So, today in biology, instead of learning about fungi (which is apparently pronounced fun-ji with a long i and not fun-guy), I was learning about a show on TLC called Sorority Girls. So get ready for a rant about how it misrepresents us initiated sorority women on US college campuses.
Okay. This show is about five American sorority women going to the UK and starting an all new sorority in Leeds. (The five girls were/are part of NPC sororities here in the US.) Anyway, so these girls treat sorority recruitment (They call it "rush.") like a game show, rather than an opportunity to make their sisterhood a better and stronger group of women. They haze their pledges, who should be called "potential new members," and that's not just not acceptable in any Greek organization in the States. They will eventually air their ritual initiation ceremony, which also would never happen with a Greek organization because that is a secret ceremony meant only for the initiated members of the particular organization.
This show feeds every stereotype of a Greek organization that Greek organizations try to fight against constantly. Most chapters of most Greek organizations are about brother/sisterhood, scholarship, networking, service, and bettering yourself. (I say most because there are some who don't care and have caused the Greek world to have a bad reputation.) I am disappointed with this show. I am disgusted by this show. And frankly, I think it should be pulled off the air. If they want to air it, it should be forced to say that it's another piece of scripted reality tv junk that should not be taken literally. (I know I watch reality tv, but I understand that there is very little that is real about reality tv.) If people know that Greek life wasn't like this show, I don't think that it would be as big of a problem necessarily, but the general population thinks that this show is real Greek life, and that is a problem.
Now, I know some of you were not impressed when I told you that I decided to go through sorority recruitment and that I pledged Delta Zeta. And I'm sorry if you don't particularly care about this post. I'm giving you permission to completely ignore it, although if you've made it this far, then you're pretty much done. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!! **COUGH, COUGH** (You also know I love you, in a sisterly-friend way.)
Alright, I'm done.
Amber Marie
P.S. This is post 1 of 3 tonight. So I hope you love me because you're about to hear even more from me! :D
I HATE REALITY TV!!!! I'm going to take your word for it, and not trust this tv show. They just want to choose the things that people want to see. It's kinda like when they make shows about homeschoolers and they pick these stupid parents who make their kids cound eggs in a freaking barn for math. If they're gonna make stuff up, they should label it as fiction and ppl would still watch it! But no, they have to lie about people and stereotype people. pbthththth
ReplyDeleteIt's exactly like homeschoolers!! Maybe that's why I'm so offended. I'm tired of being misrepresented. Say you're a Christian, people think you're a crazy extremist. Say you're homeschooled, people think you're dumb and socially incompetent. Say you're Greek, people think you're a partying slut. (Pardon my language.) No one cares about what's really true. People don't care about being educated about what it really means to be a Christian or homeschooled or Greek. They just want to be entertained by the "weirdos" that don't do what everyone else does. Ugh! Thank you for understanding what I was talking about Heathy! :)
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