by Alicia | Feb 14, 2016 | Daily Dot, Writing
There’s no better way to say “I like you, wanna go out?” then to slide into your cutie’s DMs and make it explicitly known. And here at the Daily Dot, our Twitter moves are tight—how do you think we got so many followers? If you’re looking for a way to make your...
by Alicia | Jan 23, 2016 | The New Inquiry, Writing
LIVING with a sense of overwhelming choice means exerting an insane amount of emotional energy in making the most banal decisions. What should you watch on Hulu tonight? Make a Facebook status asking for recommendations. Tweet the question to your followers. After...
by Alicia | Jan 21, 2016 | Fusion, Memoir, Writing
Once upon a time, I had a bestie named Eleanor. We had just become teen girls, and we did everything together. We wrote short stories, drew pictures and biked nowhere late into the night. We spent hours at Eleanor’s house following the convoluted plotlines of the soap...
by Alicia | Dec 27, 2015 | Daily Dot, Writing
The vagina birthed us all into this world, and it deserves the utmost pleasure. The pussy is a gift. But rather than think dirty thoughts, send sexts, or whack off to RedTube, I’d much rather happen upon a suggestive Instagram pic that merely alludes to pussy; the...
by Alicia | Dec 18, 2015 | KCET Los Angeles, Writing
Catcalling can happen randomly. As a woman, you might start to even expect it. Over time, some women become less phased by it and more internally pissed off. It’s hard to remain neutral and unfeeling when some random guy yells obscenities at you, tells you he...
by Alicia | Dec 3, 2015 | Daily Dot, Writing
Tinder CEO Sean Rad recently declared that he wants to cultivate a new passion: collecting art. Rather than sit around swiping away endlessly on the app he co-founded, he’s on his way to art galleries and museums, checking out works of art that he could conceivably...
