Females in Hip Hop and more

So the other night in my hip hop class, we were talking about women in hip hop. And it was at the moment that Dr. Schur asked us to think of women who were hip hoppers that I realized how few women I actually listen to. Besides Jean Grae, Lady Sovereign, MC Lyte, Lauryn Hill, and Queen Latifah, I had a hard time of coming up with women in hip hop heads... This was really frustrating to me. I really like hip hop because it really encourages people to come, have fun, and be who you are, but that message just does not seem to be reflected in who is producing music and who is getting distributed. Dr. Schur said to me something like the language of authenticity seems to only be accessible for males. I wonder what it will take to make hip hop more gender friendly? It's a really big question that I want to reflect on more, but for now, I just want to point out that it frustrates me that hip hop does not have more popular female MCs (background vocals do not count)

In other news, I just finished a sweet graphic novel version of the US Constitution (thanks Brian). It was really cool; it reminded me why I started studying political science and why I really like AP Government in high school

Oh and I am absolutely excited for two things: This weekend I get to see my girlfriend and visit Eden Theological Seminary!!! And, next Thursday I get to eat lunch with the former president of Amnesty USA Bill Schulz!!! I know. You are all jealous. Well you should be because, well, it's super awesome...

Oh yeah, and Model UN is just around the corner, I realized today! What the hell? I have to go represent Haiti in St. Louis in basically 3 weeks, I believe. I'm not really as prepared as I wanted to be, but I am excited for it.

OK well, that's not really as thoughtful of a post as I would like, but it is a nice update, isn't it? Have an enjoyable rest of the week!