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psalmlover · 4 months

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tiddles the church cat

#christian blog #graveyard #gravestone #cemetery #cat history #cat art #headstone #grave #church aesthetic #church #cathedral #church cat

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she-is-ovarit · 1 year

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I love this. I posted a little about this before, but wanted to expand. Women's history fact of the day:

Women of the Neolithic era in particular loved keeping pets and it was common for them to trap small animals - such as cats - and adopted as pets.

In the Amazon region, where hunting and gathering and subsistence horticulture is still practiced by a handful of surviving Amerindian groups, hunters commonly capture young wild animals and take them home where they are then adopted as pets, usually – although not invariably – by women.

There's a theory that cats may have domesticated themselves by being attracted to human villages that produced grain and seeds and attracted rodents, and then the bolder cat clans survived under natural selection. Or, alternatively, women domesticated cats.

Based on these sorts of observations, it could be argued that the domestication of F.s. libyca occurred where and when it did because tamed wildcats were already an integral feature of village life as a result of people actively adopting, hand-rearing and socialising young wildcats to keep as pets

The relationship between cats and women stretch back since the stone age. They were burned with us during the witch trials (rabbits commonly too!), suffered from abuse and treated as property with us by men ambivalent to us under religions such as Christianity, were associated as us within medieval folklore and as a metaphor for female sexuality and anatomy ("pussy"), and continue to be associated with us today.

Women's independence from man is derogatorily associated with cats ("crazy cat lady"), a nod to female (and feline) separatism. It's tendency to groom itself frequently was also associated with cleanliness and domesticity, and it was frequently used in posters by anti-suffragettes symbolically to denote that women were simple and delicate, that women's suffrage was as absurd as cat suffrage. Some suffragettes took back the meaning of the cat, adopting a (black!) cat named Saxon as their official mascot.

They survived male oppression throughout history, for thousands of years, right beside us and within our arms.

#cats #cat appreciation post #cat history #women's history #women and cats #kitties #witch trials #witchcraft #human history #evolution

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statelibraryqueensland · 1 year

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Just a casual reminder that humans have been making the same jokes literally since the beginning of time.

Before there was this:

There was this:

(aka. Ginger the Typing Cat, 1961) SOURCE

#cats #history #cat #cat meme #funny #pet #historical photos #cat history #humans are Good actually #humor #typing cat gif #funny cat #a soft boi

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nickysfacts · 10 months

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For those interested in donating, adopting, sponsoring a cat, or interesting in visiting them in person please visit their website: https://www.gattidiroma.net/web/en/

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salubri-outcast · 5 days

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Many thousands of years ago, cats strode into the homes of early farmers.

Things haven't changed much at all, what with people ending up with random cats.

#cat #history #cat history

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thoughtportal · 6 months

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Cats have lived alongside us for centuries, and our relationship with them has transformed over time – from venerating them to vilifying them. What roles have humans cast cats in over the years? Why were they seen as deities by the ancient Egyptians? And how did they come to be synonymous with witches? In our latest Everything You Wanted to Know episode, Dr Andrew Flack answers listener questions about the history of our relationship with these fascinating creatures.

The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed.

#Cat history #cats #podcasts #podcast #history #bbc #history extra #history extra podcast #history extra magazine

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virgocurator · 10 months

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A Cat Curled Up, Sleeping

Edouard Manet c. 1861

#art history #art #cat art #modern art #cat history #edouard manet #manet #graphite #drawing

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futurebird · 2 years

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A pioneer.

Man holding cat, 1933. Source: https://picryl.com/media/man-holding-cat-1541ff

He walked...

So she could run...

#cat #cats #historic cats #old cat photo #antique cats #cat history #meme history

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smoochiewallacekitty-blog · 6 months

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Russian Blue Cats - The Enigmatic Beauties

A Glimpse into the Russian Blue’s History The Russian Blue cat, often referred to as the “Archangel Cat,” has a history that is as mysterious as it is fascinating. This breed is believed to have originated in the port city of Arkhangelsk, Russia, and has a lineage dating back to the 19th century. Today, Russian Blues are known for their striking appearance and charming personalities. The…