So much of my writing process is trying to eliminate any kind of shame or fear of the thoughts that I'm having.

There'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.

So much of the world and the systems that we live within are made to keep us from feeling like we're free. The way that black women in American came to be is just diametrically opposed to being free.

It's been interesting to look back on those works [I've done previously] and see all the things that Beyoncé has done and become for us in the meantime, because back then, folks were like, "Why Beyoncé? I don't get why she is kind of the symbol for black womanhood."

My friends and I have all been super motivated to work and to do the work that we need to and want to and think should be in the world.

We kind of have to rewrite our own stories and our own ways of being free.