A selection of my published writing.
BBC Future
Why your early 2000s photos are probably lost forever
A months-long investigative piece about why so many people can’t access their digital photos from the early aughts. I interviewed professional photo organizers, retail analysts, and media professors to identify the reasons behind this colossal oversight. “When we look at our relationship with photos, 2005-2010 feels like a microcosm of the Information Age. It’s an entire lifetime of innovation, disruption and access distilled into a five-year blip on the timeline of human history.“
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
- “Anxiety Dream Bystanders”
- “Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Youth Sports Parent” (co-written with Nate Luce)
- “I Am a Boomer’s iPhone and I Will Not be Silenced” (Top 24 of 2024)
- “Concerning Local News Weather Team Promos”
- “Bonnie Raitt or a Paranoid Recluse Talking to His Cat?” (co-written with Nate Luce)
Nashville Scene
Alternative Uses for the Music City Loop
The Boring Company’s Tesla tunnel is coming our way, like it or not. Here are our thoughts on what it can actually be used for. (Satire)
Points in Case
I’m Sorry My Newsletter Is Late
NPR’s Marketplace
Julia, her husband, and her friends are the self-proclaimed geniuses behind “SkyMall Product Review,” one of the stupidest blogs of the mid-aughts. NPR interviewed her about it.
Julia Bensfield Luce 