A Trojan's War on Thunder Thighs Turns Tawdry

DO-NOT Donut

Last November, just before Thanksgiving, USC junior Indya Talbot sent a mass e-mail to her sorority sisters of Kappa Kappa Gamma. "Dear fellow Kappas," it began, "with the holiday season upon us, I thought it was important to illustrate the effects that those extra slices of pie can bring." To lend force to prescriptions such as "dont [sic] eat donuts, just dont [sic] do it," Talbot attached unflattering photos of several supposed dessert-victims, all members of rival sisterhood Delta Gamma. "I always knew we were better than the DGs," she exulted. In a flash, the ill-advised e-mail quickly made the rounds of the greater Greek system, and then the world, inspiring knowing tongue-clucks and dyspeptic blog rants. The backlash prompted a sheepish address by Kappa's president, Julie Barmeyer, to the entire Greek community on December 6. "The content [of Talbot's e-mail] was extremely inappropriate and does not in any way reflect the feelings of the entire house," she wrote. "We apologize for any embarrassment or harm you may have experienced."

Asked about the flap, Talbot offered what might be called the Mean Girls defense: I was only pretending to be a fat-circling shallow bitch! "That e-mail was actually written as a lighthearted parody on sorority life," she says. "It was actually, like, pretty sarcastic, though obviously it sounds bad, coming from a sorority girl."

Now Radar hears Talbot has mended her ways and, between tirades against Krispy Kreme, is holding weekly summits called "Heal" helping girls deal with eating disorders.

[After the jump, the emails that started it all!]

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