Young women’s bodies are relentlessly scrutinised and judged, so for most, the appearance of facial hair is a traumatic experience - unnatural, unfeminine, unwanted. But what happens when a female-assigned person decides to embrace their facial hair? In How to Be Between, Bastian Fox Phelan explores how something as seemingly trivial as facial hair can act as a catalyst for a never-ending series of questions about the self. What happens when we accept our bodies as they are? What freedoms are gained by deciding to pursue an authentic sense of self, and what are the costs?As Bastian navigates adolescence and young adulthood, they meet many people who ask, ‘Who, or what, are you?‘