By Keidra Chaney There was a point, believe it or not, where an individual “aged out” of Hello Kitty, at least here in the United…
by Raizel Liebler State of the world kawaii! One of the inspirations for our starting this blog was trying to explain Japanese culture, especially anime…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hVxgVNdmmM] Hello Kitty seems to be falling on tough economic times — at least according to the New York Times. This is despite her appointment…
Following the appointment of Doraemon as the Japanese official ambassador for anime, Hello Kitty has been appointed the Japanese official ambassador for tourism to China…
by Raizel Liebler Five years is a long time in music, especially in pop music. But five years ago, K-pop made its first major forays…
Five years ago, we started The Learned Fangirl because we were bored. Nah, really we just wanted to place to house the writing we were…
One of the most amazing items missing from the two recent books on nerd culture (American Nerd & Nerds: Who They Are and Why We…
The New York Times recently had an article about the recent makeovers of some of your favorite (and least) favorite 80s icons, including Strawberry Shortcake….