Catherine Gigante-Brown

Re-imagining the cervix, preserving the earth, facing breast cancer a whole new way…Annie Sprinkle’s wisdom abounds. “Life is a performance art piece,” she said...

That’s the thing about being a breast cancer survivor — it’s always there: it never goes away. The scars, the fear that lurks in the back of your mind like a boogeyman. You’re going along nicely, living your merry life, and you’re fine, until you’re not.

The hell with his elaborate metaphors and rhetorical phrases. Iambic pentameter is cruel and unusual punishment.

I asked a handful of women: why are people so scared of ladyparts?

I’m a firm believer that Tiny Kindnesses can change the world, one sweet, loving gesture at a time.

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

I’m sure you’ll find it a delicious and well-stocked place. There are just a few rules

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.

My husband and I agreed: raising a child with an independent spirit who made decisions for himself was a good thing.

A midtown Manhattan studio was recently the site of liberation-both on and offscreen-when Shenshean