Catherine Gigante-Brown

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

8. Educate, don’t fixate.

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

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

I sat obediently in her chair atop four ancient copies of the Yellow Pages. Crossing my fingers, I prayed Catholic schoolgirl prayers.

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

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.

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

All bets were off after 9/11. In a twisted way, it proved to me that worry was fruitless. No one ever saw the terrorist attacks coming.

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