Catherine Gigante-Brown

sex sage. fetish specialist. author.

At the New York City release party for Dayna Kurtz’ latest, Rise and Fall, my friend Nadia leaned over to me and whispered, “Why the fuck

Instead of categorizing people as different colors, I proposed we might begin to think of each other as Earthtones—because our skin colors are based on hues from the earth. Just as the planet is made up of a myriad of shades, it’s still one cohesive entity. We can be thought of as one entity also.

“It’s almost as though this niche was patiently waiting for us to find it.”

Why, when I'm cool with being a salt-and-pepper chick, does it so clearly unnerve others?

You learn a lot about people when you live in their home. The Taylors seemed to lead a joyless, Spartan existence.

Why do we venerate individuality in adults but condemn it in children?

From New York to LA, this lady knows a good story.

"Bring over a meal—and leave. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, from soup to nuts. And coffee. Plenty of coffee."

A new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation on mammograms ensures more women will die of breast cancer.