Anthropomorphic Cat (Replica 70's Women's Lib Tee/Cat Lady Shirt)

Women's Liberation — Vintage 1970s Anthropomorphic Cat Tee

A proper Victorian lady. A completely unhinged cat head. And absolutely no intention of behaving herself.

The 1970s were a revolutionary time for women, and the graphics that emerged from the Women's Liberation Movement were every bit as bold, irreverent, and wonderfully strange as the era itself.

And this vintage design certainly wasn't interested in being ladylike.

Featuring an anthropomorphic figure with the elegantly dressed body of a Victorian woman and the wild, slightly deranged head of a cat, this wonderfully bizarre graphic combines old-fashioned femininity with a healthy dose of feminist rebellion.

It's part antique illustration, part underground cartoon, and part complete feline nervous breakdown.

And somehow, it makes perfect sense.

During the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, the women's liberation movement challenged traditional expectations surrounding marriage, sexuality, employment, reproductive freedom, and the roles women were expected to play in society.

Women were increasingly rejecting the idea that their primary purpose was to be attractive, obedient, domestic, and agreeable.

And they weren't particularly interested in asking permission.

The movement produced an extraordinary visual culture of protest posters, underground newspapers, buttons, bumper stickers, and T-shirts. Some designs featured powerful political slogans, while others relied on satire, surrealism, and deliberately ridiculous imagery to make their point.