Squires, Talia

TALIA SQUIRES

Writer

Talia Squires has been a Director of bi.org and is a longtime member and coordinator at amBi.org. She has a BA in German Literature from Bryn Mawr College and an MA in Critical Studies from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. She's a pop culture junkie who can normally be found curled up with her Lhasa Apso, bingeing cooking shows and anything with bi characters. Talia authors the column My Body and Other Adventures at QM.

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Articles by Talia Squires

In the 2000s, male writers dreamed up a trope of the ultimate fantasy woman. Now, female writers are creating their version.

My Body and Other Adventures: Me, My Husband, and Both of Our Boyfriends

“We’re like an old married couple, just with some extra people.”

My Body and Other Adventures: Polygamists and Polyamorists

Pondering her Mormon ancestors, a polyamorous woman finds strange bedfellows in the fight to expand the definition of family.

When a woman finds an unexplained growth on her body, she wants answers.

My Body and Other Adventures The Woman in the Picture

Seeing herself with another lens, an insecure lover discovers the nuance, and beauty, of letting it all hang out.

My Body and Other Adventures: Too Much of a Good Thing

Seeking well-being, a runaway athlete finds new mileage in getting off track.

My Body and Other Adventures: Finding Race

Society cannot define your identity — but other people’s assumptions about you can compel you to figure it out for yourself.

My Body and Other Adventures: Have Toys, Will Travel

There’s nothing like locking eyes with a TSA screener over a freeze-frame of your bag of dildos.

Purity testing heroic work doesn’t raise standards. It leads to fewer heroes.

“In my father’s lifetime alone, society has been transformed. What will the future hold?”