The Making of a Crazy Cat Lady

The Making of a Crazy Cat LadyI find myself embracing the title Crazy Cat Lady. This was never part of the plan. In this book I muse on the more famous members of the club to which it seems I have joined. I wonder about men. Why is there is no equivalent crazy term for them? I get a little bit annoyed about this and try to understand how women, but not men are called crazy in the feline context and end up dipping my toes into writings about the feminization of madness. Here I

I find myself embracing the title ÔCrazy Cat LadyÕ. This was never part of the plan. In this book I muse on the more famous members of the club to which it seems I have joined. I wonder about men. Why is there is no equivalent ÔcrazyÕ term for them? I get a little bit annoyed about this and try to understand how women, but not men are called crazy in the feline context and end up dipping my toes into writings about the feminization of madness. Here I learn about the ancient art of womb wafting and I meet Edith Lanchester. After this I settle down again and marvel at the process by which I morphed from someone who did not care much for pets, to someone who is head over heels about her feline friends. I then share the strategies I think my boys employed to train me well. Finally, I speculate about the future and think about whether living with cats is just something I will do with these boys because they are so special, or whether perhaps cats change people, fundamentally.