According to the Los Angeles Times, Christine R. Yano, a professor and author, has spent years studying Hello Kitty and is studying objects that will be part of the Japanese American National Museum in LA this fall. Yano told
Sanrio, Kitty's manufacturer, corrected the curator of an LA exhibit on this ubiquitous icon when she tried to label Hello Kitty a cat, according to the LA Times. Curator and Hello Kitty expert Christine Yano said the company informed her that “Hello
Sanrio, Kitty's manufacturer, corrected the curator of an LA exhibit on this ubiquitous icon when she tried to label Hello Kitty a cat, according to the LA Times. Curator and Hello Kitty expert Christine Yano said the company informed her that “Hello
According to the Los Angeles Times, Christine R. Yano, a professor and author, has spent years studying Hello Kitty and is studying objects that will be part of the Japanese American National Museum in LA this fall. Yano told
Despite 40 years of feline imagery, despite the protestation of thousands of anguished fans, despite her very name — Hello Kitty, it turns out, is not a cat. She is “a friend.” A “little girl.” A “perpetual third-grader” living outside of London with