Non porn stuff

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Orleans by Sherri L Smith

Iron Cast by Destiny Soria

Is You Okay? by GloZell Green

Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela Deprince and Elaine Deprince

The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

This Side Of Home by Renee Watson

When Morning Comes by Arushi Raina

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon

American Street by Ibi Zoboi

Goldie Vance by Hope Larson, Brittney Williams

Shiny Broken Pieces A Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton

Stone Mirrors The Sculpture & Silence of Edmonia Lewis by Jeannine Atkins

Shadowshaper Cypher 02 Shadowhouse Falls by Daniel Jos Older

The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson

this list ignores the last 15 years of movies, but that makes sense. if we’re going to talk about “classics”, we have to give the movies time to become classics.

legend ( italicized - seen it, bold- have a copy of it too)

Carmen Jones (1954)

Imitation of Life (1959)

Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Shaft (1971)

Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)

Super Fly (1972)

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

The Mack (1973)

Coffy (1973)

Black Caesar (1973)

Cleopatra Jones (1974)

Foxy Brown (1974)

Claudine (1974)

Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

Dolemite (1975)

Cooley High (1975)

Mahogany (1975)

Sparkle (1976)

Car Wash (1976)

The Wiz (1978)

Breakin’ (1984)

Beat Street (1984)

A Soldier’s Story (1984)

Purple Rain (1984)

Krush Groove (1985)

The Color Purple (1985)

Hollywood Shuffle (1987)

Raw (1987)

School Daze (1988)

Coming to America (1988)

Lean On Me (1989)

Glory (1989)

Do the Right Thing (1989)

Harlem Nights (1989)

Mo’ Better Blues (1989)

House Party (1990)

The Five Heartbeats (1991)

Jungle Fever (1991)

Strictly Business (1991)

Boyz n the Hood (1991)

New Jack City (1991)

White Men Can’t Jump (1992)

Bebe’s Kids (1992) (used to have this on VHS lol)

Boomerang (1992)

Malcolm X (1992)

Juice (1992)

Class Act (1992)

What’s Love Got to Do With It (1993)

CB4 (1993)

Posse (1993)

Poetic Justice (1993)

Menace II Society (1993)

Jason’s Lyric (1994)

A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)

Tales From the Hood (1995)

Bad Boys (1995)

Friday (1995)

Waiting to Exhale (1995)

Higher Learning (1995)

Set It Off (1996)

Hav Plenty (1998)

Eve’s Bayou (1997)

Love Jones (1997)

Soul Food (1997)

Belly (1998)

How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

The Best Man (1999)

The Wood (1999)

Love & Basketball (2000)

of course she couldn’t get ALL of the movies on here… but some notable misses :

The Temptations (1998)

Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998)

Dead Presidents (1995)

Polly (1989)

A Hero Ain’t Nothing But A Sandwich (1978)

The Marva Collins Story (1981)

Sister Act II (1993)

Hoodlum (1997)

Women of Brewster Place (1989) 

Little Richard (2000)

Bamboozled (2000)

I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)

The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992)

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)

Preacher’s Wife (1996)

The Bodyguard (1992)

Mo Money (1992) (ok maybe not so notable, but yeah)

Blankman (1994)

*probably check Venus as well*

Aries: ~ shy but extremly excited ~ talks to you 26/9 ~ isn’t as stubborn with you ~ lame pick up lines and random compliments ~ want to do things and go places with you

Taurus: ~ shy aF ~ lots of eye contact ~ laughs at your jokes ~ more touchy with you ~ shares EVERYTHING with you

Gemini: ~ will talk to you like a.l.w.a.y.s ~ and if not to you then ABOUT you ~ becomes more touchy ~ makes fun of you, but in a good way ~ always joking around and tries to make you laugh

Cancer: ~ asks you for advice and help (because they trust you that much) ~ shy flirter ~ always makes sure that you’re happy and nothing’s bothering you ~ isn’t afraid to talk about their emotions in front of you ~ caring mom

Leo: ~ acts to you as if you were their best friend ~ wants you to pay attention to them 24/7 ~ caring and loving even at their worst ~ buys you cute gifts and food ~ always wants to look good around you (tells you what they’ve acomplished and stuff)

Virgo: ~ always willing to help you with ANYTHING ~ tired but never of you ~ moves out of their comfort zone just to spend time with you ~ more goofy and talkative around you ~ will do cute little things for you to show you they like you

Libra: ~ wants to take you everywhere with them ~ often reminds you of how amazing you are ~ flirty and romantic, but not too much ~ always seems happy around you ~ makes you laugh

Scorpio: ~ talks with you about deep stuff ~ shy aS HECKLESS ~ much more talkative around you then they usually are ~ maybe the strongest flirting out of all the signs ~ on and off towards you

Sagittarius: ~ wants to do everything with you (not everything but like… you know what i mean) ~ random (but really nice) compliments ~ bullies you in one minute, cuddles you in second ~ pays more attention to you then they do to others (in public for example) ~ honestly you will most likely KNOW because they won’t really try to hide it

Capricorn: ~ lets you in their world (= is more openminded about their emotions) ~ more goofy, excited an talkative around you ~ romantic (!) ~ talks to you about your passions ~ shares their favourite music with you

Aquarius:  ~ talks about you with literally EVERYONE except you ~ talks to you a lot and pays a lot of attention to you ~ bullies you ~ lip flirting (smiling, biting their lips,…) ~ isn’t that afraid to talk about more deep stuff with you

OMG YES #BlackGirlsMagic