Happy pride fam. 🏳️‍🌈 you are loved no matter who you love. Never forget the first pride was a riot led by trans* women of color. . Obligatory promo: my Kickstarter for my cat-filled purrsonal finance book is still going. Right now 122 books with financial workshops are going to GLBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness thanks to our pay it fur-ward backers! Many GLBTQ+ youth are kicked out of their homes as teens and are forced to learn financial coping skills early. I try to be their financial fairy godqueer. You can help make that possible. link in bio. . . . #pride #pridemonth #pastelpride #glbtqyouth #rainbowfam #rainbowfamily #pride🌈 #glbtqmoney #personalfinancebywomen #purrsonalfinance #thefirstpridewasariot

Dora is one happy kitten 😺💵. We are just $273 away from our $6,000 goal!!!! If you want to back the second print run of my illustrated book breaking down everything you need to know about money - with cats - check out the link in my bio. . . . #cats #catsguidetomoney #purrsonalfinance #money #budgeting #kittensofinstagram #kittehsofinstagram #debtfreejourney #debtfreecommunity #personalfinancebywomen #meow #cashcats

Lots of folks have been asking about the delays. We’ve had some issues with getting the kickstarter approved for A Cat’s Guide to Money, I think things are moving slowly on Kickstarter’s side, but rest assured it should be out in the next day or two. . . I will be shouting from the digital rooftops as soon as it’s live. You can sign up to be notified by email as soon as it’s live at the link in my bio. Meanwhile, here’s on outtake from our photo shoot with our Chief Box Inspector, @indiewebcat. . . .#catsofinstagram #cats #kittens #purrsonalfinance #purrsonal #debtfreecommunity #personalfinance #cats #personalfinancebywomen #catsguidetomoney

Even inanimate objects have to deal with stupid gender norms. Let me tell you a story: My purrsonal finance book kept getting put in the “women” section of bookstores and was described as a “women’s finance book” by publishing agents. It has no content specific to any gender - it’s for anyone that feels overwhelmed and left out of traditional personal finance. . It has a lot of cats. . But for some reason, maybe because the author has a traditionally feminine name (and clearly men can’t take finance advice from women) or because cats are somehow “only for girls” - or maybe because a slight salmon colored cover make it “pink” and therefore only for women?! . Well, I’m sick of it. I hate gender norms forced on anyone or anything and I don’t want to get shoehorned into the “women’s finance” category. Lots of people like cats. And pink. And I can give advice to anyone regardless where they fall on the gender spectrum (or exist entirely outside of it.) . But I caved and changed my cover to blue. Because that is a “boy’s color” and maybe it will keep me from ending up stuck in a “lady corner” of bookshops and publishing schedules. So here’s the new cover (and title.) . You can pre-order the new *coughbullshit* gender neutral edition starting next Tuesday on Kickstarter. Sign up to get notified when it’s out at the link in my bio. . . . . #cats #debtfreecommunity #debtfreejourney #purrsonalfinance #publishing #selfpublishing #kickstarter #pinkisforboys #pinkisforeveryone #personalfinance #personalfinancebywomen #enby #catlady #catdude #catsofinstagram #kittensofinstagram #feministfinance

I'm so excited to announce we're going into a second reprint of my illustrated purrsonal finance book - and updating the title to "A Cat's Guide to Money". Plus new stickers and a companion pocket planner. Stay tuned for the kickstarter on 5/15! . . . #purrsonalfinance #cats #budgeting #personalfinance #debtfreecommunity #catsofinstagram #kittensofinstagram #money #dailycats #cats_of_instagram #catscatscats #catsallday #catsarethebest #catscountdown #catsdoingthings #catsforlife

The purrfect place for me. . . . This shrine just outside central Tokyo in a quiet neighborhood is where the “lucky cat” legend originates. . A poor monk cared for his beautiful white cat like his child, and one day he asked his cat to help bring some fortune to the temple. After some time, some Samurai were passing the temple, hungry, and they saw a small white cat raising its paw. . They were intrigued so they stopped and stayed the night at the monk’s house. A storm came, the Samurai spent many days with the monk, and were driven to donate land to the temple making it large and profitable - land I stood on today. . An otherwise stern zen shrine, there are thousands of lucky cat statues clustered there donated by grateful temple devotees, and it is now known as the cat shrine. Lucky cats are thought to bring business and good fortune in. ... since my business IS cats, I thought I must have to go. so, I visited the cats, said some prayers, and took home an Omamori lucky cat which is said to bring me more business with its little white paw. . . . #gotokuji #gotokujitemple #catsofinstagram #cats #catshrine #shintoshrine #shintoism #wishes #catstatues #luckycat #luckycats #tokyotravel #setagaya #purrsonalfinance #catsofinsta #kittensofinstagram #setagayaward