Her Body and Other Parties is a 2017 short story collection by the writer Carmen Maria Machado, published by Graywolf Press.

The narrator talks the reader through her sexual explorations, marriage, motherhood, and the extent in which the "good" men in her life lead to her demise.

Shana E. Hadi in The Stanford Daily notes the significance of the title "The Husband Stitch," "which references a post-birth medical procedure to tighten the vagina and give the man additional pleasure during intercourse, despite the woman's pain."

[16] Parul Sehgal of The New York Times wrote, "It's a wild thing, this book, covered in sequins and scales, blazing with the influence of fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link and Helen Oyeyemi, and borrowing from science fiction, queer theory and horror.

"[17] A review in Slate said, "In eight searingly original stories, Machado uses the literary techniques of horror and science fiction to expose the truth about our modern parables: that they're as grotesque and enchanting as any classic fairy tale.

"[18] Novelist Kathleen Rooney, writing in the Chicago Tribune, wrote, "In her twistedly original and thrilling debut short story collection, Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blends both the terrifying and the horrible into a psychologically realistic and darkly comic mixture.

"[20] Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Ellie Robbins described Machado's collection as "that hallowed thing: an example of almost preposterous talent that also encapsulates something vital but previously diffuse about the moment.