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Old 08-09-2011, 11:45 AM
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Would you feel the same way if she had been photographing, say, Chi Omega's convention?
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Nope.
Why not? What difference does that make?
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Old 08-09-2011, 12:38 PM
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The bonds in those kinds of fraternities are really exceptional, and definitely more than the majority of social fraternities/sororities. You have a common way of being raised, a common pride, and, most of the time, common goals in school in multicultural fraternities. While I love my Pan sorority for its own merits, there's no denying that multi-cultural sororities/fraternities excel in terms of kinship and solidarity for obvious reasons.
I completely disagree with this generalization.

Why I disagree has been discussed on GC numerous times.
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Old 08-09-2011, 12:42 PM
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What's wrong with Legally Blonde? Elle got into Harvard Law school and went on to work in Washington D.C. She was never shown being slutty or drunk, she was beautiful, and all of her sisters supported her. And she's a friend to the animals! I don't understand what's wrong with this movie!
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Old 08-09-2011, 12:46 PM
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Yea, well MC did say that he missed the line that I quoted.

The point of the article is

1. I thought sororities acted like this
2. I met some sorority women who didn't act like this
3. Because of these women, I changed the way I think of sororities
Will she change her opinion again if she meets sorority women who she labels as a negative depiction of sororities?

The real point of this blog should be that there are dozens of sororities and fraternities, millions of members, and that comes with pros and cons. Any (college educated) person in this Internet era who only thinks Legally Blonde simply has not cared enough to research what sororities are really about.
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Old 08-09-2011, 12:47 PM
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What's wrong with Legally Blonde? Elle got into Harvard Law school and went on to work in Washington D.C. She was never shown being slutty or drunk, she was beautiful, and all of her sisters supported her. And she's a friend to the animals! I don't understand what's wrong with this movie!
LOL.

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Old 08-09-2011, 12:59 PM
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What's wrong with Legally Blonde? Elle got into Harvard Law school and went on to work in Washington D.C. She was never shown being slutty or drunk, she was beautiful, and all of her sisters supported her. And she's a friend to the animals! I don't understand what's wrong with this movie!
Elle was shown as a super cheerful woman who went to law school because she wanted to follow a man. Her sisters were portrayed as ditzy women as well. That's not necessarily an accurate representation of sorority women (NPC or otherwise).

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Will she change her opinion again if she meets sorority women who she labels as a negative depiction of sororities?

The real point of this blog should be that there are dozens of sororities and fraternities, millions of members, and that comes with pros and cons. Any (college educated) person in this Internet era who only thinks Legally Blonde simply has not cared enough to research what sororities are really about.
I don't think this blog was written to be a profile in sorority courage. To me, it was just an observation from an uninformed GDI who learned something new by interacting with this women.
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Old 08-09-2011, 01:05 PM
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Why not? What difference does that make?
Because this woman sounds so stuck up that I'm thinking she would still judge a "traditional" (save the argument about how problematic that term is) NPC sorority with plenty of upbeat girls, a house, and mixers uptown as beneath her.
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Old 08-09-2011, 01:06 PM
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Because this woman sounds so stuck up that I'm thinking she would still judge a "traditional" (save the argument about how problematic that term is) NPC sorority with plenty of upbeat girls, a house, and mixers uptown as beneath her.
Did we read the same article? Nothing about her tone jumped out as stuck up.
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Old 08-09-2011, 01:07 PM
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Did we read the same article? Nothing about her tone jumped out as stuck up.
News flash: different people with different experiences interpret things different ways.
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Old 08-09-2011, 01:08 PM
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News flash: different people with different experiences interpret things different ways.
News flash: we're on a discussion board discussing things. If you don't want to have people challenging your posts, then don't post shit.
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Old 08-09-2011, 01:10 PM
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News flash: we're on a discussion board discussing things. If you don't want to have people challenging your posts, then don't post shit.
I actually don't give a shit.
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Old 08-09-2011, 01:12 PM
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I actually don't give a shit.
Yet you continue to post.

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming...
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Old 08-09-2011, 01:15 PM
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I don't think this blog was written to be a profile in sorority courage.
What is this?

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To me, it was just an observation from an uninformed GDI who learned something new by interacting with this women.
And if an uninformed GDI came to GC (or in real life) to say that he/she thought (insert stereotype) until hanging out with members of a specific GLO, I'd say "WOMP WOMP @ you believing stereotypes. That's great that you learned something, if you interact more with GLOs you will learn both good and bad things."
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Old 08-09-2011, 01:19 PM
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What is this?
I don't think she was trying to generate a massive paradigm shift WRT sororities and their perceived behavior. I think she was just making an observation. But...

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And if an uninformed GDI came to GC (or in real life) to say that he/she thought (insert stereotype) until hanging out with members of a specific GLO, I'd say "WOMP WOMP @ you believing stereotypes. That's great that you learned something, if you interact more with GLOs you will learn both good and bad things."
...I can see what you're getting at.
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Would you feel the same way if she had been photographing, say, Chi Omega's convention?
Why pick us?
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