name these kittens (radical revolutionary edition)
May 26, 2019 12:06 PM   Subscribe

Just adopted these two sibling kittens (grey tabbies) and am looking for name suggestions along the lines of radical activist / thinkers, either two connected people, or one person whose first name and last name make good names separately.

Examples of the second sort that I've come up with so far:
Bayard and Rustin
Dolores and Huerta
Upton and Sinclair

Gendered names are fine (either feminine or masculine), but a preference for more neutral names. Not entirely certain, but I think they are both boys (based on the internet). They were born to a feral/unhomed cat in a litter of four and rescued by a coworker. They are slowly getting less shy and I can currently hear them galloping around the living room.
posted by spamandkimchi to Pets & Animals (36 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Lazarus is cool but I don't know if Emma is on point.
posted by fingersandtoes at 12:10 PM on May 26, 2019


Day & Maurin? (Or if they each get full names, Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin. Yes, his name is Dorothy.)
posted by Margalo Epps at 12:19 PM on May 26, 2019 [1 favorite]


Julius and Ethel!
posted by 8603 at 12:22 PM on May 26, 2019 [4 favorites]


Leon

Trotsky
posted by 6thsense at 12:24 PM on May 26, 2019 [4 favorites]


Byrne and Sanger

(for sisters Ethyl Byrne and Margaret Sanger)
posted by rw at 12:31 PM on May 26, 2019


Lenin and Trotsky, Marx and Engels, Mao and Chiang, Fidel and Che...
posted by zadcat at 12:36 PM on May 26, 2019 [2 favorites]


I know it's not radical but they look like a Lewis & Clark to me.
posted by nkknkk at 12:36 PM on May 26, 2019


Red and Black?
posted by The Underpants Monster at 12:45 PM on May 26, 2019 [3 favorites]


Sacco and Vanzetti.

Cats are either anarchists or monarchists, those two look like anarchists.
posted by Nerd of the North at 1:05 PM on May 26, 2019 [14 favorites]


hampton and oakes
posted by poffin boffin at 1:11 PM on May 26, 2019 [1 favorite]


My parents' first cats were named Sidney and Beatrice.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 1:36 PM on May 26, 2019 [2 favorites]


Emma Goldman and Max Eastman.
posted by BostonTerrier at 1:57 PM on May 26, 2019


Maximilien and Antoine.

(Discounted Camille, Jean-Paul and Georges for being less easy for a non-Francophone to say, but they're available as backup choices)
posted by Pallas Athena at 2:00 PM on May 26, 2019


Chairman Miao, and Che Purrera.
posted by Oyéah at 2:32 PM on May 26, 2019 [8 favorites]


Not political radicals but maybe Watson, Crick, Franklin or Wilkins?
posted by gudrun at 3:32 PM on May 26, 2019


Elinor and Vincent
posted by amtho at 4:19 PM on May 26, 2019 [1 favorite]


bell and hooks!

Whichever kitty is sweeter is bell and whoever scratches you first is hooks :)
posted by kapers at 5:07 PM on May 26, 2019 [2 favorites]




Hans & Sophie if resistance is acceptable
posted by koahiatamadl at 6:50 PM on May 26, 2019 [3 favorites]


Deleuze and Guattari. The choice is clear!
posted by thelonius at 7:15 PM on May 26, 2019 [1 favorite]


I actually really like Upton & Sinclair.
posted by augustinetill at 7:46 PM on May 26, 2019 [1 favorite]


Pullman and Wildcat?
posted by thelastpolarbear at 9:42 PM on May 26, 2019 [1 favorite]


They look a little like our Emma, named for Emma Goldman. Maybe Eleanor and Emma, or Goldman and Roosevelt.
posted by ChuraChura at 9:49 PM on May 26, 2019 [1 favorite]


Liberty and Equality - they supply their own brotherhood.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:16 PM on May 26, 2019 [1 favorite]


Emma goes with Alexander (Berkman), surely.
posted by praemunire at 10:35 PM on May 26, 2019 [1 favorite]


Are Penn & Teller activists? The smaller, quiet one is Teller.
posted by McNulty at 12:51 AM on May 27, 2019


Are Penn & Teller activists?

Penn is a pretty outspoken libertarian/ancap. So, kind of, but not the kind the OP has in mind.
posted by nebulawindphone at 4:49 AM on May 27, 2019


Simone and Jean-Paul?
posted by LizardBreath at 7:20 AM on May 27, 2019


dialmformara suggests Sacco and Vanzetti
posted by Canageek at 8:49 AM on May 27, 2019 [1 favorite]


Musical activists; Woody (Guthrie) and Pete (Seeger)
posted by LaBellaStella at 8:52 AM on May 27, 2019 [3 favorites]


My male cat was Alex B. Toklas and the female was Gertrude Stein.
posted by bendy at 11:17 PM on May 27, 2019 [2 favorites]


Not Purrtrude Stein?
posted by The Underpants Monster at 12:36 AM on May 28, 2019 [3 favorites]


Subcomandante and Marcos
posted by spitbull at 5:41 AM on May 28, 2019


Response by poster: Thank you for all the suggestions, these are fantastic. It's been hard to imagine these ridiculous creatures as revolutionary thinkers. Right now they are wrassling on the carpet. I'm gonna give them another a day or two to show their true radical selves...
posted by spamandkimchi at 12:22 PM on May 28, 2019


Cesar Chaez, Ruth Ginsberg, Gloria Steinem, Sojourner Truth, Harriett Tubman, Che.

Maybe I will make my dog a beret with a star to wear for Halloween.
posted by theora55 at 12:54 PM on May 28, 2019 [1 favorite]


Chewie and Han. They're Rebels ... in the Star Wars Universe.
posted by mundo at 1:01 PM on May 28, 2019 [1 favorite]


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