In Everybody Olivia Laing Olivia Laing explores the concept of bodily freedom highlighting the ever-changing nature of our identities, emotions, desires, and experiences.     
  
Laing draws upon various figures and voices to explore the theme of freedom, including the influential and controversial psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, the civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, the artist Agnes Martin, Susan Sontag, Sigmund Freud, Nina Simone, and others.     
 

"Everybody" is an intellectually vigorous and emotionally stirring book and Laing’s writing is rich and thought-provoking. where the reader can find moments of reflection and insight into the beauty and importance of the free body and the bond between the body and personhood.