by Alicia | Sep 27, 2017 | Writing
From Aperture, October 19, 2016: Spanning over eighty years of photographs, an exhibition explores the gender non-conforming potential of the word “they.” The singular gender-neutral pronoun “they” was named word of the year in 2016. Judging from the social and...
by Alicia | Sep 27, 2017 | Writing
From Maxim, May 9, 2016: The hit HBO series regular talks Julia Louis-Dreyfus and his upcoming Comedy Central show. It’s hard to hate a do-gooder who is charmingly oblivious. Take Richard Splett, played by Sam Richardson plays on HBO’s hit political cringe...
by Alicia | Sep 27, 2017 | Maxim, Writing
From Maxim, May 21, 2016: Look for him in Seth Rogen’s new ‘Neighbors 2.’ John Early is literally on fire — there are more flames coming off of him than a young Divine in Pink Flamingos. The young actor-comedian is everywhere—from scoring a...
by Alicia | Sep 27, 2017 | CNN, Writing
From CNN, March 3, 2017: Milk the cows. Churn the butter. Chop the wood. These farmland chores sound boring as all hell until they’re re-envisioned as a campy Bavarian fantasy in “Heimat,” a series by German photographer Ellen von Unwerth. The photos...
by Alicia | Sep 27, 2017 | Writing
From The New Inquiry, August 30, 2016: What’s crawling underneath the fantasy of an insect-free home? WE who live in homes still strive for them to be bug-free, or at least occupied by as few bugs as possible. The proliferation of exterminators and other “pest...
by Alicia | Sep 27, 2017 | Writing
From The New Inquiry, March 2, 2016: Why isn’t the popular grocery store Trader Joe’s on social media? TODAY’S consumerism is riddled with elaborate and often meaningless choices: Which brand of pasta should you buy? Would that be best with Ragu, Amy’s Organic, or...