Catherine Gigante-Brown

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

8. Educate, don’t fixate.

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

The office cubicle is indeed a strange bird. Here's how to survive life in a box without driving you—or your office mates—crazy.

erotic. intimate. unapologetic.

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

Alexa is like a nosy neighbor: She’s always listening. That’s how she can respond when you ask her to do something. So, when you’re getting busy on the kitchen counter — Alexa’s listening. When you’re telling Capital One the last four digits of your SSN — Alexa’s listening. And who knows who else is.

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.

The Ultimate Counter Culture Diva

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