Archetypal representations of sorority women are abundant in popular culture. Visible in films and television shows, these representations also inundate social media networks and sites. Despite the wide range of different platforms in which these archetypal representations appear, the representations themselves remain strikingly consistent across time and space and are deeply rooted in anti-femininity and sexist rhetorics. This talk interrogates these pejorative popular culture portrayals while focusing on the lived effects of these demeaning characterizations articulated by sorority women.
