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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek (Post 1551138)

She probably wanted to join a sorority herself, and got rejected so because of that her whole thought process has totally been negative about sororities. So what did she do? She said "Hey, I hate sororities so much, I'll make a book out of it, and make money from the customers I hate so dearly."

She went to Yale, where she says she had little if any first-hand experience with sororities. A plausible claim.

Seriously, from what I have seen of it, her book isn't worth much. But completely uninformed statements like "she probably got rejected by sororities herself and wanted to get back at them" aren't worth much either -- all such statements do is perpetuate the stereotype that she's capitalizing on. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek (Post 1551138)

I agree. She probably wanted to join a sorority herself, and got rejected so because of that her whole thought process has totally been negative about sororities. So what did she do? She said "Hey, I hate sororities so much, I'll make a book out of it, and make money from the customers I hate so dearly."

You make a good point, but that could be also considered an assumption.

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Originally Posted by icicle22 (Post 1551232)

You make a good point, but that could be also considered an assumption.

She obviously had enough interest or was curious enough to write a book about them. Maybe she didn't get rejected, who the hell knows, but I don't think I would write a book pertaining to something I knew nothing about unless I was totally interested or curious about the subject matter I was writing about.