[2] Her first book was The Selfie Generation: How Our Self Images Are Changing Our Notions of Privacy, Property, Sex, Consent, and Culture.
[3] She attended Evanston Township High School, and then went on to receive a BA in art history from Oberlin College in 2006.
Eler has co-authored two essays on the affective labor and gamification of internet dating culture with writer Eve Peyser for The New Inquiry.
[12] Their second essay, "Tinderization of Feeling"[8] received attention from Le Monde (France),[13] The Daily Beast,[14] Hyperallergic,[15] The Independent,[16] and The Fader.
[18] On Valentine's Day 2016, Peyser and Eler were interviewed on Toronto-based Mark Towhey's Newstalk 1010 radio show.
Eler broke the news story "President Obama Pens Apology to an Art Historian" for Hyperallergic.