Editor’s Note: Rebecca Jane Stokes is a writer for Catster’s sister SAY Media site, xojane.com. This article first ran on xoJane.com, but we’re rerunning it (with permission!) so you readers can comment on it. Please note that the opinions expressed below are just the author’s and not necessarily Catster’s. If I weren’t a writer, I …
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