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The Wildezine

The student news site of Sandy Spring Friends School

The Wildezine

The student news site of Sandy Spring Friends School

The Wildezine

Seeing the light in the 2024 seniors

Seeing the light in the 2024 seniors

Isabella Dumenigo, Editor June 7, 2024

The class of 2024 was forced to transition quickly into high school due to the loss of a traditional freshman year. Spending half of our first year hybrid significantly disadvantaged the connections and...

Musical Review: Monty Python's Spamalot and Back to the Future the Musical

Musical Review: Monty Python’s Spamalot and Back to the Future the Musical

Ella Clark, Staff Writer May 31, 2024

During mid-winter break, my family took a trip to New York City, which included going to see two Broadway musicals: “Spamalot” and “Back to the Future the Musical.”   “Monty Python’s...

Politicized Pop Culture: Is It Okay?

Politicized Pop Culture: Is It Okay?

Steve(Minhyeok) Kim, Staff Writer April 20, 2024

America is currently experiencing political conflict that manifests through cultural arts. With escalating political tensions, there has been a phenomenon where individuals consume art that is associated...

SOS Album Ranking

SOS Album Ranking

Isabella Dumenigo, Editor April 11, 2024

On December 9th 2022, Sza ended her four year album drought when she released her long awaited and critically acclaimed album SOS. Ctrl, Sza’s debut album, took listeners on a lyrical journey through...

“Girl Math”: a harmless trend turned sexist

“Girl Math”: a harmless trend turned sexist

Lilly Kaufmann, Editor April 11, 2024

First off, what is “girl math”? Originally, “girl math” started off as a trend women used to satirically justify their impractical purchases. It was a lighthearted trend until men managed to take...

After the revolution: The modern Left’s misogyny problem

After the revolution: The modern Left’s misogyny problem

Ella Gilbert, Lead & Features Editor April 8, 2024

Second-wave feminism emerged from the political Left, from radical progressives who criticized tradition and sought a reorganization of society that ensured freedom, justice, and equality for all. But...

Mainstream feminism has lost the plot (and the characters)

Mainstream feminism has lost the plot (and the characters)

Ella Gilbert, Lead & Features Editor December 19, 2023

Mainstream feminism lost the plot the moment it conformed to neoliberalism and postfeminism to embrace individual choice. Though neoliberal feminism neglects the historical feminist struggle for economic...

Original Photo By Simeon Smith

The resurgence of vintage aesthetics: A commercial and psychological perspective

Sam Deichman-Caswell, Staff Writer December 16, 2023

Old is the new new. It is no secret that the vintage aesthetics of the past have continued to seep into our culture today. Thrifting and vintage shopping have taken on a new life, vinyl has seen exponential...

Why Skylar White is overlooked

Why Skylar White is overlooked

Lahna Song, Writer December 15, 2023

A recurring motif in film is the misogynistic portrayal of female characters. Many female characters are notorious for playing into the stereotypical, obnoxious roles that are presented to them by directors....

Challenges with mental health content on TikTok

Challenges with mental health content on TikTok

Ella Gincherman, Staff Writer/Editor June 1, 2023

Recently my mom confessed to me that “if social media had been around when I was teenager, I don’t know how my mental health would have survived it,”. Being a teenager is an arguably tumultuous time,...

If ChatGPT is the future of our society should students be taught how to use it?

If ChatGPT is the future of our society should students be taught how to use it?

Lilly Kaufmann, Staff Writer May 25, 2023

Recently there has been a debate about if ChatGPT–an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and released in November 2022– should be permitted in schools. As with any new technological...

Crumbl Cookies: World’s best chocolate chip cookie?

Crumbl Cookies: World’s best chocolate chip cookie?

Ella Gilbert, Staff Writer April 6, 2023

What’s the best chocolate chip cookie recipe? Maybe there isn’t just one - maybe several recipes earn such a title. Since Ruth Whitfield inspired the original Nestlé Toll House chocolate chip cookie...

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