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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 10 November 2017

Jackson Galaxy the TV cat guy is out with a new book

By LEANNE ITALIE consider two over just one.
Associated Press “I don’t even think you
NEW YORK (AP) — Jackson should be allowed to adopt
Galaxy the cat ixer of Ani- a single,” he said. “They
mal Planet fame is out with learn so much from each
a new book that urges hu- other. I think folks think that
mans to meet their felines it’s twice the work when
halfway. I think it’s half. They take
The host of “My Cat from care of themselves, they
Hell” and co-host of a new play together, they teach
show premiering Saturday, each other, like what are
“Cat vs. Dog,” Galaxy of- appropriate body lan-
fers up the A-to-Z of what guages, especially around
it takes to truly understand humans. I think so many of
the cat-human relationship the behavioral conidence
in “Total Cat Mojo: The Ul- issues we see later on in
timate Guide to Life with life these kittens aren’t go-
Your Cat.” ing to have because they
So what, exactly, is cat have each other.”
mojo, and how can their He speciically urged the
humans help out with that? adoption of black cats,
“It’s that inner conidence which he said often linger in
thing,” Galaxy told The As- shelters due to their blend-
In this Nov. 7, 2017 photo, TV personality Jackson Galaxy, from the Animal Planet series, “My
sociated Press in a recent ing in while caged, along
Cat From Hell,” poses for a portrait in New York to promote his latest book, “Total Cat Mojo: The
interview. “You don’t have Ultimate Guide To Life With Your Cat.” with long-standing stigma
a cat. You are in a relation- Associated Press and superstition.
ship with an animal. That’s at cats through dog-col- prey animal, an animal your inger with the rest of “I think it’s just really impor-
important to remember.” ored glasses,” Galaxy ex- that is conditioned to kill the digits on the hand semi- tant that folks just check
The book covers how cat plained. “It’s the concept or be killed, to always be extended, a la the Sistine out their own biases,” he
owners can establish rou- that you want cats to act on guard of possible friend Chapel. That, he said, the said. “Remember that
tines and rituals, track like dogs, to come and seek or foe,” Galaxy said. “You best way is to allow a cat black cats are not bad
patterns of behavior and your approval, to treat you have to present yourself as “to then pet you, to just rub luck. The rap they got
act accordingly, such as like you’re the moon and a non-threat.” up against you.” against them during the
how many and where to the stars. That’s not who Among his tricks is the slow Taking such things on the Salem witch trials really fol-
place litter boxes, and cats are. If we expect cer- blink, which is pretty much animal’s terms, he said, “re- lows them to this day. One
how to help cats get their tain things from cats we’re how it sounds. “Watching ally goes a long way.” kind of curious thing is that
mojo back when things go going to be disappointed. them return that gaze to Remember, Galaxy said, a true, totally black cat al-
wrong. If we look at them on their you is that Rosetta Stone, be patient and “know that most doesn’t exist anymore
A good place to start, Gal- own terms we won’t be.” it’s that in, that way of say- you’re learning a brand- because most of them
axy said, is with the biggest Those terms, he said, in- ing wait a minute, we can new language.” were burned at the stake,
mistake he sees among cat volve recognizing the speak together,” he said. Galaxy is a strong advo- so now they’ve got little
owners, the idea that cats “raw” in your cat. And then there’s what Gal- cate of animal adoption. pieces of white because
aren’t cats at all. “The key is to see them as axy calls “the Michelan- He urges cat owners with that pure black was pretty
“It’s the concept of looking what they are, which is a gelo,” which is extending their hearts set on kittens to much snuffed out.”q

Study: More LGBTQ characters

on TV series, fewer women

By LYNN ELBER “The Deuce” on HBO. That’s the biggest percent-
AP Television Writer “While we’re pleased to age on network shows
LOS ANGELES (AP) — TV se- see numbers on the rise, found in the study’s 22
ries are including more LG- consideration of how LG- years, topping last year’s
BTQ characters and add- BTQ characters are woven record-high of 4.8 percent.
ing gender-nonconforming into story lines and whose The numbers also are up on
ones, but there’s a need for stories are making it to cable and streaming plat-
richer, more complex sto- screen is crucial for judg- form series, although the
ries about them, according ing progress of the industry. study found fewer depic-
to the media advocacy And there is still work to be tions of LGBTQ characters
group GLAAD. done,” Megan Townsend, of color on streaming as
LGBTQ depictions in- GLAAD’s entertainment re- well as broadcast. This image released by NBC shows, from left, Eric McCormack,
creased in the current search and analysis direc- For the irst time, GLAAD Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally in “Will &
season across broadcast, tor, said in a statement. counted “non-binary” Grace.”
cable and streaming plat- Of the 901 characters set to characters — those that Associated Press
forms, the group’s annual appear regularly on prime- don’t identify strictly as Showtime’s “Billions.” the U.S. population, they’re
Where We Are on TV study time network series in the male or female. It found The study also looked at 43 percent of the regularly
released Thursday found. 2017-18 season, 6.4 per- four non-binary charac- how women fare on TV and appearing characters on
Shows contributing to the cent are identiied as gay, ters across all TV platforms, found it wanting. broadcast TV — a 1 per-
change include NBC’s re- lesbian, bisexual and trans- including actor Asia Kate While women make up an cent drop from last season,
boot of “Will & Grace” and gender or queer. Dillon’s Taylor Mason on estimated 51 percent of GLAAD said. q