Approving of the Approval Matrix

This week, I wanted to showcase my favorite part of New York Magazine...

The Approval Matrix!

Each week NY Mag plots stories that have made the news (local and global) on their graph, categorizing them as lowbrow despicable, high brow despicable, lowbrow brilliant, and highbrow brilliant. Each blurb is accompanied by a photo.

The Approval Matrix is my favorite part of New York Magazine because it's so entertaining and usually pretty funny. They don't hold back their opinions and it's a great way to discover cool new things.

The Approval Matrix can feature anything from an interesting (and amusing) new fact, like the new wasp named after Lady Gaga in Thailand, to a short quip about something in the news, like Newsweek's Muslim Rage  cover. It also acts as a jumping off point for researching into what's happening. If you're not sure about something they refer to, you could always google it and learn something new or something more about an important issue or debate.

The Matrix takes very little time to read and with every point illustrated with a photo, readers are more likely to actually read the whole thing. There is a new Matrix every Monday as the new issue of the magazine is published.