I really hope that people feel permission to talk about their own troubles, but also to celebrate themselves.
After 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 o… - Morgan Parker
After 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 o…
- Morgan Parker
We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art. - Morgan Parker
We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art.
There's so much about the strong black woman stereotype that makes us forget that we do need and deserve help and care. - Morgan Parker
There's so much about the strong black woman stereotype that makes us forget that we do need and deserve help and care.
I think that we need to make it our goal to define freedom for ourselves. - Morgan Parker
I think that we need to make it our goal to define freedom for ourselves.
I think that fear came from, "Okay, I'm going to have Beyoncé in the title, and people are just going to think, it's Beyoncé poems. It's light and fu… - Morgan Parker
I think that fear came from, "Okay, I'm going to have Beyoncé in the title, and people are just going to think, it's Beyoncé poems. It's light and fu…
I don't claim to say, "All black women are like me," because they're not. One type of black woman can exist, but also another kind can exist. I also … - Morgan Parker
I don't claim to say, "All black women are like me," because they're not. One type of black woman can exist, but also another kind can exist. I also …
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 Parker
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.
I think sometimes the stars align whether we want them to or not. And we're drawn to certain people and places for no other reason than...Destiny. - Morgan Parker
I think sometimes the stars align whether we want them to or not. And we're drawn to certain people and places for no other reason than...Destiny.
I wanted [the book 'There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?'] to be colorful. I wanted it to be evocative. I wanted a figure of a black woman t… - Morgan Parker
I wanted [the book 'There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?'] to be colorful. I wanted it to be evocative. I wanted a figure of a black woman t…
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