The summer Olympics takes place once every four years, providing an opportunity for the best athletes to come together from all over the world to compete for a common goal. Not only does the Olympics promote camaraderie among athletes, but also for the spectators. Some people might have already forgotten about the games, because they…
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2024 Water Bottle and Artist Trends
Two trends that were prevalent throughout the 2024 year were that of water bottles and musicians. Water bottles like Stanley Cups, Hydroflasks, and Owalas were all extremely common, as the craze for Stanley cups began to decline in response to the rise of Owalas. One student was quoted saying,” I like my Hydroflask because they’re…
Pivot to Video: How Big Techs Altered Journalistic Outlets and Consumer Behavior
An increased interdependence on social media as a medium for the diffusion of information aligned with an accelerated pace of technological advancements has led to a crisis in communication and the monopolization of the means for self-expression. Throughout the course of the previous decade, the rise of social media platforms and the subsequent formation of…
2024 Trends: The Blockblast Takeover
Trends tend to follow a pattern of quickly rising to popularity, and then falling off just as fast after a certain amount of time. Mobile games also seem to follow this process, and rely on the shortened attention spans of its users, and the constant need to fulfill boredom. Block Blast is the current fixation…
Trends of 2024: The use of “Knee Surgery” and “Thanking Beyoncé”
Social media in 2024 is bursting with fresh slang, and students at Avonworth are diving headfirst into the chaos. From quirky gratitude expressions like “Thanking Beyoncé” to surreal phrases like “The Grinch knee surgery,” this year’s lingo is as creative as it is confusing. These phrases are not only reshaping the way students talk but…
2024 Trends: Categorizing Styles – Sporty, Coastal Grandmother, Clean Girl, and More
In 2024, the categorization of styles has been a consistent theme in fashion. There are specific categories and subcategories of styles, which can go as broad as “sporty” to as niche as “coastal grandmother.” Sometimes, these categories can overflow into different parts of people’s lives, for example, following a “clean girl morning routine” or having…
2024 Trends: Summer Olympics In France? It was Marchand, Everywhere
Around the globe, 2024 was a year of Olympic games in Paris… but at the beginning, many in France were not convinced at all by the games in Paris. Then, someone changed everyone’s mind. The 28 of July 2, days after the beginning of the games, France discovered a young swimmer who won the first…
2024: Spotify Wrapped
Towards the end of 2024, Spotify Wrapped became a huge part of many people’s lives online. It was the most anticipated event at the end of this year and Spotify users made predictions for their top artists and top songs. It seemed that almost every day TikTok users were posting that their Wrapped would be…
How rotted were the brains of the AHS students in 2024?
Recent headlines show that “brainrot” has been selected as the 2024 Word of the Year by the Oxford English Dictionary. “Brainrot” describes the feeling that people many experience as a result of consuming social media trends. So many trends, some with a clear meaning and some without, emerged this year and have become a part…
2024 Trends Story: Uggs and Slick-Back Hair
As we approach the end of 2024, it’s common to reflect on the past year and observe the changes and trends with in the past 12 months. One of the biggest trends in fall 2024 has been the reappearance of wearing Uggs and the popularity of slick-back hairstyles for girls. Ugg tasmans were very popular…