Book pledged: the secret lives of sororities

[ISUKappa]

If it were being sold strictly as fiction? I think I'd probably like it a lot more than I do. It is an entertaining read. You already know I have issues with her information gathering techniques and sources, which seriously question her creditability.

I wonder if she really has good close girlfriends. The kind that you talk about boobs and sex and boys and periods with. I got the feeling through the book and through subsequent interviews, that this was her first experience with that kind of girl talk and friendship. And I think she secretly enjoyed finding that kind of female bond but didn't want to admit it because it goes against every academic bone in her body. Without first having and understanding those types of female friendships, I can see where she can be somewhat negative about sorority life because much of it does center around those types of friendships.

I think almost everyone who reads the book can find some part of it they relate to because so much of it is about college life in general, though she tries to equate it strictly to sorority life.

I think James makes some very good points. (damn, I didn't just admit that out loud, did I?)

There is speculation that it wasn't at a strictly Southern school, but at a large Midwestern school which is similar to Southern Greek Life. I can believe this as the chapter, event and lifestyle descriptions match up better at this school than they would at say Bama or Ole Miss.