Bamarush

[skidunks]

Is anyone else watching this on TikTok?

[gretchenindisguise]

Is it already that time again? I got sucked in last year.

[Jalapeñomel]

Is this a sorority thing?

[underwaterrhymes]

😂 Since it was President Obama’s birthday yesterday, I thought this was some sort of a celebration for him and there was just a typo in the title.

I googled and nope. I was so wrong lol.

[starburst604]

My friend was texting our group about this and we all acted like she was speaking Latin lol. #oldz

She’s very into it though!

[ssmjlm]

I'm not on tiktok (sorry china!), but I am glad recruitment wasn't like this at my school. I 100% would not have survived.

I'll see some highlights on IG.

[bugmeetsworld]

As an introvert, that looks like my worst nightmare.

[shauni27]

I want to get tiktok just to watch this now.

[mcppalmbeach]

My friends tried to get me into this last year and…I don’t get it. Someone post some of the better ones please! I’ve entered the tag and I see like a few dances, but nothing particularly entertaining. I feel like it’s always shocking to me that young ladies look “like this”
These days. I mean they are flawless. Where are the flaws And the normal looking people lol?

[HRH Queen Dick I]

I'd call it Klan Rush.

[mrsd2006]

For some reason I read this as "bamarooosh" and thought it was some new band.

And no, I'm not watching lol.

[rubytue]

Aug 5, 2022 7:53:01 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

I want to get tiktok just to watch this now.

Same. Searching the web version of tiktok is just not as robust as the app appears to be. Like, you can’t search hashtag without and account. And dammit, Twitter isn’t even linking highlights. 

[tacokick]

My jewelry is normal, my dress is from Pants Store.

[Jalapeñomel]

Aug 5, 2022 6:21:52 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Is this a sorority thing?

So yes? Is it just for Alabama? Or is it for all sororities? Is it a southern thing? Are there other hash tags?

Talking to myself lol:

www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/alabama-sorority-rush-tiktok-podcast-1391613/amp/


What happens if a girl doesn’t get a bid?

[rubytue]

Ooo. I got a hashtag without the app. www.tiktok.com/tag/bamarush

Jalapeñomel, there is usually an open period afterward, because not everyone matches and there may be space.

This is brining back so many college memories. Not of rush, as I didn’t rush (but was technically Greek). But just general college memories.

[crispnclean]

Aug 5, 2022 11:01:49 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Aug 5, 2022 6:21:52 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Is this a sorority thing?

So yes? Is it just for Alabama? Or is it for all sororities? Is it a southern thing? Are there other hash tags?

Talking to myself lol:

www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/alabama-sorority-rush-tiktok-podcast-1391613/amp/


What happens if a girl doesn’t get a bid?

Sorority rush is a thing at lots of colleges, but not to the same level as it is at the southern schools where there are a lot of legacies (women whose family members were members of a certain sorority). Membership in sororities is very much a social status thing, especially in the south.

If someone doesn't get a bid, they don't join a sorority. They can go through rush again the next time, or they may be offered what's called an "open bid" which is a bid that is given out to women without them having to go through rush. At my school, a lot of the athletes joined sororities through open bids because their sports commitments kept them from going through rush.

[tacokick]

Aug 5, 2022 11:01:49 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

What happens if a girl doesn’t get a bid?

They get launched into space.



For real, they just can’t join and keep living in the dorms or wherever. I am fascinated because my college didn’t even have sports much less Greek life.

[W.T.Faulkner]

Maybe this is why the Earth was spinning extra fast this week, to launch us off because it’s what we deserve

[W.T.Faulkner]

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA’S SORORITIES WERE OFFICIALLY DESEGREGATED LESS THAN A DECADE AGO.

[HRH Queen Dick I]

For the people who enjoy this, do you also think Gone With the Wind is a quaint tale about hoop skirts?

[Jalapeñomel]

It seems so cruel. I mean, I knew about sprouted and rush to some extend, but how awful for a girl who wants to be involved and she isn’t picked. It’s like high school on steroids, no thanks.

[mention]whatthefaulkner [/mention] :

[tacokick]

Aug 5, 2022 12:55:07 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA’S SORORITIES WERE OFFICIALLY DESEGREGATED LESS THAN A DECADE AGO.

I don’t think anyone watching would be surprised by that at all. The whole concept is some bizarre relic that I can scarcely believe still exists. I can see the appeal at HBCUs but this is something else.

It kind of reminds me of a story my mom told me about how when she went to high school in the early-mid 1970s — a friend told her she was going to try out for cheerleading and my mom laughed in her face. She completely thought her friend was making a joke because the idea of cheering for the boys’ teams (which is all they did) sounded like some 1950s throwback and she couldn’t believe it was still around.

[kath16]

Aug 5, 2022 12:55:07 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA’S SORORITIES WERE OFFICIALLY DESEGREGATED LESS THAN A DECADE AGO.

WHAT

.... 


WHAT


What was happening before they were "officially desegregated"??!! what is happening now?? I am certain i don't want to know. I regret knowing that this is even a thing that people are into watching.

[llamamama]

I am so curious about this. I don’t have tik tok but kind of want it to see this. On the other hand, we just told our 12 year old she is too young for Tik tok and there is nothing good on there. Getting the app now seems like it would be kind of hypocritical.😅

[Poeticxpassion]

I've been watching this TikTok and her videos are really interesting. She talks about the cost per year ($10,000+!) and rush bags, theme weeks, etc.

https://www.tiktok.com/@rachelmonahan/video/7127317950331211054

Sorry, I can't get the link to imbed.

[sugarbear1]

I need to know what is in a rush bag! Do they carry this bag with them all week?

[HRH Queen Dick I]

Aug 5, 2022 18:51:13 GMT -5 sugarbear1 said:

I need to know what is in a rush bag!

MAGA hat, fake tanner, cock straws, Bible, Adderall

[dontlook]

Aug 5, 2022 19:04:55 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I said:

Aug 5, 2022 18:51:13 GMT -5 sugarbear1 said:

I need to know what is in a rush bag!

MAGA hat, fake tanner, cock straws, Bible, Adderall

This list made me lol

[cuadrado]

Aug 5, 2022 19:04:55 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I said:

Aug 5, 2022 18:51:13 GMT -5 sugarbear1 said:

I need to know what is in a rush bag!

MAGA hat, fake tanner, cock straws, Bible, Adderall

Lololololol.

I saw that the cost for these sororities is $4,700+ per semester. My mind is blown.

[skidunks]

I’m trying to remember what the cost was when I was in my sorority. I must have blocked it out because I have no clue.