Aliya S. King
@aliyasking.bsky.social
In 1998, at my first magazine job, I used to pay writers by the column inch with a wooden ruler.
25 years later, Still writing, editing and publishing. 6 books in. 7th on fhe way, collabaration with husband @shanepaulneil
From Illtown, New Juru
25 years later, Still writing, editing and publishing. 6 books in. 7th on fhe way, collabaration with husband @shanepaulneil
From Illtown, New Juru
I co-sign all of this. Except, as a general rule, you did need to show and not tell.
Time to make people angry again!
- It’s okay if you don’t write every day
- First drafts don’t have to be crap
- You don’t have to outline
- You don’t have to use beta readers
- Sometimes telling instead of showing is fine
Fuck all the writing “rules” they tell you about. There are no rules.
- It’s okay if you don’t write every day
- First drafts don’t have to be crap
- You don’t have to outline
- You don’t have to use beta readers
- Sometimes telling instead of showing is fine
Fuck all the writing “rules” they tell you about. There are no rules.
December 10, 2024 at 2:20 AM
I co-sign all of this. Except, as a general rule, you did need to show and not tell.
It’s why I am here. 25 years in media. Ask me anything.
December 6, 2024 at 10:45 PM
It’s why I am here. 25 years in media. Ask me anything.
This happened in music journalism many years ago.
"It might be time for sports journalists to start rethinking their norms and practices. They may not have much of a choice."
@bmoritz99.bsky.social on the need for innovative approaches to sports reporting:
@bmoritz99.bsky.social on the need for innovative approaches to sports reporting:
Sports journalists break away from access-based journalism
"2025 will be the year when sports journalists start to really reckon with the fact that teams and players don’t need them anymore."
buff.ly
December 4, 2024 at 11:13 PM
This happened in music journalism many years ago.
I’m stuck on “rizz”
The older I get the more often I have to look up current slang in order to know what the hell is being discussed.
December 4, 2024 at 2:28 AM
I’m stuck on “rizz”
Does anyone ever get this feeling of deep and pure joy in this place? Sometimes I log off so I can come back and get all excited again.
December 4, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Does anyone ever get this feeling of deep and pure joy in this place? Sometimes I log off so I can come back and get all excited again.
It takes a lot of effort (and money and meds and insurance and a therapist) to get me to happy.
All I have to do to be miserable is lose anyone of those things
All I have to do to be miserable is lose anyone of those things
December 4, 2024 at 12:14 AM
It takes a lot of effort (and money and meds and insurance and a therapist) to get me to happy.
All I have to do to be miserable is lose anyone of those things
All I have to do to be miserable is lose anyone of those things
What I hate the most? They get the Thing for you and they say, "I'll put that at the register for you."
I can't HOLD IT IN MY HAND until I've paid for it? Just in case I make a habit of waiting for deodorant, having someone give It to me--And THEN making a break for it.
I can't HOLD IT IN MY HAND until I've paid for it? Just in case I make a habit of waiting for deodorant, having someone give It to me--And THEN making a break for it.
Seems like people wanna talk about all the locked-up stuff at chain pharmacies and big box stores today. Here’s a gift link to a feature I published a few months ago about why retailers started putting so much stuff behind plexiglass and how badly it’s backfired. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Retailers Locked Up Their Products—and Broke Shopping in America
CVS, Target and other chains have barricaded everything from toiletries to cleaning supplies. It’s backfired in almost every way.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:10 AM
What I hate the most? They get the Thing for you and they say, "I'll put that at the register for you."
I can't HOLD IT IN MY HAND until I've paid for it? Just in case I make a habit of waiting for deodorant, having someone give It to me--And THEN making a break for it.
I can't HOLD IT IN MY HAND until I've paid for it? Just in case I make a habit of waiting for deodorant, having someone give It to me--And THEN making a break for it.
This article cites the end of the pandemic as why goods were locked up.
I've been buying deodorant and Tide behind locked glass for at least twenty years.
I've been buying deodorant and Tide behind locked glass for at least twenty years.
Seems like people wanna talk about all the locked-up stuff at chain pharmacies and big box stores today. Here’s a gift link to a feature I published a few months ago about why retailers started putting so much stuff behind plexiglass and how badly it’s backfired. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Retailers Locked Up Their Products—and Broke Shopping in America
CVS, Target and other chains have barricaded everything from toiletries to cleaning supplies. It’s backfired in almost every way.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:04 AM
This article cites the end of the pandemic as why goods were locked up.
I've been buying deodorant and Tide behind locked glass for at least twenty years.
I've been buying deodorant and Tide behind locked glass for at least twenty years.
I’m afraid to get too close to it! It’s got sensors!
I am 35 years old and STILL deeply terrified that consuming anything from the hotel room minibar will bankrupt my entire family somehow
December 2, 2024 at 3:05 AM
I’m afraid to get too close to it! It’s got sensors!
Can’t figure out how to upload banner. Ask
Husband. He goes to my profile. On the far right is a teeny tiny camera icon to upload. I was about to throw this phone. Alas,this is 50.
Husband. He goes to my profile. On the far right is a teeny tiny camera icon to upload. I was about to throw this phone. Alas,this is 50.
November 30, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Can’t figure out how to upload banner. Ask
Husband. He goes to my profile. On the far right is a teeny tiny camera icon to upload. I was about to throw this phone. Alas,this is 50.
Husband. He goes to my profile. On the far right is a teeny tiny camera icon to upload. I was about to throw this phone. Alas,this is 50.
Which is why the mic ratings at The Source became so critical. EVERY artist cared. Every.
Going that hard against their own kinda k*lls all that Afrocentrism they were rapping about before 🤷🏽♀️
November 30, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Which is why the mic ratings at The Source became so critical. EVERY artist cared. Every.
Artists tolerated criticism from white pubs/expected hagiography elsewhere.
The way De La Soul attacked Marcus about his biography on them disheartens me but also makes me relieved that I expanded my journalism into more than music.
November 30, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Artists tolerated criticism from white pubs/expected hagiography elsewhere.
I am sitting here shaking back and forth, unable to rank.
Vibe magazine was the best hiphop magazine ever.
The Source was 2nd.
The Source was 2nd.
November 27, 2024 at 1:13 AM
I am sitting here shaking back and forth, unable to rank.
Wow.
Magazines - From NEW YORK to LOS ANGELES, folks just can't imagine LIVING without them.
May 2011
May 2011
November 27, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Wow.
I have all of them. But what are we talking here, a glance? A scan? Of course I couldn’t part with THAT one.
I need the August 1994 issue of Vibe magazine, stat
November 27, 2024 at 1:07 AM
I have all of them. But what are we talking here, a glance? A scan? Of course I couldn’t part with THAT one.
Not sure of the time frame but The Source had one too.
📺 August 4, 1997: Two syndicated late night talk shows debuted: “The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show” and “Vibe,” which was based on the magazine of the same name. Both tried to fill the void left by Arsenio Hall who departed his successful late night show three years prior but both… http://dlvr.it/TBVGc6
November 27, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Not sure of the time frame but The Source had one too.
I saw Gwyneth Paltrow barefoot in denim cutoffs in Avengers. It was definitely a choice. Who in their right mind would walk around that place barefoot?
It's funny because in commercials and magazine photoshoots everyone is barefoot because it communicates safety and comfort and cleanliness and sometimes an almost hedonist vibe. I see a lot of people shoeless in movies and TV now, possibly because of a social shift too
November 27, 2024 at 1:01 AM
I saw Gwyneth Paltrow barefoot in denim cutoffs in Avengers. It was definitely a choice. Who in their right mind would walk around that place barefoot?
A Wonderful Terrible Time by Mary Stolz
What's a book—or series of books—that you loved as a kid that almost nobody seems to read or even remember nowadays?
November 27, 2024 at 12:47 AM
A Wonderful Terrible Time by Mary Stolz
Stop saying/writing “arguably.” It’s just a way to weasel out of saying the actual controversial take.
So, if you say XYZ rapper is arguably the best rapper ever.
What do YOU think? I’m reading your words not two people having an argument. Is he or isnt he? If you truly don’t know. Say that.
So, if you say XYZ rapper is arguably the best rapper ever.
What do YOU think? I’m reading your words not two people having an argument. Is he or isnt he? If you truly don’t know. Say that.
November 27, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Stop saying/writing “arguably.” It’s just a way to weasel out of saying the actual controversial take.
So, if you say XYZ rapper is arguably the best rapper ever.
What do YOU think? I’m reading your words not two people having an argument. Is he or isnt he? If you truly don’t know. Say that.
So, if you say XYZ rapper is arguably the best rapper ever.
What do YOU think? I’m reading your words not two people having an argument. Is he or isnt he? If you truly don’t know. Say that.
I wouldn’t say it’s gone that far quite yet. I would be interested in seeing if he could sell out MSG tomorrow.
Drake’s career being immolated by Kendrick has now surpassed 50 Cent’s destruction of Ja Rule’s career.
We witnessed hip hop history.
We witnessed hip hop history.
November 27, 2024 at 12:24 AM
I wouldn’t say it’s gone that far quite yet. I would be interested in seeing if he could sell out MSG tomorrow.
Can you just wait until you’re not busy to post?
Not citing a source because you’re busy and telling the reader to look it up. That’s not how stating facts works at all.
Not citing a source because you’re busy and telling the reader to look it up. That’s not how stating facts works at all.
When I post something, it's facts
Ask anyone on here
Sometimes, I can't post the actual articles because I'm BUSY
If you can't google a source, don't ask me to do the leg work for you
And if you type to me "source?" I'm calling your ass out
Ask anyone on here
Sometimes, I can't post the actual articles because I'm BUSY
If you can't google a source, don't ask me to do the leg work for you
And if you type to me "source?" I'm calling your ass out
November 27, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Can you just wait until you’re not busy to post?
Not citing a source because you’re busy and telling the reader to look it up. That’s not how stating facts works at all.
Not citing a source because you’re busy and telling the reader to look it up. That’s not how stating facts works at all.
I have not thought about Gary Gnu in 40 years. Looks like something out of a fever dream.
November 26, 2024 at 11:25 PM
I have not thought about Gary Gnu in 40 years. Looks like something out of a fever dream.
To this day I hear the opening notes and I’m pissed. Like I can’t stay up.
November 26, 2024 at 11:23 PM
To this day I hear the opening notes and I’m pissed. Like I can’t stay up.
Reposted by Aliya S. King
An intro post? I’ll try:
Started at Billboard, paying freelancers by the column inch.
The Source: got a masters in hip-hop journalism.
VIBE
Did much of my best work under Mimi Valdes, Danyel Smith and Jermaine Hall.
I’ve written 7 books and also served as editor at both S&S and Andscape.
Started at Billboard, paying freelancers by the column inch.
The Source: got a masters in hip-hop journalism.
VIBE
Did much of my best work under Mimi Valdes, Danyel Smith and Jermaine Hall.
I’ve written 7 books and also served as editor at both S&S and Andscape.
November 25, 2024 at 11:01 PM
An intro post? I’ll try:
Started at Billboard, paying freelancers by the column inch.
The Source: got a masters in hip-hop journalism.
VIBE
Did much of my best work under Mimi Valdes, Danyel Smith and Jermaine Hall.
I’ve written 7 books and also served as editor at both S&S and Andscape.
Started at Billboard, paying freelancers by the column inch.
The Source: got a masters in hip-hop journalism.
VIBE
Did much of my best work under Mimi Valdes, Danyel Smith and Jermaine Hall.
I’ve written 7 books and also served as editor at both S&S and Andscape.