Picks and Icks

Editor-in-Chief

— 1999 cult favorite film 10 Things I Hate About You

— Lychee martinis at Verlaine on Rivington

— Movie theaters with reclining seats and/or table service

Madeleine

— Man Buns: the hairstyle and the phrase

— “The podcast reboot,” a way for the defunct cast members of shows like The Office and New Girl to make even more money without actually having to act again

— Electric Citi Bikes

Managing Editor

— Cowboy hats and boots

— Overalls

— Posterzine Posters

Michaela

— Resorts on tropical islands
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— Men trying to write from the perspective of a woman i.e. Grady Hendrix’s obsession with pubic hair in The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires

— Queerbaiting in Disney movies

Co-executive Editor

— Jeremy O’Harris’ “CORONAVIRUS 🦠 MIXTAPES”

— Middle-aged men wearing simple outfits in NYC coffee shops (see: Yankees cap, tweed overcoat, medium-blue denim, New Balances)—as a New School student who is likely to witness someone in a studded leather boot-pant on a Wednesday at 8:00 a.m., sometimes regularity is soothing

— The Conde Nast Union
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— Brooklyn-based floral designer, Flowers by Ford (@flowersbyford on IG)

Erica

— The New School elevator experience—the infrastructure and the ensuing crowds

— “Metaverse Fashion Week

— The Celebrity Beauty Brand Industrial Complex

Co-executive Editor

— Scrunchies

— “King” by Florence + The Machine

— Intermissions during long movies

Vanessa

— Period-inaccurate historical costume design
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— Dyeing dogs’ hair

— Making reboots for a nostalgia cash-grab

Associate Editor

— Dog walkers in midtown Manhattan

— Culture Pass of the New York Public Library

Yasmin

— Shows glamorizing crime

Associate Editor

— The Poetry Project: a crucial venue for experimental poetry for over five decades

— AUX/ARC Triptych: Poppycock and Asphodel (Code-Rose Cleavence): a poetry collection which is, at its heart, a queer ode to Arkansas

— Tash Sultana

— The New School’s Mascot Gnarls
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— Heath Ledger

— Aquamarine (2006 Movie)

Quinn

— The United States Constitution

— Jack Harlow

— Dexter, Bones, Law & Order SVU, but really all crime dramas

— Portrayals of The Joker after Heath Ledger’s death