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I watched the video, too. And while some of the information she discussed was incorrect (southern mothers forcing their child to attend college freshman year in the cold wintry north just to pledge THE sorority, and then coming back to the deep south to get instant acceptance into THE sorority's deep south chapter), I felt like she was trying really hard not to bash the Greek system. I know 90% of you will disagree with me. I have not read the book yet, and I don't like the fact that she uses so many anonymous sources b/c it hurts her credibility, but I DO believe this is a good time to pat ourselves on the back for all the good things we're doing, and to take this time to look though our chapters at some traditions we are perpetuating that are not in alignment with the goals of our parent organizations.
I also feel that she was off-base in saying in the bit of the book's excerpt that the nationals were hiding something by refusing to grant interview. I think the nationals were trying to avoid unpleasant scandalous slants, as journalists have no interest in reporting on the "softer side" of sorority life. Soft doesn't sell papers, nor move books. I also do find it hard to believe that she was able to find 4 women so easily who kept their mouths shut about what she was doing, and wonder about those "rejects" who didn't want to cooperate-- wouldn't they have told someone? Again, I find it hard to believe that this book chronicles just 4 women at one university in one year. Yes, a lot happens in a year, but for 3 out of the 4 to be date raped sounds like a very strange set of circumstances.
I think most pageant consultants would be rush consultants? And I am sure in the south it is more word-of-mouth, and I doubt those consultants make this a full time job!
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