Researching something else, I came across this video.
I think it's a great discussion and I'm curious as to what folks here think about it.
It's a little under 24 minutes.
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Glamorizing White Femininity: Rush Culture and the Price of Assimilation | BAMA RUSH TIKTOK, DECODED
Amanda Bennett, PH.D. Candidate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgoRrj8DrJw
Content warning: sexual violence, rape culture, racism, Confederacy.
Bama Rush TikTok has been explained, and explained, and explained, in major publications like The New York Time and the Vox. But is there more to the trend beyond our fascination with sorority women engaging in the rush process at the University of Alabama? Amanda Bennett and Anastasia Kārkliņa Gabriel unpack Greek rush culture, the recent Bama Rush trend on TikTok; and how predominantly white sororities in the U.S. South promote assimilation into whiteness though the performance of white femininity that is erected upon white patriarchal ideals, which structurally excludes women with marginalized identities as well as non-binary and trans people or force them to assimilate into whiteness.
Interesting disscussion regarding 'Bama Rush tiktok
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