Alexandra Robbins and Pledged is Back

[Nanners52674]

Ughhhhh, why now?

Several years ago, I went undercover to investigate sororities for my book Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities. The reaction to exposing these popular, opaque groups was immediate and fierce. Some sorority chapters banned or boycotted the book; some members tried to publicly shame me online. But for years afterward, my inbox was flooded with emotional thank-you notes from sisters and alumnae—so I decided to connect with the current generation of sorority women to update Pledged (the reissue comes out this month). And this new investigation uncovered something chilling: The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sorority system does contribute to campus rape culture.

http://www.marieclaire.com/culture/n...exual-assault/

Forgive me if this has been posted I just can't go through all the spam.

[Munchkin03]

She just wrote a book, that also came with a Marie Claire article, about nurse-on-nurse bullying.

She's still, for better or worse, a go-to when journalists need a sound bite on Greek life--so we'll be hearing from her for a while!

Wait, why are they reissuing Pledged?

[Nanners52674]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

She just wrote a book, that also came with a Marie Claire article, about nurse-on-nurse bullying.

She's still, for better or worse, a go-to when journalists need a sound bite on Greek life--so we'll be hearing from her for a while!

Wait, why are they reissuing Pledged?

I guess because she's "updated" it with this new "info" .

[IndianaSigKap]

As someone with a journalism degree, she is what is wrong with journalism today. She is all about the shock value. I seriously doubt her integrity as far as sources are concerned, she uses pseudonyms and composite characters. I put her "journalism" about on the same level as the "journalism" in Rolling Stone and the Greek sexual assault story from awhile back.

[Nanners52674]

I'm 99% sure she talks about how so many sorority girls are bulimic that the pipes in the house rusted from the purging.

A 6th grader with snopes could figure out that's complete bullshit.

She's not a journalist. A crappy fiction author at best.

[KillarneyRose]

I have a journalism degree and the thought that kept going through my mind when I was reading "Pledged" was, "Did anyone actually edit this piece of garbage?"

I wonder if, before the reissue, someone went through the book and changed her reference to the "National Pan Hellenic Conference" to the correct "National Panhellenic Conference"?

[jolene]

Ugh. This woman needs to stop. She hung out with some disgruntled sisters for a few months so she's now an expert? I think anyone in a sorority has gone through a period when they weren't happy. And we're all anorexics or bulimic. Lol my degree is also in journalism and she's an embarrassment.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

As someone with a journalism degree, she is what is wrong with journalism today. She is all about the shock value. I seriously doubt her integrity as far as sources are concerned, she uses pseudonyms and composite characters. I put her "journalism" about on the same level as the "journalism" in Rolling Stone and the Greek sexual assault story from awhile back.

Ditto.

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

I have a journalism degree and the thought that kept going through my mind when I was reading "Pledged" was, "Did anyone actually edit this piece of garbage?"

I thought something similar.