An Ode To Cat Ladies

A creative imagining of the author as a cat.

Cat lady is rarely a compliment. But why is it such a bad thing? Why does our culture have disdain for cat ladies?

I myself am not a cat lady, and I will never be a cat lady. It’s not because I don’t like cats, I have severe allergies to cats, their dander, their claws, their litterboxes.

But I have mad respect for cat ladies, and I don’t understand why women who like cats are crazy, and men who like…