Aliya S. King
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I Just Celebrated Christmas For The First Time In My Whole Entire Life, And I Lived To Tell The Tale
Just a few weeks ago, I celebrated Christmas for the first time. Ever. → Read More
I Quit Drinking Alcohol Years Ago, but Why Can’t I Stop Drinking Soda?
It’s been almost two months since I drank. I think about relapsing every single day. I want the chill in my hand. I want to hear the kshhh sound when you pull the tab, and then the fizz when you pour it over a frosty glass of ice. I want to taste the icy sweetness with the crisp twist. → Read More
I Quit Drinking Alcohol Years Ago, But Why Can’t I Stop Drinking Soda?
It’s been almost two months since I drank. I think about relapsing every-single-day. I want the chill in my hand. I want to hear the kshhh sound when you pull the tab and then the fizz when you pour it over a frosty glass of ice. I want to taste the icy sweetness with the crisp twist. → Read More
Aliya S. King’s True Hip-Hop Stories: That Time I Lied My Way Into A Job With The Source
Author and journalist Aliya S. King shares a story on how she managed to land a job with The Source → Read More
It Took 20 Years to Share My Mental Health Struggles. My Silence Could Have Killed Me
This past weekend, there were reports that Lowell Hawthorne, founder of Golden Krust, committed suicide. Early reports indicate that his employees were shocked and had no clue that he may have been dealing with some issues. There were comments like “If only he had spoken up” on social media sites. → Read More
Daylight Saving Time Is a Depression-Inducing Devil, So Here’s What I Do to Keep It From Keeping Me Down
Greetings from CrazyTown! These are dangerous times for those of us who live in CrazyTown. Let me explain. → Read More
Please Stop Assuming Stephen Paddock Must Have Been ‘Mentally Ill’
I used to be deathly afraid of being outed about my mental health struggles. What if I got a speeding ticket and ended up on the front page of my local paper? Award-winning writer found with unknown crazy-people prescription pills in car while driving with child! → Read More
My Battle With Depression (and the Pills and Therapy Necessary to Defeat It): A Coming-Out Story
A recent Facebook post is the reason for this story. → Read More
My Marriage Is Over. Most of My Friends Don’t Know
How do you announce that your 10-year-long marriage is over? → Read More
I Thought Day Parties Were Dumb And Too “Millennial” Until I Had One Of My Own
(Photo by Esuasi Segbefia) When I hear the words day party, I instantly imagine women in strapless dresses from Anthropologie and dudes wearing suspenders with those super high hemmed pants. There’s barbecue chicken that magically doesn’t drip. It’s at a perfectly appointed venue. There’s no talk about politics or hip-hop. There are people sitting on the back of upholstered couches from Pottery… → Read More
True Confessions: I’m Never Saying That Word That Begins With “N” And Ends With “Igga” Again
I've swirled it around in my mouth like a fine wine at a tasting, but I think I'm done now → Read More
The Cosby Trial Reminded Me Why I’ll Never Seek Justice
I have been sexually assaulted twice in my life. → Read More
The Immortal Life of White Saviors and Black Stories
Some books are just impossible to adapt. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is one of them. Author Rebecca Skloot’s breathtaking saga of a black woman in 1950s Baltimore is a tour de force that details the way Henrietta Lacks’s cells, removed from her without permission while she was treated for cancer, have continually divided and reproduced for over 50 years. Lacks’s cells have been key in… → Read More
‘I Am Something That You’ll Never Comprehend’: Defining the Legacy of Prince
I still have a hard time processing the idea that Prince is no longer here. Now, I was never a super fan. I never made a pilgrimage to Paisley Park. I only saw him in concert once. And that was only because my bestie followed Prince around the country and insisted that I see him live. (Thanks, Portia. I appreciate that now.) → Read More
Ask My Kid Before You Hug Her
Last week, Donald Trump was widely criticized for kissing a young black girl who was brought on stage at a rally in Green Bay Wisconsin. As the mother of two daughters, 19 and nine, I watched in complete horror. And while Trump was dead wrong for forcing a kiss on that girl, there was something else on my mind. → Read More
You Are Not Required to Witness The Birth of a Nation's Violence
I don’t watch footage of violent encounters on Facebook, but I happened to catch the footage of the murder of Philando Castile not long after it had been posted. I thought it had to be a trailer for a movie or something similar. There was no way a death would play out in front of me straight from my laptop, the place I go for memes and pet videos. The truth was devastating. → Read More
The Invisible Girls of Pokémon Go
Black girls are often forgotten by the gaming industry, and Pokémon Go is no different. → Read More
Meet the Creator of the Women Over 40 Be Like Video Series
Imitating her own mother and aunts, comedian Tyree Elaine’s videos have racked up millions of Facebook views in just a few days. → Read More
Meet the Women Behind the Landmark 'Body Brigade' Issue of Ebony
In 2014, I was hired as the Entertainment Editor at Ebony magazine, and as someone who’d been reading the magazine for as long as I could remember, getting hired there was surreal. → Read More
Why Aren’t More African Americans Opening Up About Their Mental Health?
Like Mother, Like Daughter: Aliya S. King confides in her mom about everything—except her mental health. Her mom, Rita Moore King, realizes that her generation will have to do better. → Read More