Julie Ha

jha28@binghamton.edu

10 Articles


Columns

Depictions of drug addiction ignore systemic causes

One of my responsibilities as an older sister is the drug talk. While I’ve taken it upon myself to pass down a voice of reason, there is a noticeable discrepancy in my...


Opinions

Gender performativity should be unlearned

Recently, I watched a commentary video on YouTube uploaded by Mina Le, titled “explaining the hyperfemininity aesthetic,” in which she delves into the history and expansion of Barbie-core and bimbo-core across race,...


Housing Issue 2022

Broome County's housing and education crises are intertwined

The college town crisis, a far too well-known tale of concentrated supply and consistent demand for off-campus housing, is notoriously vigorous in disturbing surrounding neighborhoods and transforming them into university villages. Broome...


Columns

Playlists co-opt artists’ creative visions

The playlist versus album debate has been a topic of discussion on online blogs and music forums since the digitization of music and the rise of music streaming platforms. Meanwhile, many fear...


Columns

Legalizing marijuana is not a fix-all solution

On April 1, 2022, the House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act with a vote of 220 to 204. The act would federally legalize marijuana by decriminalizing...


Columns

Mental health diagnostic processes are racially exclusive

The ability to categorize the state of your mental health into a single word or a few — to say “I am” or “I have” this diagnosis — holds a level of...


Columns

Riot Grrrl is not a radical movement

Riot Grrrl was a deeply personal, yet political, punk subgenre and counterculture that emerged in Washington, D.C. in 1991 to protest what many women judged as a patriarchal and shamelessly impudent punk...


Columns

Judicial systems must condemn white vigilantes like Rittenhouse

In August 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse, who was 17 years old at the time, joined counter-protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin at a Black Lives Matter protest against police brutality. Days before, a Black resident,...


Columns

Policing cannot solve anti-Asian hate crimes

During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, hate crimes against Asian Americans — particularly East Asian Americans — rose by 73 percent. The onslaught of anti-Asian sentiment highlighted by the...


Columns

The First Step Act does not sufficiently rectify the war on drugs

Under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, consequences for offenses regarding crack cocaine and powder cocaine were legally distinguished, setting a mandatory minimum sentence for the former. For every 100 grams of...