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The SPOKE

The fad diet craze needs to stop
The fad diet craze needs to stop
Nishta Subramanian, Staff Reporter • October 3, 2025

Lately, it may feel like everywhere you look, there is a new fad diet, and everything that you eat has to be “protein packed” and fermented so that it is “gut healthy.” According to a 2025 study by Andres D. Parga and Hannah Coven, “approximately...

Review: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ is as ‘Golden’ as everyone says
Review: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ is as ‘Golden’ as everyone says
Saktisri Gowrishankar, Multimedia Editor • October 3, 2025

“KPop Demon Hunters,” a Sony Pictures Animation film directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, took the world by storm after its Netflix...

Our 2025-26 Spoke Policy
Our 2025-26 Spoke Policy
October 3, 2025

Each school year, The Spoke Editorial Board presents the policy that will guide the paper’s direction. We hope to be as transparent as possible...

Jeff’s Gist: My (subtle) beef with the BYOD ban
Jeff’s Gist: My (subtle) beef with the BYOD ban
Jeffrey Heng, Co-Managing Editor and Columnist • October 3, 2025

Just when I was about to take my Econ quiz, I stared blankly at my screen as it dimmed black, even though it was 23% charged. And in just one...

The performative male: When feminism becomes a shallow trend
The performative male: When feminism becomes a shallow trend
Audrey Kim, Co-Opinion Editor • October 3, 2025

If you’ve scrolled on social media recently, you’ve seen him. This time, he’s not flexing muscles at the gym or going on and on about stocks....

Jeff’s Gist: I hate men
Jeff’s Gist: I hate men
Jeffrey Heng, Co-Managing Editor and Columnist • June 2, 2025

That title is a lie. Sort of. When I first moved to this district in eighth grade, I made a friend during my first week, and she was already...

From the editors: Here’s to 75 years
From the editors: Here’s to 75 years
Lily Chen and Rowan Chetty June 2, 2025

Dear readers, As this school year draws to a close, we celebrate an incredible milestone: 75 years of The Spoke. Since 1949, this paper has...

The messy side of the clean girl aesthetic
The messy side of the clean girl aesthetic
Ashley Wang, Staff Reporter • June 2, 2025

“I’m going to stop eating now,” one person commented under a TikTok of a clean girl influencer showing her outfit. Despite this probably...

Hit backspace on the Ghibli AI art trend
Hit backspace on the Ghibli AI art trend
Tvisha Jani, Co-Copy Editor • June 2, 2025

In the midst of an endless doom scroll, you come across the expected — cat videos, crazy challenges and the occasional brain rot. Suddenly,...