The Cativist

Cativist contemplates the accessibility of feminist theory and wonders if the privilege of higher education is creating a divide between learning and action

Cativist supports collectives like the Beehive Collective who uproot hierarchical power structures and put people before profit, and decorates her cat home with posters about global solidarity and the true cost of coal.

Cativist uses sustainable alternative transportation whenever she can and fights to keep alternative transportation safer and more accessible and inclusive for people and cats everywhere

Cativist keeps up to date with her favorite social justice blogs like Colorlines and Feministing to read about the latest current events through a critical lens

Cativist spends her free time reading feminist literature to exercise her critical thinking skills, learn new theories and ideas, and inspire herself to be an advocate for social change

Cativist admires and celebrates her natural feline figure to fight back against oppressive patriarchal standards of the “ideal” body

Cativist honors picket lines and stands in solidarity with strikers protesting unjust and unsafe working conditions and wages

Cativist ponders the feat of social justice and how ending one oppression means ending all oppressions and hopes she will see her dreams come to fruition