Tim Neff is a PhD student in NYU’s Department of Media, Culture, and Communication. Prior to that, he worked for 20 years as a journalist, both in print and online.
Tim Neff
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Writing on Public Books
Rediscovering Classics: The Essays of Tosaka Jun
Editor’s Note: What follows is the beginning of a new series, “Rediscovering Classics,” that features overlooked or forgotten works of thought and literature that remain relevant and powerful today. I can think of no better starting point for this series than the works of Tosaka Jun (1900–1945), a critical theorist who thought expansively about capitalism, […]
The Dress Has Always Been News
As “the dress” befuddled the Internet’s hive mind, our newsfeeds swelled. Tumblr and Buzzfeed, recognizing the viral power of a garment that appears gold and white to some but blue and black to others, got the freight train rolling. Soon, bastions of journalism such as the New York Times and Washington Post hopped on board. Experts in cognition assured us that […]
