My Two Cents - Sorority Videos

Here’s what I don’t understand.. This video was designed to garner attention and make potential new members curious about the sorority, correct? So explain to me why half of America is up in arms because this silly, light-hearted sorority recruitment video did exactly what is was supposed to do!

Kuddos to whoever came up with the idea for the video because that girl is going to make one fantastic marketing executive one day.

I haven’t even seen the video, but what bothers me the most is the fact that people are attacking these girls’ character because the video appears to be shallow and frivolous. That is absolutely pathetic. Sorority women raise millions of dollars each year for a wide variety of amazing causes, but do these women ever get credit for that in the media? NO! Because it’s so much easier to attack them. Don’t even get me started on the newspaper that called this sorority “worse for women than Donald Trump.” I mean I get it, comparing anything to that idiot is news these days, so congratulations for getting your name out there… but are you fucking kidding me? Another post for another day, I digress.

To everyone bitching and moaning about this video, here’s the thing… it wasn’t for you! It wasn’t for news outlets or “hormonal college guys.” It wasn’t for the University or even me, a former sorority member. This video was designed for potential new members to show, “hey, we have fun! We love our sisters and we can be goofy and not take ourselves too seriously and maybe you think you would get along well with us.” And to those of you saying this video should have shown their values and highlight the organizations they represent – I promise you, those videos exist too and they get shown during recruitment! But apparently we live in a society where everyone takes you at face value and by participating in a silly video makes you a bimbo with no morals or education whose only goal in life is to become a Stepford Wife.

I say BRAVO! to the girls in the video! You look beautiful and fun and, most importantly, you look happy, which is something I hope you are all able to hang on to forever. Let’s be honest, there are a lot of assholes in the world, and a lot of people who love tearing others down. So my advice? Smile through the bullshit, people will forget about this soon enough.

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