I'm going, to be honest, I had no intentions of joining Greek life at my college because I had the idea that it was going to be exactly like it was in Hollywood movies. These superficial, rich, popular girls would greet me and have an unintelligent conversation that I would quickly want to abandon. But here's the thing, Hollywood portrayed it all wrong, shocker, right? These girls were not like they were in "Legally Blonde" or "House Bunny." Let us get one thing straight, sorority girls are not stupid, like at all. Sororities often have the bar set higher for GPA than the University-wide GPA; the numbers don't lie!
Meeting women who are passionate about getting involved and making the community better is an undeniably, incredible feeling. Not to mention, speaking with them makes you feel empowered, not ready to have the conversation over a soon as it starts. These aren't the type of girls that are just going to sit back and watch the world go by as they paint their nails. These are women of action and change, one's that shouldn't be second guessed. So Hollywood, why do you continually degrade us and make us seem like airheads with our minds stuck up in la-la land? It needs to stop because those girls that you are trying to portray, they don't exist.
Sure, we care about our looks but we're girls...we do that every once in awhile. But honestly, you could find me in one of my oversized shirts that makes it look like I am not wearing pants, vegging out on some pizza. Because food outweighs every other option by a landslide (fries before guys?). Sorority women are independent, fierce leaders. Seriously, don't cross us.
Stop giving women that are entering college these unrealistic thoughts of what Greek life is like. Women are already self-conscious about how they look thanks to social media and Hollywood, again. Though paying money hurts the wallet a little bit (a lot at times), the experiences that are gained are priceless. Meeting new people in college should not be hindered because a girl is terrified of going through recruitment and get turned into a robot Barbie.
I think I speak on behalf of sorority women everywhere when I say Hollywood, cut the crap. Sorority women are a force to be reckoned with. And at the end of the day, we out hustle everyone around us. So stop portraying us as weak and unintelligent, it's not true. Who runs the world?