Catherine Gigante-Brown
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Catherine Gigante-Brown Articles
Once upon a time, it was easier to keep track of gender. Today, not so much — the lines are blurred. For many, gender’s not so much about questioning your own identity as it is about questioning the very nature of identity.
Read...I left Cuba in 1949, when I was 11 years old. Back then, I didn't understand why my mother sent me away. I still don't.
Read...What Stephen didn’t know –– what no one knew –– was how weak my knees grew when I pushed through the swinging doors of the ICU.
Read...The santero sent us off with a shopping list of ite
Read...In the photograph, my great-grandmother, Margarita Cirigliano, is sitting at a small table on the front porch of the family home in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
Read...Content Notice: Death
Read...A new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation on mammograms ensures more women will die of breast cancer.
Read...Alas, I am the lone female in a house full of men. Only two men, but they take up a lot of space.
Read...All bets were off after 9/11. In a twisted way, it proved to me that worry was fruitless. No one ever saw the terrorist attacks coming.
Read...Being a little bit chubby is better than being a lot dead.
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