all cats are trans

Robin | They/Them (header by @aggregatesarereallygreat)

[sillybub]

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[real-reulbbr-band]

Lesbian Visibility Week day 2# Tantoteazer

Jessica Hoadley as Rumpleteazer with Mayumi Rhone as Tantomile.

Cats, Fulton Theatre

divider by @cafekitsune

[uncertainbravado]

an indulgent drawing....

[hysterical-cats]

sisters!

[sillybub]

Let Bombalurina be CURVY!!!

[ginkgodoodles]

Grace exposing Rocky to the classics.

[godnattakatta]

i am speechless. fascinated. this is the best thing i’ve ever seen

[sillybub]

Actually Ryland Grace's Cats shirt is thematically significant cause obviously with his amnesia the first thing you think of is the juxtaposition with the iconic song "Memory" in which Grizabella mourns her loneliness and yearns to be touched (ie, accepted) and of course one of the greatest moments of tension in Project Hail Mary is when Rocky leaves their bubble to save Ryland which leads to their first direct physical TOUCH with each other. In this essay I will

[sillybub]

First Benoit Blanc listening to Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat in Wake Up Dead Man and then Ryland Grace having a Cats tee in Project Hail Mary. Cats the musical stocks going up?????

[sillybub]

Not sure ur going to missing much with the ai slop the Amsterdam production is

Damn. Sigh. I watched the vid on the bus while deliriously tired. Egg on my face. Disappointing :'(

[sillybub]

Okay well there are specific videographers and photographers credited for the promo material. Perhaps I'm being too hasty. Im sick of living in a world where all images I see need to be so closely scrutinized

[sillybub]

Not sure ur going to missing much with the ai slop the Amsterdam production is

Damn. Sigh. I watched the vid on the bus while deliriously tired. Egg on my face. Disappointing :'(

[calocera]

when your a normal person in the Cats the musical universe

[white-cat-of-doom]

She is keen to follow you, hoping that you give up some treats to her.

Hannah Marshall as Cassandra.

Cape Town, December 2025.

[uncertainbravado]

Victoria The White Cat

[sillybub]

CHARITY COMMISSIONS FOR PALESTINE 🇵🇸

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In exchange for proof of donation (like a screenshot of your receipt) to any of the following:

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TIER 1: SKETCH

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Some examples of my past work:

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Mechs

Heavy gore

I do reserve the right to deny anything not explicitly listed under "WILL NOT DRAW" if it makes me uncomfortable.

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[sillybub]

Bringing this back up.

This is Tyre, Lebanon, my childhood home. We used to buy flowers from where that wreckage now is. My parents and sister are currently safe elsewhere thank god but I have old friends and neighbors and teachers I'm afraid for.

Here is a link to a relief fundraiser on Chuffed. If anyone can afford to give anything, I'd like to offer commissions to help raise funds!

[arvemisarts]

And who would ever suppose that THAT

Was Grizabella, the Glamour Cat~

Took a bit of break but I am back with more aus cats! This time one character I was particularly excited to illustrate, Gabriyel Thomas’ Grizzabella! Her performance of this character is something that particular resonated with me when I first saw the production and I hope I did justice to your version of the character! I know cats Australia is now over however I was glad to do a tribute to this amazing actress rendition of this particular cat!

[oratoricalcats]

What I dislike about essayists that talk about Cats

I've gone ahead and started to rewatch a lot of Cats analysis videos such as Sideways' video focusing on the music for 2019 or Lindsay Ellis' essay about 2019 as well and there's one specific detail that bothers me: the whole "horny cats" idea. This isn't to say that I think the provocative aspects of cats is bad (ex: the rum tum tugger) but I think this narrative towards Cats is one that is very tired. Physical touch is used as a motif throughout the show, especially in the parts where Grizabella is on stage and is trying to make contact with the rest of the jellicles. Much like how there's moments in theater where the singing isn't occurring in the reality of the story, I believe this motif in cats of physical touch being in such a way doesn't mean that this is some sex cult thing. Cats show affection through various physical means, whether it be headbutting, rubbing or full on plopping themselves on the floor and over someone's shoes. This language of interaction is translated in the stage show as being more intimate since, well, all of the cats in the clan are rather close. It's the whole reason why, as a collective, they immediately reject Grizabella when she appears the first time. I get that the 98' recording does have some of the shots focus on specific aspects of the actors' bodies as they perform these numbers, but that's a problem with the recording, not really something that reflects on the stage show itself. For example: Victoria's solo is focused more on the gracefulness and limberness the cat has since she's one of the younger cats who happens to be coming of age. It isn't really meant to be seen in a sexualized light unless you yourself make it so. That's the difference between seeing all the closeups in the 98' recording vs actually seeing the stage show. It gets a bit annoying to see people talk about cats as "the horny cat show /neg" when the whole physical touch bit has a purpose in the story. Hell, I will give Sideways props for giving a solid analysis of the story + explaining that whole motif as well.

[per-the-jellicle-magician]

While I agree that those takes are to a certan degree exaggerated and overblown, usually nfor the shock value of it, I disagree with the statement that the sensual and horny isn't part of what Cats is. Cuz Cats absolutely is a sensual show, and it was intended to be sensual and to a certain point horny, especially if you look at how Gillian Lynn, the original choreographer was directing specific actors. She literally was telling Victoria actresses that certain moves and expressions in the white cat solo were supposed to look like orgasming, bits of Demeter's choreography in Macavity were guided by the "the man was wonderful when he made love to me but I hated him" or however the line went, and Tugger was absolutely supposed to be a rock star of the 80s and all that comes with that

Is the show much more sanitised now? Yes, the choreography changed over time, the actors change and not everyone is as committed to the vibe but there are still plenty of points where it is very sensual. The butt wiggles, the leg scratches, the stretches etc. Add to that very athletic actors in skintight unitards and the visual you get is a very sensual, maybe even at points bit horny show. Trying to pretend it's not is a poor reading of it at best and overlooking parts of the show itself at worst

Is that take overblown and exaggerated, especially in certain media? Yes, absolutely. But at the same time trying to go hard in the other direction and claiming it doesn't have those elements it's massively underplaying it

[namethat-i-oughttohavetoldyou]

Very very very good addition ⬆️⬆️⬆️

Additionally, what I think is important to note that Cats treats its own sensuality with the utmost grace and sincerity.

Victoria is entering puberty, she's discovering her changing body and has her first orgasm & her first time having sex during the White Cat Lift, and during all that, she's the literal embodiment of purity. She's the white cat.

Having sexual or sensual experiences doesn't take away any of the purity or innocence of Cats' characters, which you don't find often in theater, especially not in the early 80s. Gillian Lynne made her choreography unapologetically horny in many places, and that sincerity was the point. You're being made to see it in a sexualized light, deliberately, and it's not at all shy or coy about it.

It's self-expression in the purest form: joy, love, sadness, fear, grief, anger, and yes, being really fucking horny, because those were things that Gillian Lynne thought were important, and with how incredibly cat-like the entirety of Cats' choreography is, I'm inclined to agree.

And yea, people who think Cats' horniness is cringe or whatever either hate fun, or they are irony-poisoned. Or Catholics, perhaps.

Shoving everything Cats has to say to the side and focussing on the sex-and-death-cult misconception is a very tired point, indeed. But I have found that the average theater-goer seldom looks beyond the lyrics and their own shallow comprehension of the choreography, and we'll just have to live with that. :')