Why 'crazy cat ladies' are just purrfect

On my laptop is an image of a dark-grey pet bed, hand-felted from 100 per cent natural wool, with pointy cat ears on top and a small hole for a pet to enter through. Liz Hoggard discusses the 'crazy cat lady' myth, as Brooklyn-based fashion and beauty photographer BriAnne Wills publishes a book featuring 50 women including Sam Ushiro with their cats On August 8, International Cat Day, Nicole Kidman even shared adorable pictures of herself as a young girl with her cats, Priscilla, Chauncy and Gregory, with the caption: ‘I’ve always been a cat girl.’ This is the face of modern cat owners. ‘We found no evidence to support the “cat lady” stereotype: cat owners did not differ from others on self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety or their experiences in close relationships,’ the study said. Brooklyn-based fashion and beauty photographer BriAnne Wills started the ‘Girls and Their Cats’ Instagram feed ‘as a way to debunk the crazy cat lady stereotype and to showcase cat-owning women in a positive light’. ‘The women are artists, entrepreneurs, writers, activists — no Big or Little Edies here.’ My friend Amy credits her cat, Golda, with saving her after her marriage ended Of course, artists Georgia O’Keeffe and Frida Kahlo, and singer Patti Smith, were often featured with their cats, who seem to be their inspiration and best friends.