Help with a Pen Name
I want a pen name. An alterego for writing to be published online and kept apart from my professional identity as a non-fiction writer and as an academic in cultural studies. The type of writing I want to explore is the emotive world behind my research into race, pop-cultural representation and transnational solidarity. There's a lot of contrast. Themes that are extremely dark, as well as bright and hopeful. While my professional world is measured, cited, 'serious', rigourous, critical, I want this 'Pen Name' to reflect a boldness that I'm not usually afforded. A freedom to reveal my subjectivity, emotions, and bias, to jump between fiction and non-fiction, personal anecdotes and massive hypothetical leaps.
I'm sure there are many words that would be a great fit, I'm really open to words that phonetically sound/feel right, as opposed to words that must accurately reflect what I've outlined above.
Really grateful for any suggestions!