A t the heart of this column is Talia Squire’s simple recognition: bodies are weird. They make weird noises, evolve in weird ways, and possess a knack for surprising us almost every day. In response to social attitudes that tend to encourage embarrassment or shame, Squires engages her own experiences to argue that all of this weirdness is okay. Through playful explorations of vignettes featuring a charmingly adventurous life, she reveals that the only thing truly “normal” about the human body is its seemingly endless array of oddities.

 
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My Body and Other Adventures: My Pregnancy in Movies

What Gattaca, Venom, Bridget Jones, and Mad Max taught me about my pregnancy.

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.

My Body and Other Adventures: Hank

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.