That Black Girl Pinup

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Burlesque dancer Jessabelle Thunder performing “A Jig in the Jungle”, an homage to Dorothy Dandridge

Burlesque dancer Jessabelle Thunder performing “A Jig in the Jungle”, an homage to Dorothy Dandridge

This is such a cute style.

Couldn’t resist 🌲 @hisvintagetouch dressed @theblackpinup in amazing #lilydiamond and sculpted her hair for our holiday shoot! #vestigephotography

Merry Christmas from your favorite fat girl!!! XOXO Saucye West ❤️😘💋☃🎄 Photo by @glammpinup Dress by @torridfashion

Danielle Brooks: Black beauty ♥

Laverne Cox as Josephine Baker

Photographer Velvet d'AmourDesigner Georgina Cox for LADY VOLUPTUOUSHair Rachel WilliamsonModel CONTEST WINNER Lucia MorrisModel Georgina Horne Makeup Georgina Horne by Rachel Williamson Makeup Lucia Morris by herself www.volup2.com

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“They might have drawn Betty Boop white, but her history is black. The character was actually stolen from Cotton Club singer Esther Jones — known by her stage name “Baby Esther” and the baby talk she used when she sang songs like “I Wanna Be Loved By You (Boop- Boop-BeDoo). Her act later “inspired” cartoonist Max Fleischer to create the character Betty Boop and Esther tried to win the rights back to her character until the day she died.”

#dreadlocks #pinupstyle

#burlesque #burlesqueperformer #blackburlesqueperformer #blackburlesque #blackpinups #DonnaDenise

Aya Jones photographed Ezra Petronio, Vogue Japan August 2015