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Fancast for Storm Part II

Yetide Badaki

Yetide captured veiwers for many reasons in her role as Bilquis, the biblical Queen of Sheba. The Nigerian-American actress portrays the Goddess of Love with a style that I describe as Shakespearean. She draws viewers in with every line and carries us through every emotion. Badaki's regal and dramatic expression of Bilquis reminded me of 90s Animated Series Storm in the best way possible. Yetide's charismatic, regal, and dramatic demeanor convinced me she's indeed Storm.

Lashana Lynch

Lashana was made for the screen. Her time as a noble heiress in Still Star Crossed and action star in the most recent 007 showcases her talent and her ability to take on a role as big as Storm's. The way Lynch expressed her raw emotions and kicked some serious ass in her previous roles reminded me of these traits that exist within Storm. Storm has comforted her friends in their most intimate moments and lead battles only moments apart, and Lashana can too.

Jodie Turner-Smith

While Jodie showcased her acting skills in a variety of roles I personally think she wasn't given that BIG role that she deserves. I don't doubt her acting ability, in fact she reminds of Storm in her most early appearances where she is confident in herself while empathic to the struggles of her peers. It also goes without saying that Jodie is always glowing and that's the type of person I'd like to play Storm.

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Liz of Chasing Daylight Cosplay as Stormchella at Comic-Con 2019

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7 Essential Party Tips For Introverts

1. Know The Quiet Spots

This one is easier if you yourself are hosting the party, but even if you’re coming to someone else’s bash, try to make an exploratory trek around the place when you arrive to seek out where you might sneak away and have a recharge when you need it. Good spots include bathrooms, quiet corridors, back entrances and kitchens; avoid places where you’ve been clearly warned off, private spaces (bedrooms that have shut doors, for instance), anywhere with a lot of foot traffic, anywhere that feels potentially unsafe, or anywhere where it would be peculiar to be discovered (like the inside of a pantry). Try to pick out a few, so that if one turns out to have become an unexpected party hub, you can go to another.

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y’all: the men haven’t even made an effort, may as well have just gone to rent a tux

the black men: i beg u excuse me

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B R O W N S U G A <3

IG: @Miss.cameroon

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Dettrick Maddox created these Black Panther (MCU) designs.

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Vintage Black Glamour (2015) by Nichelle Gainer

“Using rarely accessed photographic archives and private collections, inspired by her family history, Nichelle Gainer has unearthed a revealing treasure trove of historic photographs of famous actors, dancers, writers and entertainers who worked in the 20th-century entertainment business, but who rarely appeared in the same publications as their white counterparts. 

Alongside the familiar images and stories of renowned performers such as Eartha Kitt, Lena Horne and Aretha Franklin are those of less well-remembered figures such as Bricktop, Pearl Primus, Diana Sands and many, many more. Vintage Black Glamour is a unique, sumptuous and revealing celebration of the lives and indomitable spirit of Black women of a previous era.

 Although talented, successful and ground-breaking, many of the women in these pages were ignored by mainstream media, but their life’s work and attitude stand as inspiration for us still, today. With its stunning photographs and insightful biographies, this book is a hugely important addition to Black history archives.”

Get it  now here 

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Ironheart #Cosplay by  themanicpixieblackgirl

Ironheart (Riri Williams) 

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Brooklyn’s Curlfest celebrates natural hair during 4th annual beauty festival

It was a steaming hot Saturday in Prospect Park, but the #BlackGirlMagic was even hotter as thousands of women ascended on the fourth annual Curlfest, the largest natural beauty festival in the U.S. From waist-length braids to decorative butterflies nestled in afros, the women stunned from their crowns to their sandaled toes.

The yearly event is produced by the five women of Curly Girl Collective, an experiential marketing group that specializes in multicultural beauty. The event’s mission is to create a space of celebration for women of color to celebrate their locs, afros and twist-outs. “Curlfest was founded on the idea of you all needing to be celebrated,” Tracey Coleman, director of events, said at the press conference as she pointed to the crowd. “If you look around, and you see images of beauty, they don’t necessarily look like us.”

Coleman was dressed in an Ankara jumpsuit with oversized earrings made of stitched leather and wore her hair in a puffed afro. When asked about the friction within the natural-hair movement of “good” hair versus “bad” hair, Coleman didn’t hesitate. “The great thing about the movement now is that barrier is being broken down; there’s no good hair and there’s no bad hair,” Coleman said in an interview with Mic. “Healthy hair is what’s good, so that’s what we’re here to promote.” Read more. (7/17/2017 3:00 PM)

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The Royal Court of Wakanda!

Source: themcluster.net

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The Royal Court of Wakanda!

Source: Tosche Station

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That was pretty much how Black history was taught in school when I was growing up, too. Erasure is hugely damaging.