About the Column

  • Cat’s Call is a refreshingly untraditional advice column.
  • Cat’s Call is a place for opinions – Cat’s and yours.
  • Cat’s Call is an advice column with a wink – eager to address, answer, skewer, and ponder just about any subject, from dating your best friend’s ex to politics to fashion.

About the Author

Catherine Specter is the author of Cat’s Call, where cattitude is brandished at every turn. After replacing Ann Landers in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Cat” became the source for advice and opinions about love, relationships, dating and everything else. In addition to writing Cat’s Call, articles, op-eds and featured posts on The Huffington Post, Cat has appeared on television, CBS radio, XM’s Chick Chat and Howard Stern News (Contact Cat For More Information.) She has an irrepressible political bent and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from American University and a Master’s degree in Comparative Politics from The Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Catherine lived in Washington, D.C. for seven years and although she never engaged in a political scandal, she is always open to new experiences. She is an enthusiastic voter and a romantic stiletto-wearer who loves makeup, dogs, power tools, sushi and soft pretzels, though not always in that order.

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