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Discover more about the cute and kawaii aesthetics.
Article for the NZ Listener.
Reading at a “Book Break” event at the Foreign Correspondent's Club of Japan.
Cute Ecologies: an online recorded seminar.
The big idea: why do we find cuteness so hard to resist?
A video about the new academic field of Cute Studies.
A lesson for TED-Ed on the science of cuteness.
What happened when I showed an 800-year-old puppy statue at a Japan Foundation New York workshop.
Sanrio exhibition “The Beginning of Kawaii” featuring Hello Kitty and friends.
An online reading group for the Aww-Struck: Creative and Critical Approaches to Cuteness, 8 December 2021.
A presentation at Casa Con online convention, June 25-27, 2021
A presentation at the Aww-Struck: Creative and Critical Approaches to Cuteness online seminar, 21 May 2021.
Kyaraben, or character bento lunchboxes, incorporate food made to look like well-loved characters.
Exhibitions on Japanese kawaii art.
What I saw at Anthrocon, one of the largest conventions of costumed furries and their fans
A panel discussion at the Casa Con online convention, December 16-18, 2021