

Everybody
Book • 2021
In *Everybody: A Book About Freedom*, Olivia Laing delves into the long struggle for bodily freedom, using the life of Wilhelm Reich to explore gay rights, sexual liberation, feminism, and the civil rights movement.
The book draws on her own experiences in protest and alternative medicine, examining significant figures like Nina Simone, Andrea Dworkin, and Malcolm X. It celebrates how ordinary bodies can resist oppression and reshape the world.
The book draws on her own experiences in protest and alternative medicine, examining significant figures like Nina Simone, Andrea Dworkin, and Malcolm X. It celebrates how ordinary bodies can resist oppression and reshape the world.
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