I think that fear came from, "Okay, I'm going to have Beyoncรฉ in the title, and people are just going to think, it's Beyoncรฉ poems. It's light and fun." I was kind of super-conscious of that. It's kind of like this weird trick I'm playing, where you're like, "What an interesting, fun cover, and then the name Beyoncรฉ." Then you open it, and it's just about my depression. All of it belongs together.
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?".
Morgan ParkerThere's so much about the strong black woman stereotype that makes us forget that we do need and deserve help and care.
Morgan ParkerIn my experience when I do try to avoid something, it makes its way into the work anyway. To be in front of it and just make friends with it is easier for me.
Morgan ParkerI liked the idea of using this mega-star [Beyoncรฉ ] to talk about all those things on the tiny scale of my life.
Morgan ParkerI always say that my artist statement is to not be afraid to talk about the messiness - the unpleasant feelings and happenings around my life. I also try to convey what it feels like and sounds like and smells like and looks like inside of my particular skin, to move through the world as a black American woman in her mid-twenties. Language from songs and TV shows feel integral because it helps to create the environment and describe the full picture.
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