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Leigh Alexander

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Time Travel on the YouTube Express

Watching old commercials is like watching a sleeping America dream about itself

May 3, 2018

Time Travel on the YouTube Express

May 3, 2018

The Future We Wanted

“Was this what you imagined? I mean, when you were a little girl?”

Apr 20, 2018

The Future We Wanted

Apr 20, 2018

The Soft Truth

An ‘algowave’ short fiction

Mar 16, 2018

The Soft Truth

Mar 16, 2018

The Many Faces of “Distracted Boyfriend”

On stock photography memes and the illusion of reality

Sep 29, 2017

The Many Faces of “Distracted Boyfriend”

Sep 29, 2017

The Unearthing

The Unearthing is a piece of fiction written in 2014 about that year’s public excavation of Atari games that had been infamously buried…

Sep 8, 2017

The Unearthing

Sep 8, 2017

The Underground World of Magical Resistance (on the Internet)

When your lived reality is repeatedly denied, why not believe in a harmless crystal or two?

Jul 18, 2017

The Underground World of Magical Resistance (on the Internet)

Jul 18, 2017

The Slimy, Technicolor World of Satisfying YouTube Videos

“Satisfying videos,” as they’re called, are massive on YouTube, viral colonies of forms and formlessness in rainbow hues.

May 31, 2017

The Slimy, Technicolor World of Satisfying YouTube Videos

May 31, 2017

Published in
Magenta

TFW You Fall Out of Love with “Like”

I’m putting less energy into social media and more into creating physical artifacts from my life. It’s an act of political rebellion and…

Jan 17, 2017

TFW You Fall Out of Love with “Like”

Jan 17, 2017

Published in
The Campo Santo Quarterly Review

The Bride

I am an American woman who has decided to marry an English man. Wow! I’ve got lots to say about this. I mean, I have a lot to say about it…

Jul 13, 2016

The Bride

Jul 13, 2016

Leigh Alexander

Leigh Alexander

13.6K Followers

I write about the intersection of technology, popular culture and the lives we’ve lived inside machines. I’m also a narrative designer! leighalexander1 at gmail

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