Name: Pan
Birthdate: early 1985
Best Known For: LELOLA.net, writing for Beckett's Anime Collector magazine, talking about cosplay to the media, being that loud annoying kid in your class
Hobbies: sleeping, eating, reading fanfiction, cosplaying, checking LJ, researching random subjects for fun
Likes: stories that capture my imagination, spending time with my friends, Japanese boybands, critical thinking, the critical end of East Asia Studies, minority issues, sleeping, fanfiction, facing problems head on
Dislikes: checking my e-mail, solving problems with violence
Hates: racism, sexism, ablism, homophobia, imperialism, rape, white privilege, class privilege, neoliberal economic policies
Bad Habits: sounding more confident/forceful than I intend, interrupting people, lacking an indoor voice, making a fool of myself on a regular basis
Political Leanings: feminist with Marxist tinges, anti-imperialist, open-minded
Choice Reading: non-fiction critiques of Japanese history (1868-present) and culture, well-written fanfiction
Choice Music: music that builds
Favorite Musical Acts: Lead, Kanjani8, KAT-TUN, NEWS, Drake Bell
Favorite Movies: Fight Club, La Jetée
Favorite Series: Nobuta. wo Produce, Kamen Rider Blade, Power Rangers: in Space
Other Loved Series: Digimon Adventure, Gundam Wing, Power Rangers: Ninja Storm, Fullmetal Alchemist (manga only), Escaflowne, Star Trek Voyager, Card Captor Sakura, DragonBall Z, Sailor Moon, GetBackers
Favorite Word: perseverance
Guilty Pleasures: singing in the shower, watching Drake & Josh and Power Rangers
In Eight Words: "1 part wikipedia, 2 parts crazy cat lady"

"All roles are dangerous. The world tends to trap you in the role you play and it is always extremely hard to maintain a watchful, mocking distance between oneself as one appears to be and oneself as one actually is." - James Baldwin