Everyone knows a woman with cats is a total boner killer.
If you bring a dude home and he sees any felines frolicking about, he'll probably assume you murder your suitors and sew their eyelashes together for a sweater vest. Even worse, he'll wonder whether or not your "ovaries are dried up" — unless you've already sacrificed them in a pagan ritual.
On Saturday, September 10, a co-worker and I attended a cat lady cabal at New York Fashion Week, to get to the bottom of this cat lady craze. "Arrow" star Katie Cassidy and Fresh Step hosted the "Hot to Adopt" event.
Revelist spoke to Cassidy about her cat fashion show and kitty motherhood in general. Soon, you'll see why dating a cat lover is a TERRIBLE idea.
1. They're cold.
Like the animals they love, female cat enthusiasts are just not that compassionate.
"Growing up, I've always been more of a dog lover," Cassidy told Revelist. "And a year ago, I got Kizu, a little rag doll."
"Obviously I think it’s really important to adopt cats, dogs, animals in general. But then I learned that there’s actually around 3 million cats in shelters, and it just broke my heart."
WAY TO BE TOTALLY UNFEELING.
2. Did I mention they're super boring?
Women with cats spend their days crocheting scarves for their furbabies or making tea out of male tears. We all know this.
Just take it from Cassidy, a busy, jet-setting actress:
"Dogs are more hands-on. Finding a forever home for my cat didn't change my lifestyle that much. Obviously, when I travel, I make sure someone's taking care of [Kizu], but it's not a difficult thing."
"If anything, it's nice to have a little friend to greet me when I come home."
3. They don't care about being "hip."
This Stella McCartney cat jacket COULDN'T be further from cool.*
*I have to break character here, because I've literally never wanted anything more than this bomb ass jacket.
4. They're totally NOT adorable.
SEE WHAT I MEAN?????
5. They're WAY too dedicated to changing damaging stereotypes about themselves.
"I love that designers are incorporating cats into different clothing [and] just making it part of a positive thing," Cassidy told Revelist.
"I think cats are cool. I think they're all the rage right now, and I hope they stay that way. Hopefully we do change [the cat lady] stigma."
Phew! That's tough to say with a straight face.
If you haven't guessed by now, I'm a card-carrying Cat Lady.
Recently, I wrote an article about throwing a birthday party for my adopted cat, Artemis. Alt-right Twitter incessantly chided me by using my story to attack my feminism.
People like Katie Cassidy are doing thoughtful, important work to reverse the "cat lady" stigma that hurts humans and animals alike.
I hope you join our cat-loving cause by visiting the ASPCA, AdoptAPet, or your local shelter.
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