Take a TRIP with Hello Kitty

MAC Cosmetics Hello Kitty spot

"...new spot from MAC's campaign to launch their own Hello Kitty line this spring. If you haven't come across..."

Feb. 24, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

Say Hello to Kitty

Join Austin writer Anna Hanks in her desperate search for the "Hello Kitty" hotline.

"...Hello, my name is Anna, and I have a problem...."

Nov. 5, 1999 Features Feature by Anna Hanks

Hello Mother, Hello Father

'51 Birch Street'

"...of a move to Florida with his new wife, Kitty, he unearthed three boxes full of his late wife's..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Saving the Joy in Toy Joy

Whoa, unicorns, don't count Toy Joy out just yet

"...not quite ready to throw in the brightly colored, Hello Kitty-festooned towel...."

March 7, 2014 News Post by Kate X Messer

Poké Who?

"...Despite my Hello Kitty fixation (Did you know that Hello Kitty lives..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Features Feature by Anna Hanks

Websites from Hell

It's 4am -- Do You Know Where Your Monitor Is?

"...cutesy, it behooves me to mention a bit about Hello Kitty!, the Sanrio Company's flagship creation and the subject..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Pink Is the New Shame

Thai cops can't get over the shame of pink.

"...will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring Hello Kitty, the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark..."

Aug. 6, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...one of the most wicked underbites this side of Hello Saber Tooth Kitty. For years, my backyard sandbox-cum-mudpit was..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Air Guitar Nation

What other international competition awards points for general "airiness"? This fun documentary celebrates the weirdness but never mocks the participants.

"...Jung), the Korean-American sporting red Lycra pants and a Hello Kitty breastplate, repeatedly threatens to release his “Asian fury”..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Girls of Summer

Austin's inaugural all-girls rock camp looks out after its own

"...veteran rockabilly queen Rosie Flores, is the awesomely named Kitty Liquors, a handful of teenagers. And in a cramped..."

June 29, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...costumes. Strapped to their bike trailer, they had a Hello Kitty piñata that they had bought in a Wal-Mart..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hot Butch on Butch Action

AfterEllen came up with a list of "The Top 15 Hottest Butches," and all's we got was this lousy chain wallet. Sister, please.

"...or music or those who populate more subterranean cultures. (Hello? Yo Majesty'd knock all them butches out.) Getty, what..."

July 16, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Hello. I am writing as a member of Austin's creative..."

May 16, 2003 Column

Faster Than Sound: City on the Fence Regarding Red River’s Homeless Problem

Red River merchants push to finally enclose dangerous alley with 10-foot fence, electro-pop diva p1nkstar touches down at Fuego ATX, and more

"...Think early Aughts Paris Hilton on Hello Kitty steroids...."

Jan. 25, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Theatre Synesthesia's The Fault

In Katie Bender's play, an American family tries to save itself from being shaken apart

"...their color, flash-flash-flash, pop-pop-pop, pink-pink-pink. This girl clutching the Hello Kitty notebook – could she even be in high..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Review: Best and Most Beautiful Things

Sometimes you find community in unexpected places

"...they humanize her disability through entertaining storytelling - her Hello Kitty and Thomas the Tank Engine obsession, the difficulty..."

March 14, 2016 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

The Take-Out

One truck isn't the only problem with how white Austin views "Asian" food

"...and decorated with both a silver Buddha and tiny Hello Kitty was purely Vietnamese is beyond me. But Vice.com..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Food Column by Brandon Watson

Citywide 86'd Heats Up

Tickets now on sale for finals

"...secret society of sadists picks mystery ingredients ranging from Hello Kitty soda to thumbtacks (probably)...."

May 19, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Free Comic Book Day: Picking Through The Shelves

The annual graphic giveaway is this weekend, so what should you pick up?

"...(Sanrio fans will be tearing straight through to the Hello Kitty strip.) It's back to Riverdale with World of..."

May 3, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Is Women's Media Too Girly?

Nail art and the "woman-child": Postfeminism in action at SXSW 2013

"...of 90210 and Girls; and Rebecca Fernandez, Editor-at-Large for HelloGiggles...."

March 10, 2013 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

Coffee Table Iconoclasts

Oversized books and outsized personalities

"...Kanye West, Chris Rock, Iman, and Lady Gaga, whose Hello Kitty shoot graces the cover. Background detail gets lightly..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

8-Bit Artisan

Party Time! Hexcellent! brings people together by getting closer to the machine

"...the iconic mustachioed man with another, more feminine icon: Hello Kitty. This kind of gendered reimagining of games from..."

May 4, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

You are the Canvas

But you've probably never seen ink like this before

"...metal bands or proclaiming allegiance to Darwinism or presenting Hello Kitty in bondage gear. There will be images to..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Konnichiwa, Austin!

Celebrating Japanese animation and pop culture at IkkiCon IV

"...But don't go thinking it's just three days of Hello Kitty: As convention founder and Chair Michael Loredo puts..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Event Menu

Nov. 23-26

"...gigantic inflatable parade balloons (Strawberry Shortcake, Bob the Builder, Hello Kitty, the Coke Polar Bear, and Oscar the Grouch),..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Love Craft

Stitch Austin, your rockin' showplace for indie design

"...Grocery Totes by Ballistic Sweater Girl, are total punk rock/Hello Kitty fun. These folks have gone for the gusto,..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Cute + Goth = ?

"...(notice there is no “n”). This is one of Hello Kitty's entourage and even has a group of friends..."

Oct. 24, 2007 Design Post by Liz Osting

Summer Reading

Reviewing the Central Market Cooking School

"...most popular trends to come out of Japan since Hello Kitty. From different sushi styles to ingredients, condiments, beverage..."

May 26, 2006 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Matt the Electrician

Texas Platter

"...surroundings; "Diaryland" is a particularly salient example, complete with Hello Kitty sticker. He also has fun with classic oldies,..."

April 11, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray

One More Time

Wrapping up SXSW 03: Saturday Showcases

"...two -- Kait0 could've passed for one of those Hello Kitty-core bands over at Japan Nite. As it was,..."

March 21, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

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