final Destination

Final Destination

From The Awl, August 18, 2017: “Writing in The New Inquiry, Eve Peyser and Alicia Eler liken the Tinder profile to a video game avatar. Bearing your name and modest resemblance, it skulks around a landscape that is addictive, fun, and goal-oriented. Success...
‘Sylvia’ finds new life on a blog

‘Sylvia’ finds new life on a blog

From the Chicago Tribune, November 14, 2010 by Mary Schmich: “I joke with my friends that she’s a 71-year-old hipster,” says Alicia Eler, the 26-year-old social media consultant who runs Hollander’s blog. “She is actually cooler than any...
What It’s Like to Be Tumblr Famous

What It’s Like to Be Tumblr Famous

From Vice, August 13, 2013 by Johanna King Slutzky: “The answer may lie in a phenomenon that’s of particular interest to me, which culture critic Kate Durbin termed “the teen girl Tumblr aesthetic,” a term which Durbin and coauthor Alicia Eler coined in an...
“How to Win at Tinder?”

“How to Win at Tinder?”

From Le Monde (France), February 13, 2016 by Hubert Guillaud: “Comment gagner à Tinder ?, s’interrogeaient cet été dans un épatant billetpour le New Inquiry, Alicia Eler (@aliciaeler) et Eve Peyser (@evepeyser). Pour les deux jeunes femmes, Tinder, la célèbre...