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She isn't a journalist. She's an opportunist. The book was not intellectual...it was a money maker. She knew that. That's why I wasn't impressed. I would LOVE to see a real, true account of sororities at large schools...they're a whole different world to me. I'm actually writing a paper on the crap...
She consistently uses blanket statements like "all sororities do this", when that's never going to be true, and especially not of all chapters. She also offers "solutions" to our heinous crimes in the end of the book, but if she had done her research she would know how impractical they are. They are instantly obviously the solutions of a non-Greek...and not one who has done actual research.
It just sucks that so many people now believe that's all that sororities are. What she did not make ANY effort to do was talk to women who love their sororities and the sisterhood...because of course those women are way to wary to talk. Those that are unhappy or aren't so gungho will share. I've had girls go through rush and ask questions based on reading that book...it is very irritating. Honestly, I don't know how realistic the portrayal is in regards to large sororities because I've only seen them from the outside. But I know that it's just not the same with a smaller group of women, and I hate to constantly have to defend our system to PNMs. I think it says a lot that I can easily argue the veractiy of much in the book and I've done no research at all.
The movie will be just another money making opportunity as well. Sabrina will be portrayed as nothing but the token, even though not everyone viewed her that way. Amy will be a dumb, desperate, depressed girl. Vicki will be a drugged up slut and so will Caitlin. And all they'll focus on is constant drinking and constant sex.
Hey, it sells. It's much more interesting than the truth.
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