Catherine Gigante-Brown

8. Educate, don’t fixate.

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Why do we venerate individuality in adults but condemn it in children?

Alas, I am the lone female in a house full of men. Only two men, but they take up a lot of space.

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.

From New York to LA, this lady knows a good story.

I know it’s not a politically correct one, but I’ve got a confession to make: earth-friendly hotels stink. There, I said it.

When David was about 12, he told me that he wanted to take the train to school alone. My gut reaction was, “No way in hell!” I mean, we live in a safe neighborhood and all, but David has ADHD and was easily distracted. What if he missed his stop? What if someone messed with him?

I’m boycotting you until you start recognizing breast cancer survivors like me by carrying mastectomy bras.

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