Kathryn Lee
klee216@binghamton.edu
7 Articles
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Congressional attitudes toward TikTok are hypocritical
Last month’s grueling five-hour Congressional hearing with TikTok chief financial officer Shou Chew laid bare two crucial issues. One, Congress remains unconcerned with managing Big Tech unless the corporation in question is...
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Anti-homeless architecture perpetuates stereotypes
Midtown Manhattan’s new Moynihan Train Hall features gleaming chrome accents, a glitzy Starbucks and a stand filled with fresh flowers. Despite all of these enticements, one distinct quality remains — the awkward...
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'Dupe' trend contributes to makeup overconsumption
The recent “dupe” trend, in which TikTok users compare high-end products to similar drugstore products, has taken over the platform. Just about everything has been “duped” — basic white socks, perfumes and...
Opinions
The walkability of college campuses should be mirrored in U.S. cities
The nostalgia that many Americans have for their college years can be tied to the walkability of college campuses. Compared to most towns and cities in the United States, college campuses are...
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BookTok's "trope-ification" of literature is problematic
Over the course of just three years, BookTok has grown from simple book recommendation videos to skits involving fictional characters and authors releasing preorder deals. As of January 2022, there were 35.8...
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Female audiences empathize with angry female characters
Female rage in media has existed for millennia. The eponymous protagonist of Euripides’ play, “Medea,” for instance, murders her lothario husband and their children in an act of revenge. Other female characters,...
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Food apartheid addresses the intersection of race and class with food insecurity
Food insecurity is one of America’s most insidious problems. In one of the richest nations in the world, one in 10 people live in food-insecure households . But these households are not...