Behind the Scenes: Gunn Instagram Accounts

For around five years, the Gunn Style Watch account featured students and their outfits. After previous owner alumna Anna Toksvig graduated in 2022, she decided to retire the old account, @gunnstylewatch. This year, senior Fae Crane created a similar account, @gunnstylewatchrev, for the next generation of students. She decided to create the new account due to her interest in fashion. “I enjoy finding...

@gunnburrito is a newer account that started in April of 2022 by seniors Anya Lin and Kai Porter. The idea came about after a friend suggested that Lin take an inflatable burrito to Prom as her date. From there, Lin and Porter decided to personify the burrito as a Gunn student and, naturally, create an Instagram account for it. The burrito attends many Gunn events, such as Homecoming Week, football...

One Gunn account that has been around for more than a decade is @gunn6thman. The account is meant to highlight the importance of the student section at games. Basketball games feature five players on each team, and the “6th man” cheers on the team before leaving the bench and entering the game. This account was created by the Student Executive Council for the sports commissioner to run as a way...