Catherine Gigante-Brown
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Catherine Gigante-Brown Articles
Being a little bit chubby is better than being a lot dead.
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...My husband and I agreed: raising a child with an independent spirit who made decisions for himself was a good thing.
Read...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?
Read...At the New York City release party for Dayna Kurtz’ latest, Rise and Fall, my friend Nadia leaned over to me and whispered, “Why the fuck
Read...Wrinkles or lifelines? Chunky or curvaceous? The choice is yours.
Read...The heartbreaking saga of a 14-year-old Black prostitute who was murdered in cold blood by her (maybe) pimp on Christmas Eve in 1900 Savannah.
Read...Mindel and Maria were young teenagers when the horrors occurred—but they remembered the tiniest details with crystal-clear intensity.
Read...The santero sent us off with a shopping list of ite
Read...The Ultimate Counter Culture Diva
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