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Anna Merlan
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Anna Merlan was a Senior Reporter at G/O Media until September 2019. She's the author of Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power.

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People are jealous that they aren't confident enough and attractive enough.

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And this is one of the reasons that I didn't rush. So darn expensive. You pay national dues and chapter dues. You have to live in/on the sorority house/hall. Then, other people get to tell you how to dress and spend your (in my case) very limited money. I went to a southern university with an entrenched Greek Read more

NOT THE POLISH WEEK I WAS LOOKING FOR ANNA!!!!

Nah, nah. I spent five years in the military. All the military wants of you is to put on your damn camis, get a haircut or pin your hair back, and take a shower once in a while. No weird piercings, no weird hair colors, and you're generally good to go. Beyond that, they do not care. I could not have lasted five years Read more

• LITERALLY EVERYTHING VASELINE IS THE ULTIMATE PRODUCT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ITS EXISTENCE Read more

I was there from Aug 61 - Feb 63. First, let me establish I was there for several reasons, car theft, run away and others, but not the point. Memories I have are of the censoring of mail released to the outside. When we took flu shots for example ( we were told it was flu vaccine) the little Jewish Doctor and or Read more

Hello there, sorority girl here. I've thought a lot on this topic in the past few months and while I was on board initially because I think it may help with the power dynamic (which is ABSOLUTELY a problem; I completely contend that), I'm not sure it would happen in practice. And not necessarily because it isn't worth Read more

We weren't allowed to drink mixed drinks at fraternity socials. Our booze policy was you could bring a couple of bottles of wine or a six pack or beer or wine coolers. No hard booze. The fraternity had to provide something for you eat which was normally chips. No drinking from unopened containers. No drinking anything Read more

That's an urban legend, though I did hear that one all the time. I don't know why they were banned here, but no college I'm aware of back home had them back when I was in school. Read more

I don't think I've ever heard of sororities NOT having parties. I mean, Panhell alsp says you can't haze but we all know that happens. Read more

Wait, seriously? I don't have anything against sororities. I didn't go to a school with a big Greek life and wouldn't have joined anyway, so all this is news to me. But really, this is just silly. It's 2015, if college organizations can't encourage equality between genders, where are kids going to learn it. Read more

The solution to alcohol issues is never more alcohol. Read more

When you arrived you went through an orientation letting you know some of the rules, others were made up as you went along. I was there for three 3days when I was told I was disrespectful to one of the cottage fathers and was take to the White House (the building where beatings took place) and was given 25 lashes. I Read more

It's important to note that sorority functions can have alcohol (provided and dispensed by a 3rd party vendor - so that the responsibility to card is on them) at functions that they throw at other locations, such as bars, function halls, etc. Read more