by Alicia | Jul 20, 2025 | Art Writing, Hyperallergic, News, Selfie Column, Technology Journalism, Writing
It’s been a decade since selfies took over the internet. While it’s clear that they’re here to stay, the way we take and post them has drastically shifted. I thought my days of writing about selfies were over. My book The Selfie Generation (2017) had done its job: It...
by Alicia | Jan 16, 2024 | Translation
The metaphor of the magnolia and the advent of the apocalypse meld in a Turkish artist’s imaginary. By Sena Başöz Translated from the Turkish by Alicia Kismet Eler I first encountered a reproduction of magnolias by painter İbrahim Çallı at my grandma Muazzez’s house...
by Alicia | Jul 13, 2023 | Hyperallergic, Writing
Bad Press follows a Muscogee publication’s struggle against local government censorship and corruption. The new documentary Bad Press (2023) takes a deep dive into the trials and tribulations of freedom of press laws for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma...
by Alicia | Mar 31, 2023 | The Markaz Review, Writing
Looking for love and her father’s past, a Turkish American journalist haunts the streets of Istanbul before and after Covid. The sticky summer air sank into my skin as seagulls dove into the wavy blue waters of the Bosphorus Strait, the waterway that separates the...
by Alicia | Feb 15, 2023 | Hyperallergic, Writing
A new documentary investigates the racist origins of the Stone Mountain monument near Atlanta, Georgia — the Mount Rushmore of white supremacy. You’ve heard of Mount Rushmore, but do you know of Stone Mountain? If you answered no, here’s a fun fact: Though they lost...
by Alicia | Jan 31, 2023 | Hyperallergic, Journalism & Criticism, Writing
I reviewed Jillian Hernandez’s stellar book Aesthetics of Excess: The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment for Hyperallergic. Author Jillian Hernandez theorizes the intersecting formations of gender, class, and race in relation to the...
