[Minsk, December 6. Image via AP.]

Kittens react during an international cat exhibition in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

[Hodenhagen, December 4. Images via Getty.]

A four-week-old Amur leopard baby is presented to the public for the first time at an animal park in Hodenhagen, northern Germany on December 4, 2009. According to the animal park, only around 34 Amur leopards are left in the wild, which makes them one of the rarest felids in the world. AFP PHOTO DDP/ NIGEL TREBLIN GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read NIGEL TREBLIN/AFP/Getty Images)

[Image via Russell Heistuman's Flickr.]

Amneville, France; October 14. Image via Getty]

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A baby South-American jaguar named Pawa is pictured with its mother Ninja, a spotted jaguar, on October 14, 2009 at the Amneville zoo, eastern France. The baby was born on October 4, 2009. Jaguars are considered as an endangered species due to deforestation and fur trapping. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (Photo credit should read JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images)

[Athens, Greece; September 25. Image via AP.]

Jackson, a three-month-old jaguar cub, plays with a zoo worker at the Attica Park zoo near Spata, east of Athens, Greece, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. The jaguar cub was born the day after US singer, Michael Jackson died, and has been named after him, zoo officials said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Clifford talked to editor in chief Lesley Jane Seymour about the attidtude of the mag:

The model for the magazine's sharp, irreverent tone, she said, is the men's magazine Esquire. But Esquire, though its average reader is about 45, hardly deals with age at all, and puts people ranging from age 23 (Megan Fox) to 79 (Clint Eastwood) on its covers. It's hard to imagine a men's magazine as concerned with growing older.

True, in a recent issue, More had an article on how to seem younger (wax your bikini line; text message; stop planning everything). Would Esquire run a similar story? Probably not, since age only "enhances" what men have to offer, in society's eyes. Women either become invisible or haggard old crones best ignored. But! As Clifford points out, "The More reader makes a lot more than the average reader of Esquire, at about $66,800, and GQ, at about $75,100."

But the men's mags, like Allure, Bazaar and Vogue, are filled with upscale designer ads. More's advertisers: "Crystal Light, Pringles, Coffee-Mate, Oscar Mayer, Bertolli, Tyson, Marie Callender's… wines under $10. Oh, and Friskies." Yes, if you are over 40, you are a processed-food eating crazy cat lady.

While it's true that the ad problem might also have something to do with More's publisher, Meredith, and the fact it's not used to getting luxury ads for any of its other titles (Ladies' Home Journal; Family Circle); the fact remains that intelligent, wealthy over-40 women are being overlooked. Or are they also buying Vogue on the side?

The Readers Are Over 40. (Don't Tell Advertisers.) [CNN]

Check out the fierce feline's pose! The model? Meh. The kitten, seriously, should get signed by Ford. Almost enough to make you gloss right over the fact that the jacket is a whopping $528.

Admit it: You want a pink closet complete with seating and kittens. Okay, maybe you don't need the $25 legwarmers. But the kittens! Non-negotiable!

This moddle is all, "Hee hee, look at the feather, kitty!" And that cat has purr-fected the "bitch, plz" face.

Honey! Your $88 plaid shirt, $198 ripped jeans and $198 studded boots are scaring the widdle kitty!

Is it the headband, the open-crotch pose or the creepers that have shamed this pooch into turning her head away from the camera? All would be understandable reasons.

Not every page in the catalog has an animal on it, unfortunately, which means you're forced to contemplate whether anyone ever needs a solid brass plated rhodium necktie ($298).

Additionally, you've got to wonder if the this catalog is pushing "future Miss Havisham chic."

New motto: Less lace, more doggie face!

Seriously, though, are creepers coming back? I like 'em better on Teddy Boys and greasers, for what it's worth.

Also, when I think "desirable dress," I think "Joan Holloway," not "Julie Brown in Earth Girls Are Easy."

Hopefully this cute bitch got to eat some of that cake.

Earlier: Anthropologie: Sartorialist-ic "Real" People Impossibly Pretty, Well-Dressed
Urban Outfitters: Does This Make My Ass Look Wack?
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[Melbourne, July 1. Image via Getty.]

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 01: Snow Leopards enjoys the snow as snow and ice sculptures are installed to create a winter wonderland at Melbourne Zoo on July 1, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. The snow has been brought in from Mount Buller in a promotion for the Victorian ski resort. (Photo by Lucas Dawson/Getty Images)

The connection between women and cats is as old as the universe itself. The feminine and the feline are closely linked, from the Egyptian cat goddess Bast — whose celebration involved telling dirty jokes and drinking wine — to the cats witches were thought to use as "familiars." In fact, women and cats were often burned together for crimes of witchcraft. These says, cats are part of language used in the sexualization of women — words like "sex kitten," "wildcat," and the dreaded "cougar."

But most interesting is the image of the sad, old, lonely "crazy cat lady," whose archetype — the Spinster — is often painted as a tragic, mentally ill figure. Because she's not married and has a pet. Susan Boyle is definitely being portrayed this way, as though not having a husband and only being able to share love with her cat Pebbles has made her addle-brained.

The truth is: Men and families have cats and are never thought of as being crazy. Some guys get fanatical about their dogs. Why is a woman who finds love, acceptance and zero judgments from the unique relationship a human can have with a feline scorned, mocked and shamed?

On the other hand, is there such a thing as a kitten-loving woman with a problem? Check out this trailer for the documentary film Cat Ladies, in which cat collecting seems more of an addiction than anything else:

Susan Boyle Axed From Britain's Got Talent Tour After Balcony Cat Rant [Daily Mail]
Putting Out Fire (With Gasoline) [The Awl]

[Image via Cute Overload.]

[Tokyo, June 10. Image via Getty]

A Hello Kitty character wears a tartan check dress next to its designer Yuko Yamaguchi (L) as Japanese character giant Sanrio unveiled a new taratan collection for the celebration of her 35th anniversary at a press conference at the British Embassy in Tokyo on June 10, 2009. The pinkish tartan was registered as 'Hello Kitty' at the Scotish Register of Tartan as official and certification documents are seen framed (R). AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)

Opel Zoo, Germany; June 2. [Images by Joachim S. Müller via Zooborns.]

These are European Wildcats. Snapped at Germany's Opel Zoo just yesterday by Joachim S Muller, the kittens are fine examples of this species native to Western, Central, and Eastern Europe. Studies suggest that all domestic cats are descended from the Wildcat, of which the European Wildcat is a subspecies.

[Belgrade, April 21. Image via AP.]

A baby kangaroo named Tijana being fed from a bottle by a zoo keeper in Belgrade Zoo, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Her mother, after being scared by an emu, a large Australian bird, ran away and 6-month-old Tijana fell out from the pouch. Now, the big-eyed baby kangaroo, which normally would feed on her mother's milk inside the pouch, is being fed in an incubator with special milk donated by Australia, the United States and Germany. The zoo keepers said Tijana will be fed from a bottle for the next couple of months before getting such food as rice and bananas. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)

Additional cute from the Jezebel inbox:

Subject: Kitteh loves Midweek Madness
The cat is Ozkar (pronounced like Oscar, but all of our cats have been tuxedos with Z's in their names).