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...