by Alicia | Jul 10, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Writing
Explosives blow up skies the world over. From our smartphone-enhanced filter bubbles, we learn to consume these explosive images on social sites like Instagram, where the Insta-aesthetics of war know no global boundaries. Instagram offers a space for mediating the...
by Alicia | Jul 8, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Selfie Column, Writing
CHICAGO — The selfie is a mirror, an illusion of a mirror, an egotistical moment wrapped in time, and an embarrassing moment post-shave. But there is something curious about seeing your doppelgänger reflected back at you rather than running into him or her on the...
by Alicia | Jul 3, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Writing
CHICAGO — Every mother will attest to the fact that once you become responsible for a child’s life, your own life completely changes. And with that shift comes a new way to both see and question your relationship to society, your body, and your own sexuality. In the...
by Alicia | Jul 1, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Selfie Column, Writing
CHICAGO — A few weeks ago, I thought that I’d had it with selfies It began with a simple Facebook post declaring: “Just say NO to SELFIES <3 <3 <3.” Less than a week later, I found myself doing exactly what I feared: Alone in a dressing room at Target, I...
by Alicia | Jun 24, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Selfie Column, Writing
CHICAGO — People online have a lot to say about selfies: love them, hate them, feel indifferent about them, think they’re part of internet culture, a place we escape to, meld with our offline lives (making for a fluid but often fraught IRL-URL existence), something we...
by Alicia | Jun 24, 2013 | Selfie Column, selfiegeneration, Writing
From Hyperallergic, June 24, 2013, by Alicia Eler: Screenshot of Google Image “selfie” search results CHICAGO — People online have a lot to say about selfies: love them, hate them, feel indifferent about them, think they’re part of internet culture, a place we escape...
