Cathy

Cathy Alter’s articles and essays have appeared in The Cut, Oldster, WIRED, Narratively, Atlantic.com, and The Washington Post, among others. Cathy is the author of Virgin Territory: Stories From the Road to Womanhood, the memoir, Up for Renewal: What Magazines Taught Me About Love, Sex, and Starting Over, and the anthology, CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing, and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush. She lives in Washington DC with her husband Karl, their son, Leo.