Pop Culture and Media Studies

A writer of words. A dancer of dreams. An author, podcaster, and lecturer studying the intersections of pop culture and mental health. A feminist and a fashionista. A teacher and a student. Social Justice Magical Girl. Bohemian revolutionary. Secretly a dragon.

Anika Dane (she/her) is a self-proclaimed manic pixie dream girl and doesn’t see anything wrong with it.


What can I do for you?

Pixie Writes | Pixie Speaks | Pixie Recaps | Pixie Fashion | Pixie Disney

Current and Upcoming Projects and Events

October 1-31, Costober 2023

October 12-15, New York Comic Con 2023

July 20-23 Connecticon 2023

  • Teen Girls in Space! Saturday, July 22, 2023 05:30 PM, Bespin Barracuda (CTCC MR14)
  • Saving the World Isn’t Therapy: Trauma in Anime, July 22, 2023, 09:30 PM, Wakanda Wombats (Marriott Ballroom C)

June 3 Middletown Pridefest 2023

May 20-21 Trek Long Island

April 7-9, 2023 Anime Boston

“Neon Genesis: Using Anime in Narrative Therapy”

I am available for your virtual and/or in-person event! Contact anika@manicpixiedust.com.

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