Colleen: 23, graduate of U. of Chicago, sorority sister, art major, the first in her immediate family to move out of the Midwest. Considers herself a “personal feminist,” but feels detached from feminist political activism.
“[Being in a sorority] is the most feminist, girl-power thing I’ve ever done…My sorority sisters knew more about my art than my professors did. I felt like they could understand better.”
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5 responses so far ↓
1 Anonymous // Oct 23, 2007 at 9:16 am
Ouch. You managed to bash me as both a state school girl and a sorority girl in just one post.
2 GIRLdrive // Oct 23, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Oh no, that was not our intention at all! One of the most important things about talking to Colleen was that she brought up the possibility of sororities being a supportive feminist space. Like it or not, sororities (like feminism, actually), are maligned in the media (MTV, teen movies, teen mags) as divisive and damaging. It was refreshing to hear Colleen’s perspective. Re the state school distinction–Colleen mentioned to us that she didn’t think that state school sororities discussed the topic of feminism the way that U. of Chicago students did. But that didn’t mean that she didn’t respect and have friends in state school sororities. We plan on talking to a few state-school sorority sisters about their experience in Phoenix and when we get back to Madison, WI.
Hope this clears a few things up!
Nona and Emma
3 Mehiko // Oct 23, 2007 at 10:58 pm
nice painting
4 Aya // Nov 10, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Keep up the good work.
5 Girldrive updates: some more early reviews! // Oct 19, 2009 at 10:03 am
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