It's hard for black women to ask for help. We think we don't need it. We're used to being in pain and living with it.
Morgan ParkerI spent a lot of time trying to layer upon layer upon layer as I wrote. I think that's often the fear of a writer, that little nuances won't get picked up.
Morgan ParkerSo much of my writing process is trying to eliminate any kind of shame or fear of the thoughts that I'm having.
Morgan ParkerIt's always hard for me to find a therapist who is a black woman or even a woman of color. It's something that we've always been told is not for us. It's top down.
Morgan ParkerThere was something about Beyoncรฉ that felt like a vessel, I guess, that I could kind of impose all of these feelings and thoughts onto. I was drawn to a little bit of a dichotomy between the glamour and celebrity and the very deep and complex legacy of black women, and what that means in terms of performance.
Morgan ParkerI don't think that there are as many black women or women of color becoming psychiatrists, so we can't find them and then we feel looked at and studied and that's part of what is damaging to us. It's hard to find therapy that is actually a tool for your own liberation. I think we can be really distrustful.
Morgan Parker