Your childhood has been torn asunder by the Gods that once gifted you. In preparing a Hello Kitty retrospective for the Japanese American National Museum, University of Hawaii Anthropologist Christine R. Yano was given one major correction by Hello Kitty owners Sanrio (via LA Times): "Hello Kitty is not a cat. She's a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat.
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