It's All Greek To Me!

One of the great things about being in a sorority is the diversity of women. I loved reading this article because for me it proves exactly what a lot of us sorority women try to show about ourselves; we are not all what you see in the movies. While yes, some sorority women love to make themselves up and spend hours everyday getting ready to look perfect, a lot of us strive for diversity. 

Sorority women are often classified as mean, torturous, cliquey girls and are always pictured as these girls who look like Barbie’s see anyone who doesn’t dress nice as lower class (Example: Above is Elle Woods a character in Legally Blonde that is the exact stereotype of a sorority girl. In all pink, very rich, has very nice things, is very perky, bubbly and fun). I have personally never met a sorority girl like this so it’s so hard to believe that people actually think that this is a reasonable vision of a sorority girl. I think this article definitely proves that a lot of girls are actually in Greek life to support each others’ diversity and encourage unique qualities in each woman.
-Mare

Sororities these days are full of diversity where ever you look. Although the majority of people around the US have the idea that sorority girls are all blonde and love pink, it is quite the contrary. You have sororities with women from all over the world, with a multitude of skin colors, hairstyles, and preferences on wardrobe. Some sororities will have all their girls wear head bands, and then youll come across another sorority that looks like they just got out of bed. 

All in all every girl is their own individual and shouldn’t be expected to look or be a certain type of individual solely based because they are greek. As discussed in the article, there is no right way of dressing because who’s to say what is right and wrong? Although you will see many sororities during recruitment match their outfits to create structure and a look of professionalism and seriousness, on a regular day basis these women all have their own styles and preferences regarding color choice. I know girls in sororities that wont be caught without heels, and then youll see the girl that has never done her hair a day in her life.

Val

Who’s to say what’s presentable?

Everyone has their own sense of style, that is what I got from the article “It’s All Greek to Me: Sorority Members and Identity Talk,” and I couldn’t agree more. Everyone (sorority member, or not) has their own view on how to dress, or what they like. Being in a sorority does not change that.

There is no given guideline of what to wear day to day, like “on Wednesdays we wear pink,” type thing. (Yes, that reference was from Mean Girls lol!). I’m not saying that we never match, because we do. We call that our letter days. Once a week each member of the sorority wears the chapter’s letters, which is a way of letting the campus know that there are sororities on campus, but most importantly, it allows us to show our pride for the organization that we are in. But even if we wear the same shirts, we’re still all so different. Some like to wear makeup, others like to straighten their hair. Some prefer jeans, others prefer shorts. Some like to pair their shirts with bows, other don’t. It all depends on the person.  So yes, we may all dress/look the same at times, but that certainly doesn’t mean that all of us have the same personality, hobbies, pet peeves, interests, etc.

                              photo cred

& if you’re wondering what Panhellenic stands for (picture above), it is short for National Panhellenic Conference, or NPC. NPC is sort of like our “government” for sororities. They oversee all 26 inter/national sororities and set rules and guidelines that each one of us must follow.

The reason I chose this picture is because you don’t know what girl belongs to which sorority. That is the beauty of NPC. It shows us that all 26 sororities are unified, that one is not better than the other.

- Alex