the approval matrix

Ticktock, TikTok

Photo: New York Magazine

Our guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable. Tap or click each image below to enlarge.

Photo: Getty Images (Noem, colleges, milk, Trump);Fortnight Institute (galleries); PEN America (awards); Blade (blade); Walmart (reseller)
Photo: Getty Images (Strong, fare, Tillmans); PEN America (awards); Arverne East Nature Preserve (Rockaway); Chelcie Parry (Staff); Harper Collins (Hanna); The Overlook Press (Lacroix); Matthew Murphy (McAdams)
Photo: Getty Images (vampire, DeGeneres, Seinfeld, Bronx); Jordan Luca (pee); Panera (hat); TikTok/JoJoSiwa (Siwa); Penny Pound Ice (ice); Drink Champs (Adams); Walt Disney Pictures (Mufasa)
Photo: Getty Images (Rose, Midwest, buses, Boiler, Rock); Flickr/cogdog (lazuli); Mister Softee (jingle); Bravo (Valley); TikTok/@cheeseballman427 (cheeseball)

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