Catherine Gigante-Brown

Bio

Catherine Gigante-Brown is a freelance writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Her works have appeared in Time Out New York, Essence and Seventeen. She co-wrote two biographies for Prometheus Books and her short stories appear in fiction anthologies. Catherine’s first novel, The El, is available from Volossal Publishing. You can learn more about her on her website.

Catherine Gigante-Brown Articles

My OCD Kitchen

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

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Catherine Gigante-Brown

06.17.15 11AM

10 Ways To Cope With A Difficult Diagnosis

8. Educate, don’t fixate.

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Catherine Gigante-Brown

04.14.15 08AM

Deep Inside Her Sex

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

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Catherine Gigante-Brown

05.4.15 02PM

Jackie A. Castro: Therapist

sex sage. fetish specialist. author.

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Catherine Gigante-Brown

04.6.15 11AM

Acupuncture Addict

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

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Catherine Gigante-Brown

07.13.15 11AM

Why Silver Is The New Blonde

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

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Catherine Gigante-Brown

03.26.15 10AM

On Aging Gracefully... Sort Of

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

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Catherine Gigante-Brown

06.19.15 11AM

What Being A Breast Cancer Bitch Means To Me

BCBs are loud and proud and refuse to go down easy. And quietly. We have things to say. We have things to teach. We still have life to live. And damn it, we are and we will. With one breast. With no breasts. With reconstruction surgery.

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