Where I would usually backspace, I stop and say, "You know what? This is important, that I say how I feel and don't sugarcoat it, and don't avoid it."
Morgan ParkerAfter a while, being so honest and so vulnerable on the page ends up affecting my own kind of self possession in the world, because I am not afraid of myself and my own thoughts. I think so much of being a woman, of being a social being, of being polite, is quieting those thoughts. There's so much we try not to say as we go through the day. There's a lot of tempering and self-editing. It is a relief to make writing that space where I don't need to do that.
Morgan ParkerI struggle with depression and anxiety, and I have since I was a teenager. I spent a good chunk of time being very ashamed of that. Now I feel committed to talking about it and trying to normalize it as much as I can.
Morgan ParkerIt's been interesting to look back on those works [I've done previously] and see all the things that Beyoncรฉ has done and become for us in the meantime, because back then, folks were like, "Why Beyoncรฉ? I don't get why she is kind of the symbol for black womanhood."
Morgan Parker