Shan and I were just talking about this book earlier today. TP I have to agree with you, I haven't started the book, but with all the I've heard most of it sounds like complete BS. Plus, I think it is RETARDED that she "blames" sorority life for girls having an eating disorder, or being promiscuois (sp), or drinking, doing drugs, etc.. Those things are just part of college in general. I will have more opinions once I read the book.
OMG I just started reading the book, I'm on page 2 and I'm already offended. What the hell? Okay, now according to this chick I was from the "popular group" in high school and that I am "cooler, prettier and wealthier". Is this woman completely and utterly smoking crack? Seriously. I was in NO WAY popular in high school. I was semi-popular, had lots of friends but I wasn't the cheerleader (although I wanted to be) and they were the "popular" ones. I come from a middle class family. I didn't and don't have things handed to me on a silver platter. I got a job as soon as I turn sixteen. And as for my looks, I don't think I'm all that pretty (although friends would disagree), I just have never thought of myself as pretty.
So right off the bat this woman is going to be dissing us because this is her "perception" of sororities.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you are doing an "expose" shouldn't you, oh let me think, be a bit unbiased. And most importantly not use your biases on the actual "reporting of the facts". Already I can tell that she probably used her biases of us as her way of "reporting the facts".
I still can't believe I'm already disgusted and I'm only on the second page.
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