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Alicia Eler


Alicia Eler is the author of 'The Selfie Generation: How Our Self-Images Are Changing Our Notions of Privacy, Sex, Consent, and Culture.' She is the visual art critic at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. Her work has been published in the Guardian, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, New York Magazine, CNN, LA Weekly, Chicago Tribune, and Chicago Sun-Times.

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Breasts, Bernie, and face tats: Exploring the video art of Andrew DeYoung

'Improv helped me learn to reduce an idea to its essentialness.'

On Apr 9, 2016 by Alicia Eler

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The many faces of Lauren Lapkus

From Whitney Peeps to Pamela from Big Bear.

On Apr 4, 2016 by Alicia Eler

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Josh Gondelman on Twitter pep talks and honest comedy

'Honest doesn’t necessarily mean unfiltered.'

On Mar 29, 2016 by Alicia Eler

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The celebrity DM is the great equalizer

It goes down in the DM.

On Mar 27, 2016 by Alicia Eler

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Cameron Esposito on standup comedy: ‘It’s a rock show, at the end of the day’

'I don’t think about failure as an option.'

On Mar 24, 2016 by Alicia Eler

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Instagram’s ‘Crazy Jewish Mom’ explains how she drives her daughter nuts

Crazy Jewish Mother knows best.

On Mar 19, 2016 by Alicia Eler

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The art world meets Kate Berlant’s brain in new Netflix special

'The art obsession in the comedy world is very new.'

On Mar 11, 2016 by Alicia Eler

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Comedian Melissa Villaseñor is perfecting her impressions on Vine

'Owen Wilson is in there because he makes me happy.'

On Mar 6, 2016 by Alicia Eler

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How comedian Mo Welch channeled depression into a morbidly funny Instagram comic

'It was really an ‘I give up’ moment.'

On Feb 27, 2016 by Alicia Eler

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The 9 best memes for sliding into DMs

Smooth.

On Feb 14, 2016 by Alicia Eler

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8 Instagram photos that pay clever homage to vaginas

Bow down before the beaver.

On Dec 27, 2015 by Alicia Eler

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Suggestions for Tinder CEO Sean Rad’s new art collection

Nothing but matches.

On Dec 2, 2015 by Alicia Eler

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8 sure signs you’re texting way too much

Sometimes your thumbs say it all.

On Nov 18, 2015 by Alicia Eler

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I tried to write about sex toys for a content graveyard

It didn't go well.

On Oct 26, 2015 by Alicia Eler

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This pastel-hued social network wants you to feel its vibes

Good vibrations.

On Oct 3, 2015 by Alicia Eler