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I have to rant about this just because it came up.
Yes, MTV's "Sorority Life" showed an incomplete and often warped view of sorority life . . . but if there is one positive contribution it has made to the general public's perception of sorority women, it is that not all of us are blonde, beautiful and thin. I know plenty of women who were surprised to see the SAEPi sisters during first season because they assumed all of us were the blonde bimbos pictured in most Hollywood representations of sororities. And yes, there were a couple of pretty pledges on season one (Candace, Jordan) that verged on the stereotypical side -- but there were many more who were the exact opposite of the stereotype, and none of the SAEPi sisters promoted the stereotypical look at all.
The second season had some skinny blondes like Talia and Amy and Brooke, but they also had some overweight girls and some girls that were far from beautiful.
Yes, SL shows aspects of Greek life that many of us feel are untrue to our own experiences -- hazing, excessive partying, whatever -- but the blonde-haired bubblehead stereotype is not one of them.
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