Catherine Gigante-Brown

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

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

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

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.

raunchy renaissance woman. multimedia artist. probably a slut.

If the odds of getting cancer are like Powerball, why couldn't I be a scratch-off millionaire?

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.

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.

Upset you lost your keys? Try losing your breast. Pissed off about missing that train? Try missing your son’s 8th grade graduation because of a horrific infection from fluid buildup in the previously-mentioned missing breast. See what I mean? It kind of puts life into perspective.

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