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[zhai]

Happy birthday to nalroth! May his vivacity and zest for life be eternal.

Since some of you (Caerbannog, I'm looking at you) might be interested in this, the Escapist has my "Hail to the Kitty" article up this week, a retrospective on my disturbing affinity for the Kitty. Stay tuned next week for the next phase in my game industry troublemaking

Comments

[caerbannog]

That's an excellent article! I really enjoyed reading it. I started collecting Hello Kitty in much the same way, scented stationary products as a small child. I think nostalgia is a part of the draw, but mostly it's the insane alchemical formula of cuteness that Sanrio discovered. Big head + pink + cats = win. And as a feminist, I don't think that my love of all things Hello Kitty is at all conflicting with my socio-political beliefs. In fact, quite the opposite. Just because something is seen as stereotypically feminine does not make it of lesser value. Cuteness has its own worth :)

Oh, and of all the Hello Kitty things that I've collected over the years, the weirdest has to be a package of Hello Kitty sanitary napkins that my sister sent me from Japan. O_o

[zhai]

Glad you liked! I agree re the feminism. I don't know if it's a reclamation thing or what, but there is a definite girl power thing going on with Hello Kitty.

And holy cow, those sanitary napkins sound terrifying.