WRITING
Dr. Kalia Story has written numerous articles, papers in peer reviewed journals, books reviews, and encyclopedia entries. Additionally her first book Reconceiving Black Motherhood: Patricia Hill Collins was published by Demeter Press in 2014. Below is a select list of these contributions. Her first single author book is due to be published by Beacon Press in May 13, 2025.
THE RAINBOW AIN’T NEVER BEEN ENUF
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
A queer Black feminist debunks the myth of rainbow solidarity, repositioning Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ people at the forefront of queer pasts, presents, and futures.
PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS AND ANTHOLOGIES
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2023
“The Pleasure Principle: Articulating a Post-Hip Hop Feminist Politics of Pleasure,” for H. Samy Alim, Jeff Chang, and Casey Phillip Wong’s Freedom Moves: Hip Hop Knowledges, Pedagogies and Futures. University of California Press.
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2021
"SouthernQueeralisticadillacMuzik: Andre 3000 and Big Boi's Lyrical and Aesthetical Queering of Black Southern Masculinity," for Regina N. Bradley's An OutKast Reader: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Postmodern South. University of Georgia Press.
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2021
“Not Feminine as in Straight, But Femme as in Queer #AF: The Queer & Black Roots of my Femme Expression/Experience” for Briona Jones’ Mouths of Rain: A Companion Anthology to Words of Fire: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought. The New Press.
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2020
“Black Femme Menace: How Queer Battle Fatigue Intersects with Blackness and Gender for Boni Wozolek’s Special Issue of a Journal of Lesbian & Gay Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2 April 2020.
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2020
“Testimony & Salvation: An Introspection on the Future Freedom Dreams for Black Queer Studies for Terrance Dean’s Special Issue of Palimpsest.
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2018
“Mama’s Gon’ Buy You a Mockingbird Bird: Why #BlackMothersStillMatter: A Short Genealogy of Black Mothers’ Maternal Activism and Politicized Care,” for Brittney Cooper and Treva B. Lindsey’s Special Issue of Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, M4BL and the Critical Matter of Black Lives. Vol.41, no 4. Fall 2018
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2018
“The Illusion of Community and Sisterhood: Academic Tokenism, Racial Erasure and the Reduction of Agency for Feminists of Color Within Academia,” for Michael T. Tillotson Whispering Out Loud: Voices in Africana. African World Press/ The Red Sea Press.
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2016
“Disruptions in Respectability: A Roundtable Discussion,” for Souls, (co- authors: Mali D. Collins-White, Ariane Cruz, Jillian Hernandez, Xavier Livermon, & Jennifer Nash), 18:2-4, 463-475, DOI: 10.1080/10999949.2016.1230813
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2016
“On the Cusp of Deviance: Respectability Politics and the Cultural Marketplace of Sameness,” for No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies. Duke University Press.
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2016
“Fear of A Black Femme: The Existential Conundrum of Embodying A Black Femme Identity While Being A Professor of Black, Queer, and Feminist Studies,” for Special Issue of The Journal of Lesbian Studies, DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2016.1165043.
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2015
“(Re)Presenting Shug Avery & Afrekete: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Politics of Pleasure “for the Special New Directions in Black Feminisms edition of The Black Scholar. Routledge Press: Taylor & Francis Group. Vol. 45 No. 4 Winter.
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2013
“La-La's Fundamental Rupture: True Blood's Lafayette and the Deconstruction of Normal” (pp. 358-372) in Race-ing for Ratings: African Americans on Television. Praeger Press.
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2010
“Racing Sex~ Sexing Race: The Invention of the Black Feminine Body” in Imagining the Black Female Body: Reconciling Image in Print and Visual Culture. Palgrave Press Pp. 23-43
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2008
"There’s no Place like ‘Home’: Mining the Theoretical Terrain of Black Women’s Studies, Black Queer Studies and Africology." Kaila Adia Story in The Journal of Pan-African Studies, Vol.2, No. 2.
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2007
"Engendering the Diaspora: Gender, Culture, Race and Identity in the Contemporary African World." Kaila Adia Story and Yaba A. Blay. Pp. 1-2 in The Journal of Pan-African Studies, Vol.1, No. 7.
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2007
"Performing Venus ~ From Hottentot to Video Vixen: The Historical Legacy of Black Female Body Commodification." Kaila Adia Story. Pp.235-247 in Home Girls Make Some Noise: Hip Hop & Feminism 2007. Parker Publishing, LLC. Mira Loma: California.
OP-ED + BOOK REVIEWS
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2019
“Learning about our black and Latinx LGBTQ+ history is necessary for our survival” (op-ed). Courier Journal. June 28, 2019.
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2009
“All the King Men’s~ The Colonial and Imperial Marketing of Colorism: A review of Shades of Difference: Why Skin Colors Matters” in Jenda Journal: A Journal of Culture and African Women’s Studies. No.14 P.299
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2009
Sarah Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography” Times Higher Education; February 19, 2009.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
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2008
"Sara Baartman." Kaila Adia Story. Pp. 137-138. Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture, edited by Carole Boyce Davies. ABC-CLIO Ltd. Oxford: United Kingdom.
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2008
"Combahee River Collective" Kaila Adia Story. Pp. 321-323. Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture, edited by Carole Boyce Davies. ABC-CLIO Ltd. Oxford: United Kingdom.
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2008
"National Black Feminist Organization" Kaila Adia Story. Pp. 705-707 Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture, edited by Carole Boyce Davies. ABC-CLIO Ltd. Oxford: United Kingdom.
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2007
"Sonia Sanchez" Kaila Adia Story. Encyclopedia of African American History. ABC-CLIO Ltd. Oxford: United Kingdom. (Article submitted).
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2007
“Toni Morrison" Kaila Adia Story. Encyclopedia of African American History. ABC-CLIO Ltd. Oxford: United Kingdom. (Article submitted)
