Finding Normal Sex Love & Taboo in Our Hyperconnected World

Alexa Tsoulis-Reay's Finding Normal is an author's up close tour of hidden sexual communities challenging our shifting notions of what's taboo and what it means to be normal.

Based on a popular series of candid interviews conducted for New York magazine's human science vertical--What It's Like--Finding Normal traverses the country exploring the ways that real people are using the Internet to find community, forge connections, and create identity in ways that bypass accepted sexual norms. Ranging from the curious to the truly shocking, the chapters represent a spectrum of experiences, each introducing the reader to a main character who is grappling with a unique set of concerns relating to sexuality.

Finding Normal at once celebrates the power of our current media moment for rewriting what's normal and offers a warning about the danger of that seemingly limitless freedom to find yourself. It also shows us that normal has its limits; there are some things that will never be normal. By taking stock of both the gains and limits of the new normality enabled by the last 30 years of media change, Finding Normal shows the way that we are all involved in deciding daily what's normal.

Alexa Tsoulis-Reay's Finding Normal is an author's up close tour of people who are using the Internet to challenge the boundaries what's taboo and what it means to be normal.

Based on a popular series of candid interviews conducted for New York magazine's human science column--What It's Like--Finding Normal explores the ways that real people are using the Internet to find community, forge connections, and create identity in ways that challenge a variety of accepted sexual norms. Ranging from the atypical to the shocking, each story in Finding Normal intimately immerses the reader in the world of a person who is grappling with a unique set of circumstances relating to sexuality.

Finding Normal at once celebrates the power of our current media moment for helping people rewrite the script for their lives and offers a warning about the danger of that seemingly limitless freedom to find yourself. Finding Normal shows the enduring power of the search for belonging -- for humans and society. Like happiness or life purpose, finding normal is perhaps the definitive human struggle.

Alexa Tsoulis-Reay's Finding Normal is an author's up close tour of people who are using the Internet to challenge the boundaries of what's taboo and what it means to be normal.

Finding Normal explores how people are using the internet to find community, forge connections, and create identity in ways that challenge a variety of sexual norms. Based on a highly candid interview series conducted for New York magazine's human science column--What It's Like--each story in Finding Normal intimately immerses the reader in the world of a person who is grappling with a unique set of circumstances relating to sexuality.

Finding Normal at once celebrates the power of our evolving media landscape for helping people rewrite the script for their lives and offers a wanring about the danger of that seemingly limitless freedom. Tsoulis-Reay shows the enduring power of the search for belonging--for humans and society. Like happiness of life purpose, finding normal is perhaps the definitive human struggle.