Ottensen said:

I love the girl groups post!

*takes bow*

FauxReal said:

lavender1983 said:

I actually really liked En Vogue. I don't know that there's been as good a girl group since them, IMO.

Agreed. What I liked about them is the fact that no singer outshone the other one....One lead singer and a bunch of backups calling themselves a "group". They all had phenomenal voices and presence.

Harlepolis said:

@ this thread. Lemme take it back though, I have a strange fascination with vintage portraits of black women....

Your post.

I'm obsessed with vintage too....that was gonna be my next post

lavender1983 said:

FauxReal said:

I actually really liked En Vogue. I don't know that there's been as good a girl group since them, IMO.

Agreed. What I liked about them is the fact that no singer outshone the other one....One lead singer and a bunch of backups calling themselves a "group". They all had phenomenal voices and presence.

Exactly.

And them being easy on the eyes doesn't hurt either.

FauxReal said:

lavender1983 said:

Agreed. What I liked about them is the fact that no singer outshone the other one....One lead singer and a bunch of backups calling themselves a "group". They all had phenomenal voices and presence.

Exactly.

And them being easy on the eyes doesn't hurt either.

Of course.

Jayne Kennedy

Jennifer Beals

Aliyah

getting literary.....

Angela Davis

Alice Walker

Toni Morrison

Maya Angelou

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Beautiful.

Can I also say that it's great that nobody's post any of those butt models?

I've got nothing against them, but I just think that our beauty goes beyond just that.

Funny gals

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Love your naps and kinks

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Awesome BevBev. Great additions to the thread.

More vintage stuff...

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Harlepolis

You just reminded me of the seriously fierce Phyllis Hyman

More girl groups..

Dont Wak Away was the 'ish back in da day.

L'Trimm....Fun and very 80's

Miss Hyman was too gorgeous and statuesque, there oughta be a law against it

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Chancellor said:

I have MAD Love for all the Sistas posted in this thread but my Mother is STILL the Baddest Black woman I know and Love...Hello...

Layzie said:

Beautiful.

Can I also say that it's great that nobody's post any of those butt models?

I've got nothing against them, but I just think that our beauty goes beyond just that.

Lovely and classy!

I must say this... this woman is my hero. My actual hero. I love her.

paintedlady said:

I must say this... this woman is my hero. My actual hero. I love her.

You know I love Celia and everything she represents.

She became the most successful woman in Latin culture DESPITE being a BLACK woman cuz you know how some folks love to think that all latinos look like J.Lo. and conveniently forget/ignore the influence of Africans on their heritage and bloodlines.

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SCNDLS said:

paintedlady said:

I must say this... this woman is my hero. My actual hero. I love her.

You know I love Celia and everything she represents.

She became the most successful Latina in Latin culture DESPITE being a BLACK woman cuz you know how some folks love to think that all latinos look like J.Lo. and conveniently forget/ignore the influence of Africans on their heritage and bloodlines.

She's so badass people HAD to reluctantly come out of their color coded bubbles and celebrate her, her talent and genius could NOT be denied.

I can't tell you how many times people in my own family would say, you aren't Spanish you don't look like us, you're ugly.... "culebra fea" ... my own mother called me that on a regular. My nose was the conversation piece in the room when ever company stopped by. My mom always felt a need to explain how she didn't know why I had such an ugly nose.

I would always think of Celia (how beautiful she always looked) and hold my head up and not give a fuck about the shit that spewed out their mouths. I was a little girl and I was glad to see Celia as a young child. She single-handedly saved my self esteem. She did for many young afro-hispanic girls. Thank you Celia.

paintedlady said:

SCNDLS said:

You know I love Celia and everything she represents.

She became the most successful Latina in Latin culture DESPITE being a BLACK woman cuz you know how some folks love to think that all latinos look like J.Lo. and conveniently forget/ignore the influence of Africans on their heritage and bloodlines.

She's so badass people HAD to reluctantly come out of their color coded bubbles and celebrate her, her talent and genius could NOT be denied.

I can't tell you how many times people in my own family would say, you aren't Spanish you don't look like us, you're ugly.... "culebra fea" ... my own mother called me that on a regular. My nose was the conversation piece in the room when ever company stopped by. My mom always felt a need to explain how she didn't know why I had such an ugly nose.

I would always think of Celia (how beautiful she always looked) and hold my head up and not give a fuck about the shit that spewed out their mouths. I was a little girl and I was glad to see Celia as a young child. She single-handedly saved my self esteem. She did for many young afro-hispanic girls. Thank you Celia.

paintedlady said:

SCNDLS said:

You know I love Celia and everything she represents.

She became the most successful Latina in Latin culture DESPITE being a BLACK woman cuz you know how some folks love to think that all latinos look like J.Lo. and conveniently forget/ignore the influence of Africans on their heritage and bloodlines.

She's so badass people HAD to reluctantly come out of their color coded bubbles and celebrate her, her talent and genius could NOT be denied.

I can't tell you how many times people in my own family would say, you aren't Spanish you don't look like us, you're ugly.... "culebra fea" ... my own mother called me that on a regular. My nose was the conversation piece in the room when ever company stopped by. My mom always felt a need to explain how she didn't know why I had such an ugly nose.

I would always think of Celia (how beautiful she always looked) and hold my head up and not give a fuck about the shit that spewed out their mouths. I was a little girl and I was glad to see Celia as a young child. She single-handedly saved my self esteem. She did for many young afro-hispanic girls. Thank you Celia.

Say that! Celia validated a lot of US.

paintedlady said:

SCNDLS said:

You know I love Celia and everything she represents.

She became the most successful Latina in Latin culture DESPITE being a BLACK woman cuz you know how some folks love to think that all latinos look like J.Lo. and conveniently forget/ignore the influence of Africans on their heritage and bloodlines.

She's so badass people HAD to reluctantly come out of their color coded bubbles and celebrate her, her talent and genius could NOT be denied.

I can't tell you how many times people in my own family would say, you aren't Spanish you don't look like us, you're ugly.... "culebra fea" ... my own mother called me that on a regular. My nose was the conversation piece in the room when ever company stopped by. My mom always felt a need to explain how she didn't know why I had such an ugly nose.

I would always think of Celia (how beautiful she always looked) and hold my head up and not give a fuck about the shit that spewed out their mouths. I was a little girl and I was glad to see Celia as a young child. She single-handedly saved my self esteem. She did for many young afro-hispanic girls. Thank you Celia.

Wow, that was just,,,,,real. Thanks for sharing, paintedlady.

paintedlady said:

SCNDLS said:

You know I love Celia and everything she represents.

She became the most successful Latina in Latin culture DESPITE being a BLACK woman cuz you know how some folks love to think that all latinos look like J.Lo. and conveniently forget/ignore the influence of Africans on their heritage and bloodlines.

She's so badass people HAD to reluctantly come out of their color coded bubbles and celebrate her, her talent and genius could NOT be denied.

I can't tell you how many times people in my own family would say, you aren't Spanish you don't look like us, you're ugly.... "culebra fea" ... my own mother called me that on a regular. My nose was the conversation piece in the room when ever company stopped by. My mom always felt a need to explain how she didn't know why I had such an ugly nose.

I would always think of Celia (how beautiful she always looked) and hold my head up and not give a fuck about the shit that spewed out their mouths. I was a little girl and I was glad to see Celia as a young child. She single-handedly saved my self esteem. She did for many young afro-hispanic girls. Thank you Celia.

That's beautiful.

She's really pretty in that pic. Is that supposed to be an ugly nose?? My wife has exactly the same. I read out your post to her and she could empathize. When she was born she was much darker than her siblings and less Chinese looking, didn't grow much hair for ages, and they joked about her being adopted. Her father was in the cells the night she was born. She remembers when she was young her father would tell ppl she was his niece. Like you, she's beautiful though.

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As we were saying . . .

Celia was always a fashionista and so glamorous

And I love her hubby Pedro Knight reminds me of my grandpa

paintedlady said:

I must say this... this woman is my hero. My actual hero. I love her.

I love her and her music. Weren't there talks of a biopic for her years ago? They need to get on that.

SCNDLS said:

As we were saying . . .

What's that for?

I've made some fine contributions to this thread. Tanned or dark skin, dark hair and some chubby cheeks do it for me. Some gorgeous women posted here.