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The Voice of Wakefield High School

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The Voice of Wakefield High School

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The Queens Gambit

The Queen’s Gambit

Megan Simrell, Video Editor January 29, 2021

The Queen's Gambit was released on Netflix on October 3rd, 2020. It even managed to reach Netflix's top ten for multiple weeks, placing first several times. There will be spoilers in this review. The show...

Clouds

Clouds

Jordyn Brautman, News Editor January 29, 2021

Based on the book Fly a Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom’s Small Prayer in a Big Way, written by Laura Sobiech, Clouds captures the inspiring story of Zach Sobiech. Zach was diagnosed with osteosarcoma...

The Social Dilemma

The Social Dilemma

Sage Cooley, Co-Editor-in-Chief January 29, 2021

“There are only two industries that call their customers ‘users’: illegal drugs and software” — Edward Tufte, American statistician and guest on “The Social Dilemma”.  A documentary and...

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV show)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV show)

Erin Sockolof, Opinions Editor January 29, 2021

Let’s be real here for a minute. 2020 sucked. I mean seriously. We could barely leave our homes. So what better way to spend your abundance of downtime than binge-watching your favorite television show?...

Avatar TikTok Musical

Avatar TikTok Musical

Megan Simrell, Video Editor January 27, 2021

TikTok has been around since 2016 and year after year new trends have been created because of it, this year musicals were big trends as there were two big ones. Ratatouille and Avatar: the Next Airbender...

As factory masks filled the stores, some people came up with the idea of making their own mask(s) at home.

Handmade Masks

Alexandra James, Graphics Editor January 27, 2021

When quarantine first hit, the government requested that everyone wear a mask when going out, and masks quickly filled and flew off the shelves simultaneously. However, factory masks can be smelly, restricting,...

Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical

Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical

Jordyn Brautman, News Editor January 27, 2021

Created in August, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical began when a song devoted to Remy the Rat (from the Pixar film “Ratatouille”) went viral on the social media app TikTok. Shortly after, musical theatre...

A popular picture used as a profile picture on different social media platforms during the 2020 election.

Gen Z’s Political Activism

Daijah DeForge, Co-Editor-In-Chief January 27, 2021

In 2020, I had so much time on my hands like many other people. In my free time, I turned to social media for entertainment but more specifically TikTok. There are so many different sides of Tiktok, but...

Skincare and self-care (trend)

Skincare and self-care (trend)

Erin Sockolof, Opinions Editor January 27, 2021

During the worldwide pandemic that defined the year, 2020 many people chose to take that time to better themselves. Whether it was washing your face at night or working out --at home-- three times a week,...

Anna Sitar (content creators)

Anna Sitar (content creators)

Jordyn Brautman, News Editor January 26, 2021

 Anna Sitar’s TikTok fame began when her videos about not settling for less than what you want, went viral. She grew up in Marshall, Michigan and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a Master’s in Film...

A very scary illustration of Lazy Masquerades avatar.

Best of 2020: Best Content Creator

Alexandra James, Graphics Editor January 26, 2021

If you’re more into scary stories about the deep web, folklore, true crime, and other stories that will keep you up at night, you may or may not be familiar with a Youtuber called “Lazy Masquerade”,...

UrinatingTree

UrinatingTree

Will Dennis, Staff Writer January 26, 2021

Steve Linkowski, more commonly known as UrinatingTree is a video game and sports critic who came around when The Angry Video Game Nerd was taking off. He made video game reviews under the Fat Mann Judgeth...

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