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BASICS
Name, Age: sasa (june is fine too), 32 on the 18th
Current Location: california, usa
Gender: cis-woman (she/her pronouns)
Ethnicity: vietnamese-chinese
Nationality: american
Orientation: bi (attraction to those identifying with my gender and those who don't)
Religious/Spiritual Identity: atheist/agnostic
Political Identity: democratic socialist
Significant other, kids?: no, none
Job: teacher/tutor and sales associate

WHO YOU ARE
What are you passionate about?: social justice including but not limited to race, gender equality, acab/defund the police, lgbt+, disability, mental health/illness, stop anti asian violence, black lives matter, trans equality, representation, reproductive rights, anti-capitalism/eat the rich, etc
What are you interested in?: boba milk tea, sitcoms, science (space and marine biology), dogs & cats, many fandoms (dceu, sailor moon, pokemon, into the spiderverse, final fantasy, animal crossing, sanrio, mcu...just to name a few), i also LOVE the color green, true crime, horror/thriller but i am a weenie and VERY scared
What are your hobbies?: digital art, board games, video games, books, collecting various art merch (charms, enamel pins, prints, zines/books), singing
Top 5 TV Shows: community, abbott elementary, doom patrol, falcon and winter soldier, and parks and recreation
Top 5 Anime: chihayafuru, monthly girls' nozaki-kun, new game, bloom into you, and yuri on ice
Top 5 Cartoons: steven universe, bob's burgers, adventure time, teen titans, and i have a love-hate relationship with avatar the last airbender/avatar legend of korra series because it's one of the greatest examples of white people profiting off of cultural appropriation LOL but it was great representation for its time when there were no others. it could still stand to do better like hiring an all-asian cast and more asian production/crew.
Top 5 Movies: the handmaiden, spiderman: into the spiderverse, parasite, house of flying daggers, and black panther
Top 5 Books: spin the dawn by elizabeth lim, the fifth season by n.k. jemisin, ace of spades by faridah abike-iyimide, jade city by fonda lee, gideon the ninth by tamsyn muir
Top 5 Graphic Novels: monstress by marjorie liu and sana takeda, american born chinese by gene luen yang, ms marvel by g willow wilson, prince and the dressmaker by jen wang, and gwenpool by christopher hastings and gurihiru
Top 5 Manga: bloom into you by nio nakatani, wotakoi: love is hard for otaku by fujita, monthly girls' nozaki-kun by izumi tsubaki, yotsuba&! by kiyohiko azuma, sailor moon by naoki takeuchi
Top 5 PC Games: guild wars 2, overwatch, dragon age/mass effect series, league of legends (aram), and final fantasy xiv
Top 5 Nintendo Switch Games: animal crossing: new horizons, monster hunter: rise, battle chef brigade, fire emblem: three houses, ace attorney, and pokemon sword/shield
Top PS4/5 Games: final fantasy vii remake, ghost of tsushima, yakuza series, spiderman miles morales, and dark souls 3
Top 5 YouTubers: gonna cheat and do a little more than 5 (mostly booktubers) — withcindy, allie with books, monica kim, myonna reads, jess owens (love her communitea series especially), books with chloe, prozd/prozd plays games/press buttons'n talk, watcher/buzzfeed unsolved (small flex: i'm friends with ryan hehe)
Top 5 Musical Interests: r&b (kehlani, teyana taylor, jhene aiko), edm (jvna, dabin, pham), hip-hop (kota the friend, lizzo, megan thee stallion, beyonce), pop (khalid, hayley kiyoko, boa kwon, carly rae jepsen, utada hikaru), and rock (anberlin, metric, yeah yeah yeahs, linkin park)
Top 5 Fandoms: all of the stuff i listed above...i'm in a lot of fandoms LMAO it's definitely in the hundreds though i'm not as active anymore. yuri genre anime/manga, sailor moon, from software, steven universe, lisa frank, fanart merch...it goes on.

LJ
How do you use LJ?: most of my friends have left and i just want a little more interaction
Do you comment?: yes, and i try to respond immediately. before my bf asked for a break, i disappeared every now and again. now, i've been active daily because i need something to do other than be in my own thoughts.
What kind of LJ friends are you looking for?: likeminded people (see "what i'm passionate about" above and "anything else" below), people who don't do friend cuts, and people who aren't concerned about not getting a timely response
Returnees -- What have you missed about LJ?: i have been active on tumblr and twitter, but i miss the format and personal-ness(?) of livejournal. i still like tumblr and twitter and will still be there. it's just easier not to doomscroll here.

Anything else?: please ignore my older posts; a lot of what i said when i was a teenager/young adult, i do not agree with now. i don't want people to add me because we have differing opinions and/or they want me to educate them on social justice issues. i don't want my personal space to become someone else's on-demand tutoring/debate class. i also don't want people to add me who aren't willing to unpack their social prejudices when called out on it and won't act defensively (as i will do the same; we're all learning and unlearning). people who call that "nitpicky" or "getting easily offended" can stew in their ignorance and stay away from me. lastly, if harry potter is still a big part of your life despite everything rowling has said/done, don't add me please.

thanks for reading!