You can trace the word “kawaii” all the way back to the start of the 11th century, when an early form of it, “kawayushi,” which at the time translated more to “having pitiable qualities,” appeared in ...

This year has been anything but cute. It’s been occasionally optimistic, but mostly unpredictable, tumultuous, and painful. But cute? Far from it. Enter the timeline cleanse. You may have seen them: ...

“If someone describes me as cute, I don’t think it means that they don’t consider me to be a capable adult woman,” Kelly chimed in. But there’s another side to the controversy, and it has nothing to ...