Catherine Gigante-Brown

I immediately developed a hot-and-heavy girlcrush on the wild, wacky, brash, candid, feminist, rubber-faced comedian—and you should too.

" Sure enough, the doorbell rang one early June day and there she was: curvy, seductive body, smooth black skin, bright blue eyes."

8. Educate, don’t fixate.

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

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

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.

You realize pretty soon that everything other than cancer — i.e. missing a train, being late to your dentist appointment — is no biggie compared to the suck factor of chemo.

TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) has been around for at least five centuries –– there’s got to be something to it.

Having someone steal my cancer history and co-opt it for their first-person Facebook blog is unbelievably violating. Somehow, it feels almost as invasive as my mastectomy.

I realized my father was from a generation that never said those three little words. He was saying he loved me without them. But I didn't realize it then.