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The Queen’s Gambit – The Saturday Paper
Netflix’s hit series The Queen’s Gambit reveals what genius is considered to be – and who is allowed to have it.
This review contains spoilers.
While I was writing this review, my laptop malfunctioned. I took it to the Apple stores Genius Bar staffed by (mostly male) technicians called Geniuses to be repaired. When it became clear that my laptop was unfixable, a Genius jovially informed me that it was probably not working because of its colour.
My laptop is pink. I wish this anecdote were a fabrication, but this actually happened.
Netflixs miniseries The Queens Gambit is about a fictional female chess genius….
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