My ears are still ringing from all the SQUEEING. Let me explain: Recently I was privileged to receive review copies of two new books from Fox Chapel Publishing (the same publishers that brought us ...

Providing an in-depth overview of all things kawaii (cute), this book traces the cute aesthetic from its inception in the 1970s as a schoolgirl trend to its position as a leading cultural norm, and ...

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If you've ever been to Japan, whether you know it or not, you will have encountered multiple examples of kawaii, the country's dominant pop-cultural aesthetic. That bus stop shaped like a watermelon?