Tuesday, December 10, 2013

TSM: the typical sorority girl

Upon my freshman year at Ohio University I joined the Greek community here on campus. A lot of people when coming to college believe in the the common stereotypes that are placed on the sorority girls of the world. I wouldn't consider myself to fall into most of the stereotypes that are associated with the Greek community, and after following the Total Sorority Move, or TSM twitter, I found that to be true. Sometimes I get slightly irritated with the things that the TSM twitter says just because I know that some of the things are not very characteristic of myself or my sisters. I understand that most of these things are meant as satire and to be taken lightly and a lot of them are really funny, but they don't help to improve the misconceptions associated with "sorority" girls.Yesterday, however, they tweeted a link to an article called "A New Breed Of Sorority Girl" which discussed how being in a sorority no longer meant," Lilly Pulitzer, crafting, bows, MRS. degrees, saying 'like' a lot, being a republican, and basically the opening scene from Legally Blonde." I was happy to see that there is a recognition that all women affiliated with the Greek community are not the same, nor do they like the same things. However, at the end of the article it said, "You do your own thing regardless of what others might think. You're a part of a kickass new breed of sorority girl who does what she wants, and does it well." It's nice that there is more freedom for girls and less stereotypes, but I feel like referring to them as a "breed" is cause for potential new stereotypes to develop.
You do your own thing regardless of what others might think. You’re a part of a kickass new breed of sorority girl who does what she wants, and does it well.
Read more at http://totalfratmove.com/a-new-breed-of-sorority-girl/#GdqvmOK0a9lqiXp7.99
being in a sorority meant Lilly Pulitzer, crafting, bows, MRS. degrees, saying “like” a lot, being a Republican, and basically the opening scene from Legally Blonde.
Read more at http://totalfratmove.com/a-new-breed-of-sorority-girl/#GdqvmOK0a9lqiXp7.99
being in a sorority meant Lilly Pulitzer, crafting, bows, MRS. degrees, saying “like” a lot, being a Republican, and basically the opening scene from Legally Blonde.
Read more at http://totalfratmove.com/a-new-breed-of-sorority-girl/#GdqvmOK0a9lqiXp7.99
being in a sorority meant Lilly Pulitzer, crafting, bows, MRS. degrees, saying “like” a lot, being a Republican, and basically the opening scene from Legally Blonde.
Read more at http://totalfratmove.com/a-new-breed-of-sorority-girl/#GdqvmOK0a9lqiXp7.99

http://totalfratmove.com/a-new-breed-of-sorority-girl/

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  1. UnknownSeptember 21, 2015 at 3:28 PM

    After reading the article I totally agree. I am also a member of Greek Life on campus and get very agitated by the judgment that comes along with being in a sorority. Although most of us like "Lilly Pulitzer, crafting, bows...", I don't think that we should be put in one big category. I especially don't like all of the negative connotations that come with being a member of Greek Life. We're all human, were all different. We don't haze, we have to get good grades in order to stay in our organizations, and most importantly we try to raise as much money as we can for our philanthropies each year. My favorite quote from TSM is, "If I paid for my friends, I certainly didn't pay enough." Greek Life is a community full of different organizations working to achieve the same goal. For me, the positives of being in Greek Life outweigh the negative judgements, making it totally worth it to "pay for my friends."

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