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Originally Posted by jennie3576
i've just started reading the book, and i've gotten to October so far. the thing that bothers me most about everything in the book is the fact that they way she writes it, it seems like the things that happen (like pre-gaming) only happen with Greeks. What? Non-Greeks don't pregame? Non-Greeks don't strive to be thin and perfect and have the perfect girlfriends? Non-Greeks don't sneak boys/girls into their dorms/apartments, etc.? It really makes me angry. And the fact that parents think these are accurate descriptions is even worse.
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Goes back to the fact that the girl isn't a journalist...she's an opportunist. I'm not buying that she had this burning passion to find out about greek life for the good of the world...she sat down and found something likely to give her sensational stories that she could mass market and viola. I'd give it to her for being a good money maker if she didn't try to act like this is a serious piece of work.
Here's the thing...I have no doubt the stuff she writes about goes on. But I do know that honest to effin' god I've never seen massive eating disorders (and this is going for all five NPCs and the three NPHCs), there is no drug room, no one gets hazed, and being a slut isn't glorified by anyone, much less the girls. A real journalist would have done the actual research. This isn't the only campus that's so calm...I know mass vomiting and whoring out make interesting stories, but it doesn't represent the whole. Fact. And I am TIRED of defending the greeks here because she chose NOT to balance herself (because inserting the random sentence saying "Well not EVERYONE does this" does not equal balance).
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