If Women Ran Hip Hop

For this entry I decided to collect my thoughts on "If Women Ran Hip Hop" by Aya de Leon in 2007. 

This piece makes me feel like it was written off of stereotypes of women.  Not all women are into pretty dainty places, especially for a hip hop show.  Honestly when I think of underground Hip Hop I think of a basement in some building that was cheap to rent, but then again, that could just be me.  Next, what is the definition of "too loud."  At a live show of any type, I would like the music to be loud and fresh, and the people who think the music is too loud, should back away from the speaers. 

Aya says "there would never be shootings cuz there would be onsite conflict mediators to help you work through all that negativity & hostility."  I think that is a bunch of bologna because honestly, I have seen a cat fight.  It may not have included guns, but man women are ten times worse than men when they fight.  Men can at least be separated when they fight, but women, oh no, they are almost impossible to separate.  and as for the mediators, that's like throwing them into the principal's office and telling them that if they don't talk their problems through, they will be suspended. 

I could honestly go on for a while about this one because it is based off stereotypes of a certain type of woman, and not all women. 
Perhaps if there are some comments we can continue this discussion via comments.