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.

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

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.

Even though there’s no shortage of condoms in the Netherlands, it’s easier if you have your own birth control. Even if your trip isn’t a booty call, you never know! And if desire hits, you’ll be ready with your favorite type of BC and brand.

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

"Sometimes David wore his hair spiked like a cockscomb. Others, he wore it feathery like a baby chick. He wore his Mohawk to summer camp (exchanging encouraging head chucks with another older camper who sported one, too) and even to Vacation Bible School—no judgment there."

After I got over the initial devastation, I pulled myself up by my big-girl panties and got on with it. Chemo was no picnic—but it was do-able.

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

I try. I really do. But whenever I attempt to embrace my husband Peter’s Cuban culture, I always screw up.

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