Cathren Housley
Cathren is a multidisciplinary artist and a board member of the Peace Flag Project. Current projects: giant flags, documentary films and children's workshops with the Providence Community Libraries. Website: thepeaceflagproject.org
Cathren is a multidisciplinary artist and a board member of the Peace Flag Project. Current projects: giant flags, documentary films and children's workshops with the Providence Community Libraries. Website: thepeaceflagproject.org
On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 the Federal Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued a press statement about Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs): “STDs are at a record high, indicating urgent need for addressing protection.” The increase was seen by director Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH as “a clear warning of a growing threat.” This announcement was eerily […]
Dear C; I dread the coming winter. I work out of my home and every year, I struggle with carb cravings, depression, fatigue, weight gain … you name it. No matter what I do, I put on 5 pounds and find myself immobilized on the sofa, wrapped in a blanket to stay warm. It takes me […]
Dear C, I graduated from high school and went to a local college for a year, but all I am really interested in is music. So I left school and now I am working at a grocery store and I spend the rest of the time playing, writing and performing at open mics and gigs. […]
The academic year is just starting and that means the stress is on. Lots of students unwind with alcohol or smoking weed, but both those things cost money – and if those are the only coping methods you’ve got, it’ll drain both your wallet and your energy. There are other ways to unwind. First, I’ll […]
Healthy at Every Size is a movement with a message that is changing the way we see ourselves: Women don’t have to have to starve themselves to squeeze into the ‘fit body’ image anymore. If you are overweight and athletic, you can still have a rockin’ bod. This attitude has even reached into the aesthetics […]
Dear C, Right now, I feel like a swallowed a balloon. My pants are so tight I can barely zip them shut. Nothing seems to help. I’ve seen a doctor, but nothing shows up on the tests, and all he did is was to suggest taking an anti-gas medication. I really don’t understand this, because […]
We have recently experienced a phenomena that occurs but rarely in the continental United States: a total eclipse of the sun. The last one was in 1979. We will not see another until 2024. Today, pretty much everyone knows the scientific explanation for a solar eclipse: The moon passes between the sun and the earth, […]
Karen Allen was barely into her 20s when she first read the short story, A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud., by Carson McCullers, but the words continued to resonate throughout her life. They eventually inspired a film that was to become her directorial debut. This delicately wrought tale of the chance encounter between a young […]
Dear C, I caught my boyfriend masturbating when I woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. He says he read online that it was good for his health and “keeps him young” if he does it daily. I am not sure how I feel about it. I don’t really want […]
On December 19, 1971, “The Homecoming: A Christmas Story,” aired. It was the TV pilot of a series that would span nine seasons, a saga that would tell the story of what was to become the most iconic extended family in American TV history, “The Waltons.” The show’s most memorable moment was the signature scene […]