Catherine Gigante-Brown

I asked a handful of women: why are people so scared of ladyparts?

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.

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

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.

Like if she steals from you — cash or a boyfriend. Or does something illegal she wants you to be a part of — or lie about. I draw the line at felonies (sometimes even misdemeanors) and you probably should, too.

sex sage. fetish specialist. author.

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

Mindel and Maria were young teenagers when the horrors occurred—but they remembered the tiniest details with crystal-clear intensity.

The Ultimate Counter Culture Diva

Being a little bit chubby is better than being a lot dead.