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Becca Rothfeld

Becca Rothfeld is assistant literary editor of The New Republic and a contributor to The Los Angeles Review of Books, The New York Daily News’ literary blog, The Baffler, and Slate, among other publications. She and her inconveniently heavy book collection are currently based in Washington, D.C.

Posted inIn Brief

Which Artist Will Grace the UK’s New £20 Bill?

by Becca Rothfeld May 22, 2015May 22, 2015

The Bank of England has announced that a visual artist will grace the new £20 bill.

Posted inOpinion

Sunday Night’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Episode Doesn’t Endorse Rape

by Becca Rothfeld May 20, 2015May 20, 2015

I think that there is ample justification for the disturbing scene in “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.”

Posted inOpinion

Do Academic Articles Need Wide Audiences?

by Becca Rothfeld May 19, 2015May 20, 2015

The cultural push towards artifacts with obvious, immediate utility is symptomatic of a culture that fails to place sufficient value on humanistic or artistic pursuits, many of which don’t have tangible or quantifiable benefits.

Posted inIn Brief

A Website Translates Words into Drum Beats

by Becca Rothfeld May 13, 2015May 13, 2015

Have you ever wondered what your name, or the words “Anna Karenina,” would sound like as a sequence of beats?

Posted inArt

What Was Art of the 1990s All About?

by Becca Rothfeld May 12, 2015May 15, 2015

MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY — To devote a show to an era is to delimit the era in question, carving it off from surrounding epochs and ascribing some measure of thematic or aesthetic continuity to it.

Posted inIn Brief

Study Reveals Electrically Stimulating the Brain Can Enhance Creativity

by Becca Rothfeld May 12, 2015May 12, 2015

A recent study conducted by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reveals that it is possible to enhance creativity by zapping certain regions of the brain with electrical currents.

Posted inIn Brief

Apple Watches Won’t Work on Tattooed Wrists

by Becca Rothfeld May 11, 2015May 14, 2015

The new Apple Watch is the pinnacle of technological achievement.

Posted inArt

‘Black Mirror’ Punishes and Rewards Passive Viewing

by Becca Rothfeld May 11, 2015May 11, 2015

The show is a patchwork of guilt and fascination: even as it prompts us to renounce the passivity of watching, its success as a television series requires our complicity.

Posted inIn Brief

Before Tinder, There Were Escort Cards

by Becca Rothfeld May 7, 2015

In the 1800s, long before swiping right, there were escort cards: paper cards that men presented to women as an indication of their interest.

Posted inArt

Are Emojis a Language?

by Becca Rothfeld May 6, 2015May 6, 2015

Do emoji, which comprise so much of our textual communication, really constitute a language?

Posted inOpinion

What the Cult of Knausgaard Tells Us About Critical Bias

by Becca Rothfeld April 28, 2015April 29, 2015

The privilege of writing about oneself — of passing one’s vanity off as profundity — is reserved almost exclusively for male authors.

Posted inOpinion

Six Authors Withdraw from PEN Gala in Protest of ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Honor

by Becca Rothfeld April 28, 2015May 1, 2015

Celebrated writers Teju Cole, Rachel Kushner, Taiye Selasi, Peter Carey, Michael Ondaatje, and Francine Prose have withdrawn from this year’s annual PEN American Center gala, citing discomfort with the organization’s plan to honor French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

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