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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

Ella Gilbert

Ella Gilbert, Lead & Features Editor

My name is Ella Gilbert and I am thrilled to serve as ‘23-‘24 lead and features editor in my third and final year writing for the Wildezine. I’m eager to continue using journalism to express my passions for social justice, history, and the culinary arts through interpretative features and food columns. Outside of the newspaper, my interests include baking, digital media arts, and musicals.

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“Growing together”: The metamorphosis of theater at SSFS

“Growing together”: The metamorphosis of theater at SSFS

Ella Gilbert, Lead & Features Editor
June 11, 2024

This April, as I watched Metamorphoses, SSFS’s first fully-staged Community Play since 2020, I reflected on the tradition’s legacy and reminisced on past productions. How is such a timeless and time-honored...

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...

Where to find the best ice cream (and other frozen treats) this summer

Where to find the best ice cream (and other frozen treats) this summer

Ella Gilbert, Staff Writer
June 12, 2023

1. Carmen's Italian Ice With two stores located in Olney and Rockville, Maryland, Carmen’s Italian Ice offers an expansive menu and flavor selection of homemade Italian ice, frozen custard, gelati,...

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...

Women’s colleges are vanishing. It’s a problem.

Women’s colleges are vanishing. It’s a problem.

Ella Gilbert, Staff Writer
November 10, 2022

On September 13, 2022, Notre Dame of Maryland University announced its decision to become co-educational in 2023. Maryland’s sole women’s institution since Hood College began enrolling men nearly twenty...

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