from the author of Pledged

Originally posted by IheartMATT806
i loved the book. And for the people who chose not to read it...gently push your pride away...read it before you hate on it.

Yeah well most of us thought you were weird to begin with anyway.

I wonder my stick is? 33, Dani, have you seen it?

[33girl]

Do you know what would be funny? If the women she "interviewed" via email & IM sent their copies to thesmokinggun.com to show the kind of research that was really done on this book. That would be really funny.

[texas*princess]

^^^ yep yep! or maybe we can find robbin's log of everyone's away AIM messages

[decadence]

I think it was a very nice gesture for the author to take some time out to post here. The author of "The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities", Ross C. Lawrence Jr., also posted in the D9 Greek Letter forums in the past. Like Ms. Robbins this didn't mean he was able to stay around and become some long term contributing member; however, it was a nice gesture to try to take the time as an author to communicate to readers.
I am not commenting on differences/similarities between the books (one of which I've purchased, so far), just making the general comment above.

Thank you.

[aphibeach]

hey yall

sorry i didn't read all 10 pages so i apologize if i restate something already said

i read the original post and i have to say that i am furious. this "author" claims that the book is ACCURATE!!!??? i opened up the book while in a bookstore and glanced at random pages and i was disgusted to see the things she wrote in there.....things that do not happen on a lot of campuses. i have a feeling that this author went to campuses she KNEW were TROUBLE....because you know writing a book about sisterhood would be just so damn hard to do (sarcasm).

this is what i ask all of you to do: DON'T BUY THE BOOK! do not give this woman the chance to make a fortune off of something that is completely untrue. she is attacking our greek system across this country and we do not owe her ANYTHING, especially any way of making that book a top seller. tell your chapters, tell your friends......hopefully this woman will learn when she has nothing but a shitty book full of lies and outdated information

[decadence]

Say what you think don't hold back.

[damasa]

Originally posted by IheartMATT806
i loved the book. And for the people who chose not to read it...gently push your pride away...read it before you hate on it.

Most anti-greek people will probably enjoy the book because it only helps to affirm the many stereotypes and the reasons they are anti-greek to begni with.

A few GCers should get together and write a response to this book and break it down point by point....Hell, I'd be willing.

In undergrad, I was a broadcast journalism major. In the second major class I took was Media Writing, the professor said the only way one should use an anonymous source is if they had 3 other credible sources to back up what the anonymous source said. Basically, use the anonymous source as a lead-type source.

Ya'll are good to catch onto the anonymous sources not being very credible. If they wouldn't expose their names, who's not to say the author isn't just writing a fictional story?

Damasa, I'll help ya but let me read it first!

[adpiucf]

I think it would be interesting to break it down point-by-point, but will the general public truly be interested? Think outside the Greek Box at the general interest. The only people who are angered by this book are the Greek Community.

Sometimes being the bigger person means not lowering yourself to other's sub-par standards.

[owlrageous]

It would be interesting if someone could dig up some dirt on Robbin's college career and see why she hates greeks so much. I wonder if she has a drug history? What was she like in college?Hmmmm...

[texas*princess]

Originally posted by ztawinthropgirl
In undergrad, I was a broadcast journalism major. In the second major class I took was Media Writing, the professor said the only way one should use an anonymous source is if they had 3 other credible sources to back up what the anonymous source said. Basically, use the anonymous source as a lead-type source.

Ya'll are good to catch onto the anonymous sources not being very credible. If they wouldn't expose their names, who's not to say the author isn't just writing a fictional story?

Too bad not many of the readers will even have that thought cross their mind.

[Dionysus]

Wow! This rocks! Robbins, can you write a second book about my story? It's not interesting at all, but hey, as long as I get my name out.

Originally posted by Dionysus
Wow! This rocks! Robbins, can you write a second book about my story? It's not interesting at all, but hey, as long as I get my name out.

Paging ZTA headquarters....

[ADPiShannan]

I doubt it would make a difference at all, but I wonder if everyone got people in their sororities or frats to write letters to her expressing their outrage to this book if it would be taken seriously?

My guess is no, but I wish there was some way for the people who know what greek life is like to show her how wrong she truly is. It makes me mad its like she just took all the lies you hear and added 4 names to back her so called story up. I wish she would reveal the school at least.

[adpiucf]

Do you think she's reading these posts and smiling to herself that she's gotten such a buzz from the Greek Chat community about this book?

I think it would be a good idea to read it, and see what she says. This book is bound to make the rounds among sorority PNMs this summer, and we'd be best off reading it and educating ourselves about the questions we might get from a PNM. I would hate to look ignorant in front of a PNM.

Let's not accuse her of yellow journalism until we've gotten OUR facts straight. Our belief is that her research was shoddy. But we're not up to writing a book review until we've read the book.

And let's also take this time to work with our chapters and our advisers to fish through some sorority "traditions" that really don't belong in our houses at all. If anything, let's take these reports of hazing, binge drinking, eating disorders and date rape, and work with our nationals to improve local programming. Maybe hold an all-campus workshop for non-Greek and Greek Women called "Debunking the myth: Today's Collegiate Women."

Let's put a positive spin on this instead of focusing on the Cliff's Notes.

Have I read the book? No. Will I read the book? Possibly. And if and when I do, then I can come to an educated conclusion about it.

We all thought MTV's Sorority Life would be the end of us. And that first fall, it didn't really make a dent. Focus on the positive.