I love everything about this comment.

Really? You literally have to apply for membership to a sorority or frat. Some of them may be willing to take any and all applicants, but I’ve never heard of a “greek” organization with fully open membership. And don’t you have to pay to belong? As in, a membership fee?
All of the above is the very definition of…

Now, to put this in context, “SAE” is known as “Same Assholes Everywhere” and, according to this chapter, they just didn’t go far enough.

Considering that almost all of them limit membership to invitees only, and that the criteria for membership are arbitrary and frequently racist, I think that makes “exclusionary” an appropriate label.

Yup. SAE is also known for it’s colloquial nickname: Sexual Assault Expected.

To pre-empt any greek atrocity apologists - just keep trying to brush off the vast epidemic of hazing deaths as “no big deal”.

People’s kids dying for no other reason than an institutionalized “legacy tradition” of torture. And it persists, while everyone looks the other way.

For me, their only worthwhile contribution to society is being the inspiration for this:

When I was in college, my social life revolved around the activities I did - I was in a choir, I rowed intramural crew, etc. The idea of joining a frat for no other reason than to figure out a way to go to parties and meet people is so very strange when you’re 19 and you have vast resources at your disposal to meet…

They so often terrorize campuses with their smug entitled antics - then act all haughty like one single fucking pancake fundraiser makes up for a year of entitled, elitist, racist destruction.

(they are almost always GOP dominated as well.... BLECH)

Fraternities and sororities are stupid, stupid, stupid. Yes I’m sure you were in a great sorority that did a lot of charity work or whatever, it doesn’t change the fact that they are exclusionary and have no place on modern day university campuses.

There is a very early adolescent vibe to all this. Like when I told my family I wasn’t one of them and I should be referred to as Cordelia (yes I read too much Anne of Green Gables).

Haha, exactly. I grew up in the 70's/80's in a small town made up almost entirely of 1st generation Italian immigrants. Do you know how many of my friends parents/grandparents barely spoke English even after they had been here for like 40-50 years? Like ALL of them. And they hung Italian flags from their house, had…

And they usually follow that up with “and they quickly assimilated”. Uh no. No they do not. That is why there are still neighborhoods called “Little Italy” and my personal favorite “Hunky Town” —This is where my father’s family all were based. His grandparents never learned a single word of English- the younger kids…

Melania is living the classic immigrant dream — she came to the U.S. and made herself into an entirely new person. Literally and figuratively:

GOD, YES. STOP WITH THE GREEN TEA FROSTING AND CURRY FLAVORED CAKE AND ALL OF THAT SHIT.

Perhaps she has small breasts.

Ariel is not engaging in the games her mother wants to play which is the best response. There is a reason she wanted to be with her sister.

Poor thing. Her mother sounds like a terrible narcissist.

I didn’t read this book until after college, long after I had read some of the most disturbing texts the world of literature has to offer. But even after all that, I still consider parts of this some of more horrifying things I’ve read —I cannot believe it is a kid’s book.

No, don’t remake it! Trick children into watching the original! Laugh at their broken tears! IT’S HOW THEY LEARN.