Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty's Trek Across the Pacific by Christine Yano.In Pink Globalization, Christine R. Yano examines the creation and rise of Hello Kitty as a part of Japanese Cute-Cool culture. Yano argues that the international popularity of Hello Kitty is one aspect of what she calls pink globalization—the spread of goods and images labeled cute (kawaii) from Japan to other parts of the industrial world.
The Hello Kitty Con 2014 will celebrate Hello Kitty's 40th Anniversary at the first ever official Hello Kitty Convention in the world on October 30 - November 2, 2014 at MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) in Los Angeles, CA.