Book pledged: the secret lives of sororities

[James]

I thought we might be able to dicuss it a little more rationally over here. Especially for people that may have done something novel, like read it.

A general conclusion: I think she did a pretty good job. She isn't overtly hostile nor is she super friendly towards the greek system.

I think some of her inexperience in life is reflected in her writings and value judgements, but thats normal. This is definitely not like the Sorority version of the Satanic Verses as some GC people have made it out to be.

In fact, most of the book is value neutral and brings up some good issues.

Some talk points:

1. I think she may have a skewed idea of Greek Life because most of her experience was at a big southern school.

2. I think some of her world view colors her perception of Greek LIfe.

For example, she doesn't seem to be comfortable with girlie-girl culture, so when she sees it she despises it a bit.

She seems very Politically Correct. Almost as PC as I would expect a college administrator to be, at least on the surface. IT makes her come across somewhat naive, almost like some people that have been in academia all their lives and have specific ideas about how the world SHOULD be.

3. She seems to value diversisty for diversities sake. She says it like a buzz word. Again like an academic.

There are other things we can discuss also I am sure.