Catherine Gigante-Brown

Candida Royalle pretty much invented couples erotica. She made it socially-acceptable. Respectable. The women in her films looked like real women and had real, comfortable female bodies. And her movies actually had stories. Good stories. She hired her friends—adult legends like Annie Sprinkle, Veronicas Hart and Vera, and Gloria Leonard — to create Femme films too.

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

Although I tried to convince myself that I wasn't racist, if the truth were told, I didn't like Muslims. Especially after 9/11.

"Remember, this isn’t just happening to you, it’s happening to moms everywhere. It’s not your fault — "

As a breast cancer survivor, the worst day of the year is when I go for my mammogram. True, nobody actually likes mammos, but I’ve been bitten by one. On the way to my annual squishing, I realized that I have a bunch of coping strategies.

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.

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

It sounded too good to be true: comfortable, attractive bra inserts for breast cancer survivors like me. I got on the computer, checked out their website, and immediately put in for one.

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

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