How to Cut Your Hair is an emotional exploration into the trauma caused by the fraught relationship between Blackness and femininity that follows Black women in every aspect of their lives.
Story
Sidney Strong
Mentee
Sidney Strong is a writer passionate about storytelling in all formats. She's currently a college senior majoring in Elementary Education with a minor in Creative Writing. In the future, she plans to work in the publishing industry to increase the representation of characters from diverse backgrounds in published novels. In her free time she enjoys taking care of her garden, watching the Great British Bake Off, and crocheting blankets.
Artist‘s Statement
I strive to creates narratives that showcase the multiplicity of the Black experience in each story that I write. As a recent college graduate, I am in the process of applying to Creative Writing MFA programs to further my development as a writer.