Catherine Gigante-Brown

Wrinkles or lifelines? Chunky or curvaceous? The choice is yours.

"Remember, this isn’t just happening to you, it’s happening to moms everywhere. It’s not your fault — "

Content Notice: Death

To the tattoo artist, I was a flesh canvas that she could transform into something beautiful.

The santero sent us off with a shopping list of ite

Makeup and I have always had a love/hate relationship: I love it; it hates me.

erotic. intimate. unapologetic.

In the photograph, my great-grandmother, Margarita Cirigliano, is sitting at a small table on the front porch of the family home in Borough Park, Brooklyn.

Once upon a time, it was easier to keep track of gender. Today, not so much — the lines are blurred. For many, gender’s not so much about questioning your own identity as it is about questioning the very nature of identity.

I dreaded putting him back on Concerta in the fall but I knew I had to. Or did I?