How Japan's "most famous" artist, and others, are subverting the country's cute "kawaii" aesthetic to question the world we live in. More than a millennium ago, the Japanese empress Fujiwara no Teishi ...
There are lots of things that have near universal appeal. Manatees, babies, fuzzy animals, etc. As far back as sixth grade, I can remember discussing with my friends what made things cute. Our ...
On the 25th anniversary of the internet, its inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, told Reddit users that what most surprised him about the world wide web was the popularity of kittens. The internet was built ...
As social media grows to love miniature art and cooking, a new trend of decorating your space with tiny paintings is sweeping the internet. Instead of overcrowding the walls with large and elaborate ...
Saito Sho’s art style is simple, colourful, and imaginative – much like what you’d see in a children’s storybook. Behind the simplicity of his illustrations are little stories that only serve to make ...
ABSTRACT This essay brokers an unlikely connection between Sianne Ngai’s “weak” aesthetic category of the cute and Carl Schmitt’s aesthetics of political theology through a reading of the soft, sticky ...
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