Jessica Lucas
@jesslucas.bsky.social
i write unhinged stories about internet culture, niche online communities, and influencers.
www.jesslucaswrites.com
📧:jlucas.interviews@gmail.com
🐥: @jesslucaswrites
📸: @jessicalucaswrites
🤖: @sleuthywritergirl
www.jesslucaswrites.com
📧:jlucas.interviews@gmail.com
🐥: @jesslucaswrites
📸: @jessicalucaswrites
🤖: @sleuthywritergirl
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In early 2022, I edited Jessica Lucas's Input mag feature on TikTok heartthrob William White. Her eye-opening piece is the basis for a new documentary, THIRST TRAP, out on Paramount+ today. Here's the trailer:
Thirst Trap: The Fame. The Fantasy. The Fallout. | Official Trailer | Paramount+
YouTube video by Paramount Plus
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September 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In early 2022, I edited Jessica Lucas's Input mag feature on TikTok heartthrob William White. Her eye-opening piece is the basis for a new documentary, THIRST TRAP, out on Paramount+ today. Here's the trailer:
not smart enough for twitter, not unhinged enough for bluesky, not hot enough for threads
July 7, 2023 at 1:14 PM
not smart enough for twitter, not unhinged enough for bluesky, not hot enough for threads
i wrote about reborn doll mommy vloggers and their fake silicone babies and honestly you should “read” this just for the pictures
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a44094061/reborn-doll-baby/
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a44094061/reborn-doll-baby/
The Doll Mommies Are Fighting
Is breastfeeding really best…for a small silicone dummy? Do make-believe babies deserve real diapers? Are medical ethics applicable to inanimate figurines? Inside the extremely niche (yet surprising...
www.cosmopolitan.com
July 6, 2023 at 4:57 PM
i wrote about reborn doll mommy vloggers and their fake silicone babies and honestly you should “read” this just for the pictures
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a44094061/reborn-doll-baby/
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a44094061/reborn-doll-baby/
how I feel every time i send a bluesky post into the void
July 3, 2023 at 6:11 PM
how I feel every time i send a bluesky post into the void
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i like this app, but wish it could be more dedicated to enjoying posts from my favorite actor, Jeremy Renner, and celebrating his achievements every Rennsday with sweepstakes and exclusive Renner content
July 3, 2023 at 2:52 PM
i like this app, but wish it could be more dedicated to enjoying posts from my favorite actor, Jeremy Renner, and celebrating his achievements every Rennsday with sweepstakes and exclusive Renner content
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I’m worried that my freelance writing career is going to collapse without Twitter so if you’re an editor looking for writers/pitches, let me know 😭
July 2, 2023 at 2:00 PM
I’m worried that my freelance writing career is going to collapse without Twitter so if you’re an editor looking for writers/pitches, let me know 😭
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The internet would be way more fun if we didn’t have to use it to make money under capitalism
July 1, 2023 at 11:09 PM
The internet would be way more fun if we didn’t have to use it to make money under capitalism
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TIRED: Killing your service’s third-party apps
WIRED: Killing your service’s first-party apps
WIRED: Killing your service’s first-party apps
July 1, 2023 at 10:10 PM
TIRED: Killing your service’s third-party apps
WIRED: Killing your service’s first-party apps
WIRED: Killing your service’s first-party apps
guys i haven’t been paying attention are we supposed to be skeeting for fun or professional gain??
June 28, 2023 at 5:45 PM
guys i haven’t been paying attention are we supposed to be skeeting for fun or professional gain??
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Wish more media companies thought like this.
“This is our little business—we just need to have these margins, pay our employees, and that’s it." https://www.cjr.org/analysis/defector-last-good-website.php
“This is our little business—we just need to have these margins, pay our employees, and that’s it." https://www.cjr.org/analysis/defector-last-good-website.php
May 30, 2023 at 2:49 PM
Wish more media companies thought like this.
“This is our little business—we just need to have these margins, pay our employees, and that’s it." https://www.cjr.org/analysis/defector-last-good-website.php
“This is our little business—we just need to have these margins, pay our employees, and that’s it." https://www.cjr.org/analysis/defector-last-good-website.php
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Internal TikTok docs show employees have been sharing private user data — from driver's licenses to locations — in Lark, a workplace collab tool accessed by China-based workers of parent co Bytedance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/technology/inside-how-tiktok-shares-user-data-lark.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/technology/inside-how-tiktok-shares-user-data-lark.html
Driver’s Licenses, Addresses, Photos: Inside How TikTok Shares User Data
Employees of the Chinese-owned video app have regularly posted user information on a messaging and collaboration tool called Lark, according to internal documents.
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2023 at 3:31 PM
Internal TikTok docs show employees have been sharing private user data — from driver's licenses to locations — in Lark, a workplace collab tool accessed by China-based workers of parent co Bytedance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/technology/inside-how-tiktok-shares-user-data-lark.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/technology/inside-how-tiktok-shares-user-data-lark.html
what an excellent omen for the week ahead, thank u satan
May 22, 2023 at 12:34 PM
what an excellent omen for the week ahead, thank u satan
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The real Twitter alternative is a sea of largely identical almost-Twitters
May 19, 2023 at 5:41 PM
The real Twitter alternative is a sea of largely identical almost-Twitters
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The higher you climb up the corporate ladder at Apple, the whiter it gets, data shows. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/18/apple-still-has-a-diversity-problem/
techcrunch.com
May 18, 2023 at 4:18 PM
The higher you climb up the corporate ladder at Apple, the whiter it gets, data shows. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/18/apple-still-has-a-diversity-problem/
there are multiple forms ?!?!
May 18, 2023 at 4:17 PM
there are multiple forms ?!?!
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For the last year, I have been trying to make sense of what happened to Joe Francis and Girls Gone Wild. Last fall, I flew to his compound in Mexico to ask him. Our final banger for BuzzFeed News, now hosted by our pals at HuffPost: https://t.co/3J8wRmWfK5
Girls Gone Wild Changed The World Forever. Joe Francis Is Finally Ready To Talk About It.
Joe Francis' porn empire was everywhere in the 2000s. How did it all fall apart?
t.co
May 18, 2023 at 3:11 PM
For the last year, I have been trying to make sense of what happened to Joe Francis and Girls Gone Wild. Last fall, I flew to his compound in Mexico to ask him. Our final banger for BuzzFeed News, now hosted by our pals at HuffPost: https://t.co/3J8wRmWfK5
I think I have bluesky anxiety guys. almost like i’ve started at a new school and I don’t want to weird anyone out so now my brain goes smooth and empty whenever I try to skeet
May 17, 2023 at 6:42 PM
I think I have bluesky anxiety guys. almost like i’ve started at a new school and I don’t want to weird anyone out so now my brain goes smooth and empty whenever I try to skeet
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I bought groceries with an AI this morning and had a realization about AI: It's basically a large-scale acknowledgement that no one really cares about anything anymore.
https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-ai-demands-more-habanero-salsa
https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-ai-demands-more-habanero-salsa
May 17, 2023 at 6:09 PM
I bought groceries with an AI this morning and had a realization about AI: It's basically a large-scale acknowledgement that no one really cares about anything anymore.
https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-ai-demands-more-habanero-salsa
https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-ai-demands-more-habanero-salsa
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Maybe finding “viable business models” isn’t actually the problem we need to solve.
https://www.todayintabs.com/p/tumblr-battlegrounds
https://www.todayintabs.com/p/tumblr-battlegrounds
Tumblr: BATTLEGROUNDS
How do you do, fellow news consumers.
www.todayintabs.com
May 16, 2023 at 9:30 PM
Maybe finding “viable business models” isn’t actually the problem we need to solve.
https://www.todayintabs.com/p/tumblr-battlegrounds
https://www.todayintabs.com/p/tumblr-battlegrounds
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Good story about all of us moving into Bluesky https://wapo.st/3nimSQa
May 2, 2023 at 7:28 PM
Good story about all of us moving into Bluesky https://wapo.st/3nimSQa
do I have to think new bluesky thoughts or can I just repost my tweets bc honestly im too lazy for the first option (also hi!)
May 16, 2023 at 2:55 PM
do I have to think new bluesky thoughts or can I just repost my tweets bc honestly im too lazy for the first option (also hi!)