Catherine Gigante-Brown

I realized my father was from a generation that never said those three little words. He was saying he loved me without them. But I didn't realize it then.

"I was afraid this thing was going to do me in. But I took a deep breath and decided very early on that I would face cancer on my own terms."

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

The Ultimate Counter Culture Diva

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.

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

"Bring over a meal—and leave. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, from soup to nuts. And coffee. Plenty of coffee."

sex sage. fetish specialist. author.

My husband and I agreed: raising a child with an independent spirit who made decisions for himself was a good thing.

" Sure enough, the doorbell rang one early June day and there she was: curvy, seductive body, smooth black skin, bright blue eyes."