82. The Only Thinkpiece About Lindy West's Adult Braces That Matters

MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats · Apr 15, 2026 · 26m

This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library.

So here, in the cracked electric theater of American confession, comes Lindy West hauling her soul into the town square, and the crowd, drunk on its own righteousness, mistakes gawking for judgment and judgment for wisdom. They chatter about desire, humiliation, power, arrangement, consent—as though the modern marriage weren't already a madhouse with lesser upholstery. But a cat—ah, a cat— a cat is the only creature qualified to comment on the matter, because it alone understands the ancient arrangement between appetite and dignity: it will…