"Mister the Book Cat"

This artifact is from the Instagram account "mister_the_cat_ " which is dedicated to the owner(EL)'s pet cat, Mister. The owner is a lover of books and an English major and is reading with her cat.

The submitter provided the following about the artifact’s history:
The account is dedicated to the cat, Mister, and documents the lives of both him and his owner. The account is heavily slanted toward reading and cats and nerdiness.
This account uses hashtags both to connect to a pet community on Instagram (#cats #catsofinstagram #petsofinstagram #cutecats #furrychildren #pets) as well as connect the account with communities that the pet is not a part of but interacts with via the owner (#school #essays #nonfiction #reading #books)—which is also a community that would likely support and engage with the pet community, as it is stereotypical to have cats and books together. This is a kind of outreach that aims for outside of the pet community on IG or in real life…but it still knows its audience.

Creator: EL; Screen name: mister_the_cat_

Instagram

Instagram

English

2000-2024

Instagram post

digital

Posted

Caption: “have you had someone read to you today?”
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#catsofinstagram #cats #petsofinstagram #cutecats #books #reading #school #pets #furrychildren #nonfiction #essays”

On the left: A square picture showing a black and white cat curled up, paws tucked under, next to the upper right corner of an open book. The cat’s eyes are slightly closed.”
On the right: White space with the account name and profile image up top, a Follow button next to it, then the caption and hashtags below followed by the comments section (epmty) and number of likes and date posted tag.

File size: 551549 bytes

Instagram followers

Caitlin H., 11/19/17