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Diabolical Lies

Bama Rush Post-Mortem: Patriarchy Rocks, Dude

Diabolical Lies

Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke

Society & Culture, News

4.8607 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

in this episode: caro & katie debrief on the bama rush / rushtok phenomenon, through the lens of katie's experience going through alabama rush 10 years ago and the deconstruction process that followed.



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0:00.0

Good morning, Katie. Good morning. Good morning. It's a Saturday morning, and we are having a very

0:05.9

special conversation today to commemorate the end of Alabama rush. We are going to do a little

0:13.1

post-mortem. Something that has shocked me is finding out that you rushed at Alabama, and we're in a

0:19.2

sorority all four years. Try it out or don't try it all, baby.

0:22.6

And you tried.

0:23.6

When you, oh, I tried.

0:25.6

Today you all are going to learn just how hard I tried and kept trying.

0:30.6

I was laughing when you said, it's a Saturday and it's like, but what really matters is what's happening this Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, because y'all, it's bid day in Alabama.

0:41.7

It is bid day.

0:42.5

It is the most exciting day of the year.

0:45.3

It's where you're going to run home to your forever home and find your sisters.

0:50.0

Oh, my God, I have full body goosebumps.

0:52.6

So why don't we start by, why don't you tell me a little bit

0:55.8

about who you were when you were 18? Like who you were as you were approaching Alabama,

0:59.6

how did you decide to go there? And what were you like as you were approaching rush for the first time?

1:04.7

I coming out of an all-girl Catholic high school, a very dog-eat dog, kind of perfect training in some ways for sorority life

1:13.1

world. The last two years of my high school experience were very difficult. I had been

1:18.2

ostracized by my friend group at one point. I was kind of living this double life academically

1:23.6

from the standpoint of I was drinking constantly, partying constantly.

1:29.3

I actually got arrested when I was 17.

1:31.7

I got a public intoxication charge.

1:33.8

Is that common where you lived?

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