Angry Little Girls
Angry Little Girls is a 1998 webcomic series by Lela Lee. Based on Angry Little Asian Girl, Five Angry Episodes, the webcomic explores gender and racial stereotypes. Angry Little Girls features 6-year old Korean American character Kim, who "refuses to be pigeonholed and instead rages against society."
History
The series originated in 1994 with an animated video produced by Lee. In 1998, Lee launched the website with the Angry Little Girls webcomic,[1] which initially appeared in a weekly format. Gendy Alimurung of the LA Weekly said in 2005 that since then, the comic had "slowly but steadily been amassing a following." A print collection of strips from Angry little Girls was released in March 2005.[2]
Content
In the comic, Lee explores stereotypes of genders and races. The main character is Kim, the "Angry Little Asian Girl" who is a 6-year old Korean American. The Sacramento Bee said that Kim "refuses to be pigeonholed and instead rages against society."[3] Gendy Alimurung of LA Weekly described Kim as a character who is "angry about boys ... racism, sexism, fitting in, not fitting in, love, her hair, her depressed friend, perfect people, stupid people, blacks, whites, Latinos, Asians, the weather, religion, apologies, her dolls and her mother."[2] Lee said that, as paraphrased by Irene Noguchi of The Washington Post, "she throws a lot of the angst from her own childhood into Kim's sandbox."[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Noguchi, Irene. "'Asian Girl': Comic Strip of a Different Stripe." Washington Post. August 27, 2001. C01 Style. Retrieved on February 18, 2012.
- ^ a b Alimurung, Gendy. "The Girl and The Fury." LA Weekly. Thursday March 31, 2005. Retrieved on February 18, 2012.
- ^ "Mad world." The Sacramento Bee. November 9, 2004. E3. Retrieved on February 18, 2012.