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philosophy, art, and shows that make you stay up all night are my passion. I'm just a girl in her 20s trying to figure out life

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[weltenwellen]

A Conversation with Richard Siken by Thomas Hobohm

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Nikita Gill

[manoelt-finisterrae]

© Manoel T, 2024

[paintingispoetry]

Albert Aublet, "Selene", 1880

[kalesbug]

[ligninn]

"Forgive me. But I don't feel like dying just yet."

[malignedaffairs]

[lifewithoutcosette-deactivated2]

[angelnumbers]

[sisterkaramazov92]

i'm fine with eva eating the apple if that led to an event like judit polgar beating kasparov at chess after he said she was a circus puppet

[water-aesthetics]

[hyperculture]

2024 AFFIRMATIONS

YOU ARE NOT UNIQUELY HORRIBLE

DESIRE IS THE ROOT OF ALL SUFFERING

KILL THE MAN IN YOUR HEAD

YOU HAVE TWO GOOD HANDS

COMPARISON DESTROYS PERSONALITY

CHANGE OR DIE

[mannu-ji]

A Hungarian psychologist named Laszlo Polgar theorized that anyone could become a genius because geniuses were made and not born. To prove this, he used his own daughters as experiments and trained them to become great at chess. The three Polgar sisters then became chess prodigies, and the youngest, Judit Polgar, become a grand-master at just age 15.

[mnchrmrainbow]

Kasparov had once described Polgár as a "circus puppet" and asserted that women chess players should stick to having children. Polgár called the game, "One of the most remarkable moments of my career. Polgár thus became one of the players who have beaten Kasparov. The game was historic as it was the first time in chess history that a female player beat the world's No. 1 player in competitive play.

[dozydawn]

i can’t get enough of how judit polgár used to dress for chess events: the big scrunchies, novelty brooches, fun prints, colors, & textures...

[nanotigercringefailnarwhal]

born to be a mediocre gamer forced to participate in society

[menta1-illness]

*quietly, from under 6 blankets* what the fuck