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Can You Be A Feminist and Be In A Sorority?

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Juliette Sebock
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Gettysburg chapter.

A girl on campus brought up a question the other day: can a sorority girl be a feminist?  I first wondered why she would ask this but then it really made me start to think.  Personally, I am in a sorority and would call myself a feminist but I did not realize that some people find this impossible.  As a feminist, I simply advocate for equal rights between men and women all around the world.  Particularly in the United States, another problem feminists work towards is guiding the attention off of slamming women and girls appearances.  Ashley Judd, an actor you may know from the movie Divergent, was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Kentucky after being ridiculed over plastic surgery argues that media solely measure women on their looks and weight rather than who they are as a person.  Ashley Judd is just one example that women can be feminists and in a sorority.

 

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In my life, it seems easy to be a feminist in a sorority.  I have a Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor and am a member of Delta Gamma here at Gettysburg College.  In fraternity and sorority culture body image stereotypically comes up in everyday conversation or through different rituals.  However, here I have never had this problem.  I have never been shamed by my sorority members about my weight or how fit I am but I am accepted through my personality.  In addition, I am firmly against others participating in body shaming and will say something if it arises.  To me, being in a sorority has helped me love and accept myself more than when I was not in a sorority.  My sorority accepts me for who I am and this is probably why I have never thought it difficult to be in a sorority and be a feminist.  So to answer the beginning question…yes, a sorority girl can be a feminist: just look at me!    

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I am currently a senior at Gettysburg College!  I am an English major with a Wrting concentration and Women Gender Studies minor.
Juliette Sebock, Founder: Jules founded the Gettysburg College chapter of Her Campus in Fall 2015 and served as Campus Correspondent until graduating in Spring 2018. Juliette graduated from Gettysburg College in 2018 with an English major and History/Civil War Era Studies/Public History triple minors. In addition to HC, she was a member of the Spring 2017 class of Advanced Studies in England and of various organizations including Eta Sigma Phi, Dance Ensemble, and Poetry Circle. She has published a poetry chapbook titled Mistakes Were Made, available on Amazon and Goodreads, and she has poems forthcoming in several literary magazines. She is also the editor-in-chief of Nightingale & Sparrow Magazine and runs the lifestyle blog, For the Sake of Good Taste. For more information, visit https://juliettesebock.com.