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Dec 4, 2017 · Kristen Roupenian’s viral story about dating, texting, sex, and communication between women and men.
"Cat Person" is a short story by Kristen Roupenian that was first published in December 2017 in The New Yorker before going viral online. The BBC described the short story as "being shared widely online as social media users discuss how much it relates to modern-day dating".
Dec 12, 2017 · The uproar over the New Yorker short story “Cat Person,” explained. How a short story about a bad date sparked a conversation about gender, sex, and privilege.
Dec 11, 2017 · Cat Person first appeared in The New Yorker in 2017 — at some juncture between #MeToo and Covid. By Roupenian’s admission, her short story was based on an unpleasant personal experience with online dating.
A short summary of Kristen Roupenian's Cat Person. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Cat Person.
Margot, the protagonist of Kristen Roupenian’s story “Cat Person,” faces issues of consent, control, and conformity during a brief relationship, unable to fulfill contradictory cultural expectations that she has unconsciously adopted.
Published in The New Yorker in December 2017, “Cat Person” became the first literary short story to go viral, racking up millions of views, inspiring hashtags, and bringing author Kristen Roupenian sudden fame and scrutiny.
