aclaywrites:kittenanarchy:galesofnovember:I bought this book on a whim because I saw it on tumblr an
aclaywrites:kittenanarchy:galesofnovember:I bought this book on a whim because I saw it on tumblr andI am so happy I did. It is an anthologyof Lesbians writing about how important cats are to them, published in1991. It contains exactly the kind of earnest and wonderfulcontent one would expect of such a book All cats mentioned are named and they have nameslike Amazonia, Wicca and Paulose LautrecThere is a chapter that is just a very earnestletter exchange between the staff of a lesbian book store and a patron who isallergic to cats, that ends with both sides trying to bridge the gap betweenhumans with allergies and the right of a cat to live where she chooses (the catgets brushed daily as part of the compromise)There is a chapter written by an ex-nun who saysthat her three cats (Mabby, Annie and Buber) taught her how to resist thepatriarchal pressure to obey.The following quote is 100% serious andunironic, “I am aware that patriarchal society gives the lesbians in ourhousehold life-and-death power over the cats. I don’t like that but I continueto keep cats in my home because the alternative is worse”The two author photos on the back have them withtheir cats.IM SO HAPPYThis is so awesome. And so early-90s-lesbian I am having flashbacks. -- source link
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