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How Old Do I Look?
How Old Do I Look?
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A new TikTok trend promises that millennials will age about as gracefully as they’ve done everything else.
By Kat Rosenfield
03.26.24 — Culture and Ideas
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How Old Do I Look?

This is a tale of three TikToks—a tragedy for the digital age. It begins with a woman wearing a raspberry-colored sweater, gazing shyly into her front-facing camera. She says, “I’m having a pretty good day today. So I thought, let’s ruin it by guessing my age.” There’s a pause, some nervous laughter. “How old do you think I am?” 

In the next video, she’s…

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Kat Rosenfield
Kat Rosenfield is a culture writer at The Free Press and author of five novels, including the Edgar-nominated No One Will Miss Her. Prior to joining The Free Press, she was a reporter at MTV News and a columnist at UnHerd, where she wrote about American culture and politics. Her work has also appeared in Vulture, Playboy, The Boston Globe, and Reason, among others.
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