#ResistPikachu." At the same time, the internet was having a field day with another stalwart of Japanese anime, deploying ...

Cuteness has a place in American culture. But it has nowhere near the cultural cachet that it has in Asia. Yet to me, the Studio Ghibli memes that swept American social media platforms revealed a ...

But to me, there’s more to cute than its ability to go viral. Pikachu protesters, Studio Ghibli memes and the subversive, hidden powers of cuteness Cuteness can be used politically. It can ...