Aliya S. King Archive

Happy Black Girl Day! A Year of Happy Black Girlness and Prototypical Black Women

Posted on March 9, 2011 | 3 Comments
Meeting these awesome women has made me a Happy Black Girl! On March 10, 2010, I introduced “The Prototype” series in celebration of Jamilah Lemieux’s once-a-month holiday, “Happy Black Girl Day!” The purpose of the series is to bring to my readers and women around...
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Book Review: “Raised by the Mistress” by Jamilah Creekmur (No Spoilers)

Posted on September 24, 2010 | 9 Comments
My mother’s hands are delicate but strong. Her nails are always neat, and she takes pride in having a flawless manicure at all times. For 16 years, my mother’s hands represented strength to me. These were the hands that carried me to bed after falling...
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Strange Love

Posted on June 16, 2010 | 12 Comments
When I first started documenting my Dithering nine months ago, I had about 3 regular readers (that I know of), who were not related to me. I had 20 Twitter followers — most of whom were spambots — and virtually no idea what I was...
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Happy Black Girl Day! The Prototype: Aliya S. King

Posted on May 11, 2010 | 19 Comments
Two months ago, I introduced many of you to “Happy Black Girl Day!”, a holiday created by Brooklyn diva extraordinaire and fellow blogger Sister Toldja. This once-a-month holiday allows us to take a break from the constant media assault on Black women and to celebrate...
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Adventures in West Baltimore (No Marlo In Sight)

Posted on April 25, 2010 | 12 Comments
I was super excited about meeting author, writer, hip-hop diva-extraordinare Aliya King at the meet-and-greet in her room at the Tremont Hotel in Baltimore. I paid way more than I anticipated paying to get some of my favorite pieces that I’ve written printed in color...
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