So much of my writing process is trying to eliminate any kind of shame or fear of the thoughts that I'm having.
Morgan ParkerThe book [There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncรฉ?] is quite complex, and I was worried that it would be marketed as one-sided or flat, and I knew that Mickalene's [Tomas] work would be able to encompass all the many states of being that are in the book.
Morgan ParkerI guess the only thing I'd say is it ['There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncรฉ?'] shouldn't be read as "Beyoncรฉ is not beautiful."
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's something about us using the word fascism and thinking about, "What is it? What does it mean, and what are the tenets of it?" I've been thinking a lot about folks denying what has happened in history, or just not acknowledging it. I think there's something that's fascist, and something that I think we could probably learn from, in terms of the energy in the world right now.
Morgan Parker