by Alicia | Feb 24, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Selfie Column, Writing
LOS ANGELES — Selfie culture is everywhere, and writers besides us here on Hyperallergic are actually beginning to take them seriously. Nimrod Kamer of The Daily Dot decided that rather than try to take a selfie with a celebrity, he’d wander Highgate Cemetery in...
by Alicia | Feb 19, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Selfie Column, Writing
LOS ANGELES — This week, a new selfie trend pissed people off. Jason Feiffer, the same guy who dug around on Instagram and discovered funeral selfies, discovered the creepy “selfies with homeless people” trend. These “selfies with homeless people” are more like...
by Alicia | Feb 19, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Selfie Column, Writing
LOS ANGELES — How many selfies is too many? From teenagers with cadavers and selfie-snappin’ toddlers to couples taking “couplies“ (just one type of group selfie), the selfie’s possibilities seem as inexhaustible as a history of portraiture. Is it narcissistic to...
by Alicia | Feb 9, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Selfie Column, Writing
LOS ANGELES — Your selfies are a visual wonderland. This week’s images touch on boredom, mother-daughter relationships, photo booth self-portraits as predecessors of the selfie, webcam-induced mirror reflections, and plain old internet “weirdness” that borders on...
by Alicia | Jan 27, 2014 | Hyperallergic, Selfie Column
LOS ANGELES — Whether you like your selfies singular and meditative or coupled and cozy, there’s always an opportunity to see yourselfie anew. This week’s post examines a particular breed of companion selfies — or group selfies, if you prefer — that consist of two...
by Alicia | Jan 27, 2014 | Hyperallergic, Selfie Column
CHICAGO — There are selfies for every occasion, outfit, haircut, new pair of glasses, and reflective work of art, and then there are accidental selfies in Craigslist mirrors. Are these windows onto the soul or just portals-for-sale that happen to end up on a smartly...
