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A Black Women's History of Pin Up + Burlesque (Patreon)

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2022-04-21 04:12:07

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2026-06

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From shimmying shake dancers to Jet Beauties of the Week, how have American black women embodied the burlesque and pin-up art forms? This is one of my favorite videos ever so I hope you enjoy! Captions are being updated now. The video will be unlisted later this morning until publicly posted (with captions) on youtube at around 1PM.

Lexual Does The 80s episode 3 drops on May 7th. I apologize for the delay but its roughly 90 minutes long so it'll be worth the wait. <3

Sources + Further Reading

Vintage Black Glamour (Nichelle Gainer)

http://archive.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2011/03/02/the_life_of_ethel_waters_in_vaudeville_broadway_and_beyond/

https://web.archive.org/web/20190204024707/https://www.harlemofthewestsf.com/fillmore-people/bios-interviews/lottie-the-body-graves-claiborne/

https://exotiqueinteractive.com/toni/

https://web.archive.org/web/20190204024707/https://www.harlemofthewestsf.com/fillmore-people/bios-interviews/lottie-the-body-graves-claiborne/

https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/brown-girls-burlesque-brings-the-heat/

https://andscape.com/features/an-ode-to-jet-magazine-beauty-of-the-week/

http://darwinscans.blogspot.com/2012/06/duke-v01n01-june-1957-black-playboy.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lca9_EDMcX0

https://books.google.com/books?id=9kIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28&dq=pin+up+girl&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjO4NvkxMn2AhVDTd8KHWBvAn84HhDoAXoECAkQAg#v=onepage&q=pin%20up%20girl&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=9rEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20&dq=pin+up+girl&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjO4NvkxMn2AhVDTd8KHWBvAn84HhDoAXoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=pin%20up%20girl&f=false

https://www.williamsjamesmortuaryinc.com/obituary/mary-metcalf

https://www.bebebardot.com/post/black-burlesque-history-timeline-1880-1929-part-i

https://books.google.com/books?id=JkMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23&dq=pin+up+girl&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjnsMzswsn2AhVtS98KHfKBAfY4ChDoAXoECAMQAg#v=twopage&q&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=B7cDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61&dq=pin+up+girl&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi29uTbwsn2AhUammoFHZj8Bk4Q6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q=pin%20up%20girl&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=mLsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60&dq=shake+dancer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzqp-2rsn2AhVpS98KHcnZBdQQ6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=shake%20dancer&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=C78DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA65&dq=shake+dancer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjcp6qvuMn2AhXsQd8KHY5pACk4RhDoAXoECAoQAg#v=onepage&q=shake%20dancer&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=yUEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63&dq=shake+dancer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjG8bSAt8n2AhXWm2oFHaUMDWE4PBDoAXoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=shake%20dancer&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=ra8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66&dq=rose+hardaway&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7-b-TwMn2AhWFZd8KHe2jCtA4FBDoAXoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=rose%20hardaway&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=ubEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60&dq=shake+dancer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzqp-2rsn2AhVpS98KHcnZBdQQ6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=vK4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64&dq=shake+dancer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiftrWsvsn2AhWkl-AKHXLoCbg4bhDoAXoECAkQAg#v=onepage&q=shake%20dancer&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=nLMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63&dq=shake+dancer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjy0t3orsn2AhXJUt8KHZJBDa44FBDoAXoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=shake%20dancer&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=jEIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA65&dq=ethlyn+butler&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6vZjDucn2AhXIY98KHToACYsQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=ethlyn%20butler&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=C8ADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64&dq=gloria+howard&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNweWF0tv2AhUMmWoFHZZCCygQ6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=pEIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67&dq=gloria+howard&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNweWF0tv2AhUMmWoFHZZCCygQ6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=kUIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16&dq=ethlyn+butler&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6vZjDucn2AhXIY98KHToACYsQ6AF6BAgBEAI#v=onepage&q=ethlyn%20butler&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=sbsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57&dq=shake+dancer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzqp-2rsn2AhVpS98KHcnZBdQQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=shake%20dancer&f=false

https://www.coffeerhetoric.com/2012/02/secret-history-of-black-pin-up-dan.html

https://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu/?q=program/shim-me-sha-wabble-still-shakin-thing

https://books.google.com/books?id=YkEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64&dq=la+bommie&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXx5L2rMn2AhVPneAKHXNdD50Q6AF6BAgJEAI#v=onepage&q=la%20bommie&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=sEEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62&dq=rose+hardaway&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiHsOG_q8n2AhVqk-AKHamdAqoQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=rose%20hardaway&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=WrIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&dq=rose+hardaway&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiHsOG_q8n2AhVqk-AKHamdAqoQ6AF6BAgDEAI#v=onepage&q=rose%20hardaway&f=false

https://21stcenturyburlesque.com/21-questions-with-jessabelle-thunder/

https://blackthen.com/the-creole-palace-known-as-the-cotton-club-of-the-west/

https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/brown-girls-burlesque-brings-the-heat/

https://books.google.com/books?id=GV4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA65&dq=la+bommie&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKs8LVpMn2AhX6mWoFHeTcBJ0Q6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=la%20bommie&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=XEIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37&dq=strip+tease&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiUzeO4wtD2AhVhT98KHa7rBY44ChDoAXoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=kkMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&dq=strip+tease&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwijjMjCw9D2AhWwUt8KHWrVD2o4FBDoAXoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=strip%20tease&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=M7gDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28&dq=strip+tease&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwijjMjCw9D2AhWwUt8KHWrVD2o4FBDoAXoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=strip%20tease&f=false

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/shimmying-beat-history-performers-color-burlesque

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2007/08/kiss-and-tell.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=tb8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36&dq=cheesecake&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiU68KVsdD2AhXJmuAKHcikAVEQ6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=cheesecake&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=3rEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62&dq=burlesque&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJ_rOUoMn2AhVSiOAKHTGlCOoQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-economic-history/article/abs/wage-gains-of-africanamerican-women-in-the-1940s/7A546A6555D9EA160A97FCDD3CE2C823

https://books.google.com/books?id=2TcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33&dq=burlesque&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzz_GAocn2AhXuct8KHQWLDdU4HhDoAXoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=rEIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36&dq=la+bommie&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKs8LVpMn2AhX6mWoFHeTcBJ0Q6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=la%20bommie&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=BtcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41&dq=satirical+flop+star+success&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjkwJDAl9D2AhWCg-AKHax6CBQQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=satirical%20flop%20star%20success&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=7b8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57&dq=la+bommie&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKs8LVpMn2AhX6mWoFHeTcBJ0Q6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q=la%20bommie&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=VrsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA65&dq=burlesque&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjB2tvmoMn2AhVFl2oFHZCPCPQ4FBDoAXoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=burlesque&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=UtoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA131&dq=pin+up&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWkuLalcn2AhUBhuAKHcMjC5cQ6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q=pin%20up&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=1OEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23&dq=pin+up&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj0ydbSmcn2AhXxY98KHaSQD7I4ChDoAXoECAoQAg#v=onepage&q=pin%20up&f=false

Files

A Black Women's History of Pinup and Burlesque

http://beducate.me/bg2208-elexus-yt #Beducated Coupon Code: ELEXUS From shimmying shake dancers to Jet Beauties of the Week, how have American black women embodied the burlesque and pin-up art forms? [Lottie The Body, Miss Topsy, Toni Elling, China Doll Dickerson, Jet Magazine, Jet Beauty of The Week, Duke Magazine, Hotel Douglass, Creole Palace, San Diego, Jazz, Cabaret, LaBommie, Tempest Storm, Ethel Waters Harlem, Shake Dance Queen, Baby Scruggs, Ethlyn Butler, LaWanda Page, Sanford and Son, Fred Sanford, Ebony Magazine, Playboy, Star Trek, Nyota Uhara, Nichelle Nichols, Jennifer Jackson, Vietnam War, Strip Tease, Dita Von Teese, Jessabelle Thunder, Angelique Noir, Ashleeta Beauchamp, Chicava Honeychild] 0:00-0:51- Intro 0:52-2:44 Beducated Ad 2:45- 5:59 Brief Background of Burlesque and Pin-Up History 6:00 - 7:40 Early Performers 7:41- The Creole Palace and Later Integration 10:32 - 19:56 Sepia Stars 19:57-21:45 The Fall of Burlesque 21:46-22:13 Beducated Ad 22:15 - 31:20 Pin-Ups 31:23-34:30 Conclusion Love the content? Support for $1/month on https://patreon.com/intelexualmedia Sources, essays, exclusive videos, a podcast, reading lists, and much more are available ON PATREON.