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'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?’' (Publication summary)
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Acts of Omission
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2022;
— Review of How to Be Between 2022 single work autobiography -
A Communal Genre
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2022;
— Review of How to Be Between 2022 single work autobiography 'There is an episode of The Simpsons that I often think about in relation to the prospect of writing a middling memoir. Season 7, episode 13: ‘Two Bad Neighbors’. George H. W. Bush and his wife, Barbara Bush, move to Springfield. Sitting at his desk, having just dictated the last typewritten sentence, ‘And since I’d achieved all of my goals as President in one term, there was no need for a second. The End.’ George Bush Senior says, ‘Mmm, good memoirs. Good, not great.’ I recite this phrase any time I write about myself. It’s both fun to say, and a reminder of what, I think, is the greatest fear you face writing modern memoir: that you’ll be so caught up in accounting for yourself that you’ll avoid making anything interesting.' (Introduction)
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Books Roundup
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , May 2022;
— Review of How to Be Between 2022 single work autobiography ; Root and Branch : Essays on Inheritance 2022 selected work essay ; Daisy and Woolf 2022 single work novel ; Abomination 2022 single work novel
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Books Roundup
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , May 2022;
— Review of How to Be Between 2022 single work autobiography ; Root and Branch : Essays on Inheritance 2022 selected work essay ; Daisy and Woolf 2022 single work novel ; Abomination 2022 single work novel -
A Communal Genre
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2022;
— Review of How to Be Between 2022 single work autobiography 'There is an episode of The Simpsons that I often think about in relation to the prospect of writing a middling memoir. Season 7, episode 13: ‘Two Bad Neighbors’. George H. W. Bush and his wife, Barbara Bush, move to Springfield. Sitting at his desk, having just dictated the last typewritten sentence, ‘And since I’d achieved all of my goals as President in one term, there was no need for a second. The End.’ George Bush Senior says, ‘Mmm, good memoirs. Good, not great.’ I recite this phrase any time I write about myself. It’s both fun to say, and a reminder of what, I think, is the greatest fear you face writing modern memoir: that you’ll be so caught up in accounting for yourself that you’ll avoid making anything interesting.' (Introduction)
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Acts of Omission
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2022;
— Review of How to Be Between 2022 single work autobiography
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