"I don't know who I am so let me join a sorority so they can tell me who I am"

@TheOpenSociety777

Жыл бұрын

​@Katye Dyakova I've never seen a documentary where the narrator/director inserted themselves into the documentary. Let alone a bald women with a clearly self-interested biased agenda

@MH-0101

Жыл бұрын

@@TheOpenSociety777 Well if you watched to show you would know that 3/4 of the girls dropped out so they didn't have enough content for an actual documentary and had to improvise. It's unfortunate that the director had never been in a sorority because she would have chosen much different girls if she had.

@TheOpenSociety777

Жыл бұрын

@@MH-0101 I'm not in the business of predicting what a random bald woman would or wouldn't do, or any woman or person for that matter. The fact remains is this "documentary" started from a point of a predetermined narrative and pushed a very one sided biased agenda. One university in one state in one city doesn't happen to follow the all encompassing "progressive" Machine that pervades every university in America, and HBO has to make this show highlighting (condemning) the one university that stands as a bulwark to the singular woke college mind virus . I guess all I can say is Roll tide and keep doing what you're doing !!!

@ActuallyDoubleGuitars

9 ай бұрын

She was adopted. Maybe have some compassion for people who don't know where they fit in and are looking for something that means that on the outside. Obviously she's not going to get anything real like what she's looking for from a sorority but maybe instead of being snarkey, try to understand her.

@ActuallyDoubleGuitars

9 ай бұрын

​@@TheOpenSociety777What's her agenda? and yes plenty of people are in their own documentaries.

there are sororities that are all about sisterhood, and then there are sororities who care about rankings.

@hermes-stanlvu4116

Жыл бұрын

Majority are all rankings

I was in a sorority in the north. It's so different up there in terms of recruitment and how greek life is up north. It's 1000 times chiller than in the south. I'm interested to see how this doc plays out and what's discussed here. Plus the director is known for really good docs.

@katielogsdonkrupa8348

Жыл бұрын

I was in a sorority in Ohio and agree it’s way more chill here. Being in a sorority isn’t perfect but I made some of my best friends in my chapter and had a 3.75-4.0 GPA each semester I was in my sorority.

@yourlocalbrand1694

Жыл бұрын

agreed canadian srats are more chill

@tylernrc

Жыл бұрын

THIS!

@gamerage4459

Жыл бұрын

100%

@apolk

Жыл бұрын

Right? I was in a sorority in the north, and it was the opposite of this life or death situation they're making it out to be. It was super chill.

This isn’t meant to “shut down” sororities, it’s meant to show how superficial, arrogant, catty, and immature a lot of them are. Those kinds of qualities breed a toxic environment.

@jimmyd696969

Жыл бұрын

If you're on the outside looking in...

@MadeleinePetti

Жыл бұрын

Shows how much you know about sorority women

@secretagentcat

Жыл бұрын

​@@MadeleinePetti most of the sorority women i have met are stay at home moms or toxic asf. there is genuinely something wrong with these cults

@rubberbandman097

Жыл бұрын

@@MadeleinePetti we dont know much we just rank them

@jackandrews7878

Жыл бұрын

@@MadeleinePetti I know about the types of women that join them. Dumb, spoiled, and arrogant

I'm so pumped and beyond excited for you all to see this. I'm very honored to say I did the Sound Design for this amazing documentary (shout out to Dungeon Beach Post!), and it was one of most fun and insightful experiences I've ever had. So much love to Rachel and University of Alabama and everyone who made this! ❤ Hope you all enjoy it as much we enjoyed making it sound good 😊 🤘

@jasonpounders1031

Жыл бұрын

Look bad to the unversity of alabama

@roboj

Жыл бұрын

@@CDWAMLP we'll just have to see... :)

Whether or not you like or are involved in Greek life anywhere, Bama is for sure an enigma and the sorority culture here is an unprecedented cultural phenomenon. Buckle up and grab some popcorn, folks.

@ateallthemonsters2302

Жыл бұрын

I am watching on HD and just looking for thong slips

@mfabates6717

Жыл бұрын

will do 🫡🍿

@rubyright4762

Жыл бұрын

I think you mean enema

@hwr2590

Жыл бұрын

Brainwashed

@nylotus

Жыл бұрын

Showing America's blatant and accepted racism at a school that just uses black people for sports. Gotta love it.

I was in a sorority & some of the worst human beings I’ve ever encountered were my “sisters”.

@girlwhoseeks

Жыл бұрын

:(

@anovemberstar

Жыл бұрын

To 99% of everyone NOT living in the US, that's how we see it right from the outset. Like WTAF would anyone want to be in one of these mass bullying, superficial groups??!!

I went to graduate school at Alabama in the 80's. The people in my program were from all over the world and we were constantly fascinated and appalled by the undergraduate population.

If you go in for legit sisterhood, you can relax a little bit. If you are going in for ranking, top tier, and being part of the machine-then it’s a different circumstance.

@ryancullinane7734

Жыл бұрын

The machine isn’t real buddy

@Christoph-sd3zi

Жыл бұрын

@@ryancullinane7734 Pink Floyd thinks it is.

@angieharrison5586

Жыл бұрын

Well said!!!!

@steelmagnoliadiane

Жыл бұрын

@@ryancullinane7734 , the machine is real but they always go around saying the machine is not real. It was certainly there when I was at Alabama!

@stuarthall5271

Жыл бұрын

​@@steelmagnoliadianeComing from a current student, it definitely still exists, just not as prominently as it used to.

the only thing i care about is seeing how rush affects woc cause that needs to be talks about

@meguminchan5473

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, no. They treat poc students* like crap here

@jazzyjen5083

Жыл бұрын

This also is a bigger issue in Southern Schools and the bigger the school the bigger of a problem this is. I went to a smaller college in the northern part of the country so race wasn’t really a issue for us (I also went to a very progressive college which also played a part). My friends at bigger schools also didn’t really notice race issues but they all went to northern schools as well.

@DenverTide

Жыл бұрын

The President of Panhellenic is a woc.

@jdidz5146

Жыл бұрын

They're probably more racially diverse than AKA, Delta Sigma Theta, etc.

@jaydubs6354

Жыл бұрын

@@meguminchan5473 well… it’s Alabama lol what did you expect

Young women today have so much pressure that it's heartbreaking 💔 WOMEN LOVE/ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER.

i went to a big school in an east coast city. we had greek life but it wasn’t a big deal like this. no one cared if people were in sororities or frats. the sororities and frat culture at my school was way more chill. i could never attend a school where greek life was the only social scene- it’s not my thing at all. i can see how it would be really alienating for a lot of people.

Check list to rush at Alabama: 1) Are you white? 2) Are you blonde? 3) Are you skinny? If not, are you willing to develop and eating disorder? 4) Are you privileged upper middle class? 4) Are you descended from a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy? 5) Can you do a keg stand?

I remember my time at Alabama during Rush. I took classes there during a couple of summers and it was always crazy to see some of the frat guys with fold out chairs sitting outside the stadium waiting to laugh at the girls who didn't make it.

@TheGibztang

Жыл бұрын

So what did you do to try and change that? Not a dam thing because you’re a sheep and just as bad as those guys you talk about

@Ronnie438

10 ай бұрын

@@TheGibztang you cannot change something that you have no control over.

@TheGibztang

10 ай бұрын

@@Ronnie438 yet we have control over things like the education system so wtf are you talking about? Sounds like you just turn a blind eye to problems

@Ronnie438

10 ай бұрын

@@TheGibztang how can one man change what happens during sorority rush such as a group of men making fun of women who didn’t make it?

@TheGibztang

10 ай бұрын

@@Ronnie438 it’s starts as one person and more follow. That’s how it’s always worked. Like all the movements in history that started with one person and led to laws being passed. The first thing this person we are talking about could have done is bring it to the attention of the school board, or the city council, or a news outlet or if there were laws broken the courts and layers. Doing nothing when something should be done is almost as bad as doing it yourself. So stop being a coward and speak up and we wouldn’t have a rape culture like we do in America universities

I'm a Bama alum and I had NOTHING to do with Greek culture and had an AMAZING time. Got a great education, made lifelong friends that I didn't have to pay for, studied abroad, and met my husband! Roll Tide!

@katesweeney9101

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you had a great experience. But saying people in Greek life pay for friends is ridiculous.

@ellacatherine109

Жыл бұрын

The dues paid by sorority members go towards operational costs, philanthropy, and the administration of the National overhead, if Panhellenic. It's just like any other organization you join. Accusing sorority of 'buying their friends' is ignorant and tired.

@Abril-1234

Жыл бұрын

@@katesweeney9101 okay then what is the point of a sorority?

@SparklingWalrus

Жыл бұрын

@@ellacatherine109 Cope NPC.

@ellacatherine109

Жыл бұрын

@@SparklingWalrus explain

As someone who went to Bama, if there isn’t mention of The Machine it doesn’t matter lmao

@Anne-ot8gq

Жыл бұрын

Im so curious about the machine this is going to be a great doc

Pov:your mad you didn’t get a bid so you make a documentary highlighting only the bad

@Ryan-rv5em

Жыл бұрын

Fr💀💀

@snakethejake97

Жыл бұрын

They need to talk to the sororities themselves and find out their reasons, to get an unbiased view other wise this is just a slander piece

@jaydubs6354

Жыл бұрын

They want in so bad lol. Sad truth is that greek life is a separation of haves and have nots. You either got it or you don’t. But for some reason people who no matter how much they claim to hate and despise all things Greek life will waste their time and effort and in this case sink millions into a documentary series just to attempt to get back at the social clubs (because that’s truly all they are) who never wanted you to be apart of them 😂 stay salty gdi’s

@Dylan-oq8zf

Жыл бұрын

Real asf lmao

@hannahb.375

Жыл бұрын

One of the main girls literally got kicked out of her sorority for a GOOD reason and doesn’t even go to Alabama anymore this is just her revenge Lmaoo

Never glorify needy, insecure people who look down on others for not being in their snobby clubhouse.

@zoenoel5260

Жыл бұрын

They’re not all like that though.

@sjbechet1111

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely - their insecurity and hollow personalities are the very reason they need to create status. They are only capable of feeling relevant when they measure themselves against others by their own made up standards. Just this brief look at these vapid zombie TikTok sheep makes me wonder if it's possible to stay far enough away from them.

@17thstreetpodcast20

Жыл бұрын

@@zoenoel5260 cmon now bruh 😭

@biteme6551

7 ай бұрын

A good rule of thumb is to remember that the media will lie to you in a minute, frame a story to fit their narrative and leave a lot on the cutting room floor. In short, the media is absolutely despicable and you would be wise to assume the worst from these people.

@windycitybeats6724

Күн бұрын

@@zoenoel5260 omg...

oh. my. god. they are actually doing it

Watching this as a European 30 year old woman 😕 I'm glad european universities have none of that. It was so chill and friendly at my University, I couldn't imagine being in a sorority.

@lifeisbannanas

Жыл бұрын

Yeah American sucks. I plan on moving to Switzerland eventually.

Imagine if all of these girls put as much energy into something actually worthwhile what they could accomplish

@DansHotShots

11 ай бұрын

theyre putting all this energy into it so they can be set up for life *without* ever needing to accomplish anything

@joanne4758

10 ай бұрын

@@DansHotShots Interesting comment - I had heard about it - but always gave the benefit of the doubt. Can't imagine them sitting around our tea table!!! Regards Oceania

There is nothing sadder than hearing a grown woman talk about her sorority days as if that were her greatest accomplishment. Worse yet is when they claim that their sorority experience qualifies them for leadership positions. What a joke!

i'm surprised they didn't include that guy that got rejected from all the houses

“ i wouldn’t have gone to Alabama if it didn’t blow up on tik tok” This is how we make life decisions now? Lol

@shanlieart

5 ай бұрын

It's how most people make decisions, subliminal advertising of wanting to be apart of something big and glamorized. From a kid deciding to be an astronaut from that magazine catalogue with a man on the moon to wanting to be an actor from the glitz if Hollywood shown on TV. Most people going into medical don't talk about saving others, they talk about the paycheck associated with it since society promotes it as financial success.

a geed made this documentary

@chelseachelseafcsuperfan7220

Жыл бұрын

More like a snake with a racial identity crisis

@SuperSmith

Жыл бұрын

Imagine having your life peak in Tuscaloosa of all places

@ryanandress447

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperSmith imagine your peak never happening

@SuperSmith

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanandress447 Oh I'm sure they'll all read this and start swooning over you Ryan.

@Average_Democracy_Enjoyer

Жыл бұрын

​@@ryanandress447 that's not how peaks work...

This is either going to be the best show ever produced by HBO or the worst.

@jltaco85

Жыл бұрын

Nothing will beat The Last Of Us!!

@heykiss3713

Жыл бұрын

It's a documentary...

@Laughandcryful

Жыл бұрын

@@jltaco85 lol. The Wire and The Sopranos are miles ahead of the last of us

@osubucknut100

Жыл бұрын

@@LaughandcryfulOz too

@grilledcheesus

Жыл бұрын

It’s not a show it’s a documentary.

These people clearly have not done their research into the Spikeball culture at Bama, it is alive and thriving (we have 12 people that show up regularly)

I feel like this is really going to hurt chapters at any schools who are actually about sisterhood. I definitely agree that greek life isn't all sunshine and daisies everywhere, but there are genuinely some amazing chapters and sisterhoods across the US

@MadeleinePetti

Жыл бұрын

What sorority wouldn’t “actually be about sisterhood?”

@secretagentcat

Жыл бұрын

@@MadeleinePetti none of them. its just about power

@PurvasLifeOnline

Жыл бұрын

Ok white supremacist lol

@turtletail313

Жыл бұрын

The US is the only country that has Greek Life. It's a weird practice that we'd be just fine without

@DefendTheKnee

Жыл бұрын

​@@turtletail313 frats and sororities are also a thing in some European countries.

As a Greek myself, I have no idea what this "Greek life" is all about, but if it is as it's shown here, I might as well sue you all for cultural appropriation. LOL.

VERY excited to watch this! I loved my time in my sorority but I’m not too biased to see that there were negative parts. I love my sisters but we certainly did some problematic things and the process as a whole was very looks-based. I don’t think it takes away from all the positive experiences to acknowledge some of the negative.

And on the 10 year anniversary of Bama desegregating their Sororities!!

@yb4671

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Now I don’t think I’m a naïve person, but to learn that they’ve only desegregated in 2013 is unbelievable. Perhaps I’m overly optimistic, because I thought race relations were much better than that in the south. It’s not perfect here in NY, but no where near that stage of ignorance… …be well.😊

@AirCheco2345

Жыл бұрын

@@yb4671 nah as Chapelle says, “there are no secrets in Mississippi”

My mom was an U of Alabama alumni (1970) and she never pledged or messed with the Greek life! The machine was in full affect back then. I decided against going to UA cause the Greek life is everything there and knowing the people who I went to high school with that were/are involved in greek life kind of turned my opinion of the place sour! I am a Bama fan at heart because I did have season tickets the majority of my life, but Auburn is a much cooler campus to hang out at.

@erin-shhmerin3704

Жыл бұрын

Yup. I went to an SEC school as well and I knew a girl who rushed Phi Mu. She didn't make it and her parents had to pull her out of school for her mental health because she was suicidal over it. This was the same girl who was also suicidal over not making the cheer squad in high school. This was in the early 2000's when "the machine" had more power then than they have today. It's so disturbing.

@flanagamer

Жыл бұрын

Tuscaloosa is a💩 city too 😅

@ChipeloAndCrew

Жыл бұрын

What’s the machine?

@erin-shhmerin3704

Жыл бұрын

@@ChipeloAndCrew The machine is reportedly made up of representatives from the school’s top sororities and fraternities, and controls everything from on-campus politics to Homecoming Court elections. We all called them “the machine” due to how influential they were.

@AirCheco2345

Жыл бұрын

@@ChipeloAndCrewthe machine is an exclusive family that’s been historically affiliated with AB’s top frats/sororities. They control Bama’s state politics including the University’s. We’re talking governors, attorney generals, congressmen, etc. Who hold a majority stake in what AB’s culture is….go against it…and you’ll find yourself expelled, imprisoned, or socially exiled (which is honestly the worst) they use the machine to control the stability that is there Version of Alabama. Unfortunately, i can’t say anymore or I’ll give up my true identity but that’s how the south works. You don’t have power. The Machine controls everything

i honestly love this. it’s so intense and so interesting because i had no idea it was so serious 😹😹

Me DMing all of my Bama Greek Life friends being like: “how u feeling”

This is one of the saddest things I've ever seen. It's truly heartbreaking.

You know what I find weird about the whole "The Machine" concept? It's supposed to be this giant menacing secret government society that controls every aspect of the school. But it's literally run by a handful of 18-22 year olds 😂

65% of the UA undergraduate students are NOT in Greek life. I went there and had a FABULOUS time without ever being part of this toxic environment. The UA community is so much more than sorority girls.

@rmtsdelight3773

Жыл бұрын

Alabama is great! My mom wasn't involved in Greek culture but had a wonderful time! My experience is different cause even though I am UA through and through Auburn was a much chiller campus!

@elleobi

Жыл бұрын

35% is pretty high though. More than enough to make the culture pervasive (or invasive)

@gigig2345

11 ай бұрын

It's still a lot; they would call those not in sororities "independents". Like being independent is a bad thing lol

Ohmygravy !! I only lasted 20 minutes because I thought it would be…well better. What a waste of time. So much opportunity to explore important issues and it was a big fat miss !! The history in the beginning was informative and important Then why go to boring BS with “consultants” and girls who have way bigger issues than RUSH Like I said missed opportunity and 20 minutes wasted Keep the focus on what’s important

When the kids who didn’t get bids get jobs at HBO 😂

I saw an ad about this doc, I was shocked when they said it would cost these girls and guys upwards of 8k just for Rush Week. That is ridiculous. It is already 12k in state and 30k out of state just for college. I would like someone to explain why it takes 18k more to teach the same damn thing to an out of state student as it does an in state one!

@billblaski9523

9 ай бұрын

8K isn't just for Rush Week, that's average price of dues you have to pay per semester

Chanel Oberlin is going to be so pissed😭

@jaydubs6354

Жыл бұрын

Who?

Wow, being in a sorority in the 90s was totally different than this!

Nervited will never be a thing🥴

@dougtheghoul2845

Жыл бұрын

Nervousited is what it's called. created years ago on mlpfim.

@laineyweirich2069

Жыл бұрын

@@dougtheghoul2845 THIS

@allenambroselive

Жыл бұрын

Thats so fetch

@tigertalkk

Жыл бұрын

Cringe

@NoStasis

Жыл бұрын

It takes longer to say it and explain it that it would to just say “I’m nervous and excited”.

I feel sororities are weird, I like to be in control of my own life and choose who I want to be friends with!!! Most of these girls are full of themselves!!!

I went to a southern Christian private school and I dealt with racism and exclusion since I was the only Hispanic girl in my dorm!!! ended up dropping out after freshman year I can’t imagine being in the only brown girl at a only rich white girl sorority!!

this trailer was very misleading lol

I hope that HBO is ready for the amount at lawsuits they’re about to take on.

@katesweeney9101

Жыл бұрын

For what exactly?

@ballengerharris84

Жыл бұрын

For making a documentary? Just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it illegal.

@jollyroman6695

Жыл бұрын

@@katesweeney9101 saying mean things on the internet

@pastaholic

Жыл бұрын

Ohh noo I'm sure HBO's legal team didn't consider this ahead of time and insulate themselves

@MadeleinePetti

Жыл бұрын

They did not have permission to be on campus and they were recording literal minors without their consent

My husband and I were both Greek at schools in Alabama. We opted out pretty quickly.

Watched this to learn more about the RushTok social media tsunami, but be warned, the doc is really about the director's personal lifelong struggles with social acceptance, she directly conflates her alopecia (baldness) condition with the immense social pressures to conform and obey and be accepted within 'Bama greek life. That's her right as an artist, but just be informed that the doc is about the storyteller's own journey, really.

@reeseruss

Жыл бұрын

That’s disappointing lol

The funny thing is that she tried to use this production as blackmail and leverage against other girls in the sorority as she ran for a leadership position. She didn’t get the position and now she gives the producers the green light to use her story…. 🐍🐍🐍🐍

@Sydney-ns4hk

Жыл бұрын

Who?

@jollyroman6695

Жыл бұрын

Don’t care

@hkem1

Жыл бұрын

The black girl

@Axolfi

Жыл бұрын

We found one

@secretagentcat

Жыл бұрын

found a cultist

I'm almost done watching this documentary, it's okay but I really wished the director didn't post feedback and start to make tiny bits of the documentary about her life and referencing her life in college. I thought it strayed away from the main focus of the documentary and totally irrelevant information.

just watched this and I thought the director made it about her battle with alopecia instead of a deep dive into the actual sorority culture

@IsaiahMang

Жыл бұрын

Lol I legit had no interest in the directors story

@SammyxSweetheart.02

Жыл бұрын

She only talked about her experiences like 5 times, its not that big a deal

We need one showing just how awful fraternities are too

@biteme6551

7 ай бұрын

If you don't know, the MEDIA is filled with absolutely VILE people who will lie to you, frame a story to fit their narrative, leave out information, insinuate things and lead you to believe things that they don't say and otherwise deceive you to get more eyeballs. They have quit performing a public service and now it's all about money.

College has become a joke.

@maxg8766

Жыл бұрын

This culture has always existed.

These girls are so focused on getting into these sororities when they could've spent that energy on getting into a good school.

@murphy1011

Жыл бұрын

UofA is a good school lol

@Ronnie438

10 ай бұрын

@@murphy1011 no it’s not lol. They have an 80 percent acceptance rate.

Isn't the point of an education to learn from others who are different than you? Why would you want to spend critical formative learning years surrounded by people who are exactly the same? Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of going to school at all?

This documentary had such potential but tbh it was actually really boring and there was nothing I hadn’t already heard about before from other KZreadrs who do commentary

At most schools, including alabama, the top house isn’t dictated by frat boys ranking attractiveness, it’s based on academics and just the overall achievement of that group of girls. This is so chronically online trying to make it a social issue

@jaydubs6354

Жыл бұрын

Right? Like top house is cultivated from gpa, intramural sports events, charity, wealth/status of its members, parties and formal events, and arguably most important is legacy. No one individual or group really controls rankings because the top house are top for a reason most sec schools with historic Greek life chapters the top houses have been on top for well over 30 years and not much has really changed

@jazzyjen5083

Жыл бұрын

Agree! They also have national standards for chapter excellence every school in the country that has Greek life needs to follow. My opinion on sorority life changed dramatically when I first started looking into schools and meeting people who were in sororities. It’s definitely not just booze, parties and boys (although of course that’s still part of the experience)

@Uncle_Yam

Жыл бұрын

They all have test banks/chegg - any achievements are fake

@hannahb.375

Жыл бұрын

Not at Alabama. Top houses are %of members from in-state, girls from MB and vestavia, Mobile, Montgomery, almost all three + generation legacies, former azalea trail maids etc. and it also has to do with looks, academics kind of like especially at Alpha Chi but not at all for like Zeta, and frat engagement plays a big part. OOS girls in top sororities have to have everything, grades, engagement, money, looks, etc. and of course being considered an Old Row sorority is generally a must all though that’s kind of changing.

@251g

Жыл бұрын

@@hannahb.375 facts. like Zeta is far more universally liked than alpha gam, even tho zetas grades/achievements are nothing compared to alpha gam. it rly depends on looks, money, overall social skills, and which frats like them. when it comes to girls from alabama it def helps to come from a private school to get in an old row sorority. i was an azalea trail maid and made great grades in high school (public school) and didn’t get invited to kd, axo, chi o, or tri delt at all.

this is laughably dramatic. this is not the bama i rushed at.

@Christoph-sd3zi

Жыл бұрын

How many trains did you get pulled on you at Bama?

@tslaten241

Жыл бұрын

@@Christoph-sd3zi Such a childish and disrespectful comment.

its important to look at the ideas and cultures these social organizations actually perpetuate instead of just looking at the “principles” they claim to stand for. talking from experience i was in frat life. that aint a brotherhood😂. we talked a lot but actions speak louder than words. glad this will bring some of this to light cause bad things happen at these places.

@karanicole2999

Жыл бұрын

this comment is so true! I rushed once it was a big reason why I quit university by the end of rush week. I packed up all of my stuff, moved out of the dorm back home, and STILL had to sit and watch the meeting videos.

@zoenoel5260

Жыл бұрын

Frat life and sorority life are a bit different but also keep in mind that your experience is not the same as everyone else’s. I had a great experience in Greek life.

@zoenoel5260

Жыл бұрын

@@karanicole2999 Greek life definitely isn’t for everyone. Just because you had a bad experience doesn’t mean that everyone has a bad experience. My personal experience is great.

@karanicole2999

Жыл бұрын

@@zoenoel5260 question, did your parents/family pay for you to be in Greek life or pay for any of your university? Did you go to a SEC school? These two things are major factors that contribute to a person being able to enjoy greek life.

@zoenoel5260

Жыл бұрын

@@karanicole2999 my parents do pay for everything. However, they are not rich. I don’t go to an sec school. I do go to a southern state school just not sec

if you need a sorority to help you figure out who you are then your parents have already failed you. cannot imagine how little these girls think of themselves

@christschool

Жыл бұрын

Parents don't determine your personhood, that is something you develop over the years from your own unique experiences and reactions to different stimuli. If you were a parent, you'd know this. A parent's job is not to imprint a personhood, but to give you the tools to successfully transition to adulthood. Just as wisdom is something you can't learn from a book, personhood is not something that can be taught.

@inspiredby624

9 ай бұрын

Most people don't know who they are at 18 lol

@WrangleMcDangle

9 ай бұрын

@@inspiredby624 and a sorority/frat will only keep you that way

1) the top houses have nothing to do with frat boys opinions 2) this is so dramatic. rush was simply not that deep lol

@jazzyjen5083

Жыл бұрын

I’m seconding this! I was in a sorority at my school and while I went to a small school the sorority standards they have are nation-wide and include GPA, Service Hours and other things. My chapter was considered a too chapter during my time there.

@Christoph-sd3zi

Жыл бұрын

It was deep alright - balls deep

@MadeleinePetti

Жыл бұрын

TEAAAAA

I've never understood American sorority/fraternity things. How can you have time to learn a career when your main focus is party and drama. But maybe this is mostly for rich people who get career by nepotism and contacts

@lifeisbannanas

Жыл бұрын

You basically summed it up. That's how the full house star got her daughter into college. By paying the admissions counselor.

I was waiting for Bert Kreischer to make an appearance when they said “The Machine”

I’m shocked HBO ..uhm sorry “Max” would even release this sloppy misguided mess of a documentary. This film has zero sense of direction or structure and is mostly compiled of tiktok footage. This entire project should have been scrapped. Not even going to comment on the director because I have nothing nice to say

This is just showing one side of the story. They need to talk to the sororities themselves to get a full unbiased story, other wise this is just a slander piece.

@MadeleinePetti

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY

@hungryactual

Жыл бұрын

You can literally see in the trailer people from the sororities refusing to talk lmao. Cope harder

@grilledcheesus

Жыл бұрын

You haven’t watched it yet lol this is just the trailer babe

@MH-0101

Жыл бұрын

Lol, jump to conclusions much?

I was in Gamma Phi Beta at Kennesaw State. I wasn't even their first or second choice. I was 3rd! the only reason I got in was because the other 2 girls went Phi Mu instead. I did enjoy the rush process, because our greek life was a relatively new thing, and hazing was strictly forbidden. when I was the GPB girls, I thought they were my type. they didn't seem uppity and high maintenance, and they didn't take themselves too seriously. but once I went through initiation, it was totally different. they were rude, cliquish, and just downright mean. I was in the restroom and overheard 2 of the girls talking trash about one of the girls in my rush group. they called her "fat pig, ugly, poor, and none of the frat boys would date her". I was appalled!! I was only in the sorority for 2 semesters, and I decided to drop them. I hadn't made one single friend in that entire sorority. I later found out that another girl dropped them for the same reasons.

This is how people outside the United States think of how sorority houses in colleges look like when they see it in movies or TV shows.

Isn’t this about alopecia??

Two important facts this trailer leaves out and I get the vibe the documentary will leave out as well; 1-only about a third of Alabama undergrads are involved in social greek societies, yes greek life is big and flashy there but the majority of students aren’t involved. And 2- “The Machine”(for anyone who doesn’t know is what they call the Greek leadership who try to control campus beyond greek life) is a shadow of what it use to be. Yes “The Machine” actually did have a lot of control of campus peeking in the 80s & 90s, but over the past 20ish years they’ve pretty much dissolved into only having control over most of Greek life and anything past that is really just a myth/urban legend.

@Ronnie438

Жыл бұрын

McIrish Greek Life still has a significant amount of influence at Alabama compared to other schools in the U.S. They literally have the biggest Greek system in the country.

@McIrish_Lad

Жыл бұрын

@@Ronnie438 I am aware, I did my grad work/taught at Alabama in the early 2010’s. I did my undergrad work at a school where greek was practically nonexistent, so I got hit with the culture shock for a few weeks at the start of my first year there. But from my experience, how it’s portrayed online is a hyper exaggerated version of itself and far to many people think the online persona of Alabama greek life is what it’s like in real life.

@tarwatered8320

Жыл бұрын

If you're going to have any substantive social life at an SEC school, the Greek system is going to be involved in some way, shape, or form. Bama has a lot of post-grads, OOS/OOC students that are older and not there for football games or undergrad lifestyle. Those aren't the ones filling up the student section every weekend. Compared to a major city, there isn't a lot to do in Tuscaloosa. There isn't a lot to do in Auburn, Oxford, Starkville, or a slew of other SEC schools. College towns are insular and remote, and that is why the Greek system thrives.

@ChiCityLady

Жыл бұрын

One-third is a high percentage compared to other colleges.

Why would anyone pay insane amounts of money to make friends is beyond me

Having already read both "Gone with the Wind" and "Lord of the Flies," I will be 100% skipping this.

this is so funny omg

@watermelon2223

Жыл бұрын

The amalgamation of power and intergnerational wealth is not funny...

@joshlockie9285

Жыл бұрын

It blows my mind that these people actually exist lmao

Super skeptical that a preexisting agenda, and a false narrative from outside media interests didn't come in with the intent to paint a picture that isn't really accurate. We've just seen it happen too many times before. But I'll reserve my final opinion until after I've watched. 👍🏼

@biteme6551

7 ай бұрын

AMEN! A lot of these commenters seem prepared to accept whatever the director says without remembering how despicable, crooked and corrupt the media is.

I rushed Bama in 2016 before ‘Bama Rush’ blew up on TikTok. I’m not against a documentary, but they could’ve talked to people who were actually in the sorority instead of girls who decided to rush because of TikTok.. all I am saying.

@kkreaux

Жыл бұрын

they did

Most sorority girls are mean. Those that say theyre not were part of a sorority and cant see from the outside

I feel like it’s not that serious

@Lily-qi9yb

Жыл бұрын

It’s literally not

@fuzi0n.963

Жыл бұрын

thats cause it isnt. this is a great example of overdramatizing to pull in more views than it deserves. i mean its working clearly. i go to alabama and know that most of the stuff in this wont be true but i still am intrigued to see what they cover honestly.

@kittycouturee

Жыл бұрын

@@Lily-qi9yb it is there is a lot of racism towards women of color. it needs to be talked about

This whole thing cracks me up especially when the girl says this could change Greek like as we know it I’m a sorority girl from the 80’s and these little girls don’t have a clue if the internet had been around back then that would have ended Greek life the sugar coated crap they do now doesn’t hold a candle to the things we did. Thank god my kids will never see a KZread video of what sorority life was then it sure wasn’t being a drama queen

I’ve never seen such massive houses for sorority housing. Like omg. They are mansions. I was in a sorority in the mid west. And our sorority row had like 3 houses and none of them that nice. And was definitely not like this.

I have several degrees from UA. I was never part of the Greek system at UA. I was never pressured to join, nor was I interested in joining. Does "the machine" have influence? Yes, they do. But this "documentary" is seriously overblown. You don't have to join a sorority or a fraternity. 99% of my friends at UA had no association with Greek life. The Greek system is not mandatory at UA. It's an option. And everyone who chooses that option knows exactly what they're signing up for.

the person who made this documentary diddnt get a bid 💀

Thank the Lord they didn't do this at Ole Miss. There probably would've been a riot. lol

Im slightly disgusted by the fact that the frats rank the sororities based on “hotness”. Wtf is this 1950?? Do the girls rank the frats based on the same? Or is this still a misogynistic society in Alabama?

Alabama. A very average university who’s claim to fame is football and partying. 😂😂

What a diverse group of women !

@VeryLovingRN

9 ай бұрын

Exactly

Fraternity rush was a simple hanging out a few evenings, cooking out, hanging out, minor application of interest to fill out… then afterward the members would go through each application, talk about each person, put up a quick vote, and that was it. Most people were given bids, some were not. It was not a huge deal. Then there were hazing events every weekend. Then we partied it up with these sororities every weekend. And that was it!

I'm watching "Bama Rush" and the director is basically saying that she, as a journalist, can't and won't create untruths, lie, insert misleading information, set up the sororities in a negative light, do anything unprofessional or otherwise deceive the viewer. I am calling "bull crap" on her supposed integrity because the media is absolutely despicable and we all watch how they lie, frame stories, insert exaggerations or outright leave out details that don't support their narrative. The media is pure evil. This director is saying how honest she is and how she can't do these things and is trying to convince us like we are stupid and should just believe her. Like we are idiots and don't know how the media operates and like we haven't seen how despicable they truly are.

Finally! I've so been looking forward to this!

Sororitys are for immature (girls) not women.

This documentary does not seem to talk about the NPHC Sororities such as Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc as an alternative for poc

@hkem1

Жыл бұрын

Nobody cares about those

@tarwatered8320

Жыл бұрын

They interview someone from Alpha Kappa Alpha. Discuss the integration of the row. What's funny is I went to Ole Miss and was in a top fraternity there. And I used to work as a bouncer with guys at one of the bars (now closed) from Alpha Phi Alpha. Good dudes. Cracked me up constantly.

@yemisi5191

5 ай бұрын

Girl let them have their stuff. I really wish black people would move past trying to be accepted in white spaces. We have our own.

Imagine going to the University of Alabama and acting like you did something with your life..

If you don't like it don't do it!

@Scarter310

Жыл бұрын

That’s what people say when there doing something wrong

sweetie, no one knows who they are at 18 LOL. Sororities are so weird....and basic

“Have you heard of the machine” “we shouldn’t talk about that” oh so you’re in it?

@alexisrenee6997

Жыл бұрын

what is the machine??

I'm ready for all the girlies to pick up arms and go feral over this My popcorn is ready!

This will be a hot mess ... can't wait!

Vapid….all I can say. “Like oh my god, like, like, likeeeee.” How do these girls get into college with such poor word usage? Most of them seem dull

@caitlingill

2 күн бұрын

Uni of Alabama has a 80% acceptance rate! Lol

It would be interesting to compare this experience to what many Black or African American female college students go thru when they participate in the membership intake process for the sororities who are a part of the historically Black Greek Letter Organizations (part of the “Divine 9” or “National Pan-Hellenic Council”). One thing I recall is that members make a lifetime commitment in the Black/African American sororities but not for the non-Black/non-African American ones? I wonder why that’s the case… or if it still is?

@kimerietate8372

Жыл бұрын

I’m a Black woman, and I was in a White sorority(Tri Delta), and then a Black sorority(AKA) at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.I felt more at home in Tri Delt, but I finally realized that I really wasn’t a group person.Great experiences, though.

I went to UA. Greek life is crazy.

Is this the one documentary that they were kicking pledges out for? I wonder if they got ANY tea because those sororities were NOT playing about keeping their privacy.