holding her youngest cat, Benjamin Button, against her shoulder. She signed her post: "Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady." Her sign-off was a not-so-subtle nod to Republican vice presidential ...

And they're like, 'No, three cats is a cat lady, two cats is a party,'" Swift says in the 2014 clip. The TikTok video then transitions to a scene of Swift holding her beloved feline Meredith as ...

The "cat lady" stereotype is rooted in broader social and mental-health assumptions about people who prefer spending time ...