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    My Beautiful Despair: The Philosophy of Kim Kierkegaardashian
    My Beautiful Despair: The Philosophy of Kim Kierkegaardashian
    My Beautiful Despair: The Philosophy of Kim Kierkegaardashian
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    My Beautiful Despair: The Philosophy of Kim Kierkegaardashian

    By Kim Kierkegaardashian and Dash Shaw

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    “Reflective maxims on life, death, sin, and emptiness, salted with luxury accessories of the Kardashian lifestyle...@KimKierkegaard is dross turned gold, redemption through absurdity in a hundred and forty characters.” –The New Yorker

    In “the ultimate meeting of the sublime with the ridiculous” (London Evening Standard) My Beautiful Despair blends the existential philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard with the superficial musings of Kim Kardashian West, based on the popular Twitter feed @KimKierkegaard. Kierkegaardashian shares thoughts on fashion, beauty, brunch, and the relentless waves of existential dread that wash over us day after day.

    A sample of the revelations include:

    – I have majorly fallen off my workout-eating plan! AND it's summer. But to despair over sin is to sink deeper into it.
    – Obsessed with protecting your skin, lips, hair & face from the sun? Close the cover of the coffin tight, really tight, and be at peace.
    – I like my men like I like my coffee: a momentary comfort in the midst of all my suffering.
    – What is the operation by which a self relates itself to its own self, transparently? Selfie.
    – What if everything in life were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears? Scared LOL!!
    – I’ve been going to bed a little bit earlier each night, to get a taste of death.

    In an age where the line between news and entertainment is blurrier than ever before, and the difference between a celebrity and the leader of the free world is nil, Kierkegaardashian’s insights perfectly reflect our absurd, hilarious, and deeply disturbing new era.

    @KimKierkegaard has been admired, praised, and adored in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Financial Times, The Economist, New York, Buzzfeed, and more, and has amassed nearly a quarter of a million Twitter followers, including J.K. Rowling and Anna Kendrick. Now in a humorous, illustrated gift book, perfectly suited for our existential times, Kierkegaardashian’s philosophical insights are juxtaposed for the first time with Dash Shaw’s brilliant black-and-white illustrations.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGallery Books
    Release dateJul 31, 2018
    ISBN9781982101008
    My Beautiful Despair: The Philosophy of Kim Kierkegaardashian
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    Kim Kierkegaardashian

    Kimberly Søren Noel Aabye Kierkegaardashian West. Her/his/their original comedic voice(s) has/have been credited with inspiring two successful off-Broadway musicals, numerous imitation Twitter feeds, and at least one very bad Halloween costume; and Buzzfeed predicted, albeit probably wrongly, that she/he/they will be “the only lingering legacy of Kim Kardashian’s fame.” Born in Copenhagen Denmark, they live in Los Angeles, California. For more information, look first in your own soul.  

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      My Beautiful Despair - Kim Kierkegaardashian

      INTRODUCTION

      WHO IS KIM KIERKEGAARDASHIAN?

      I first met Kim Kierkegaardashian in 2018, in Los Angeles. Although my bread and butter is the teaching of philosophy, I am a notorious bon vivant, and I frequent fashion shows and soirées whenever possible, particularly when I am in America. I find there is nowhere better to understand philosophy’s penetrating critique than among the wealthy. I was at a gathering at the home of an actor who had once been a student of mine, when I noticed a person who was standing just apart from everyone else and yet was the object of considerable attention: a figure, notable even among that attractive crowd for radiating an intense charisma, dressed with incredible flair, and whose face projected an air of deep intelligence.

      I asked my host who this remarkable person was. I was informed that it was Kim Kierkegaardashian.

      Now, most of you may know Kim Kierkegaardashian as the creator of the popular eponymous Twitter account, which has been described as an amalgamation of the world of the American reality star Kim Kardashian West with the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard, the Danish existentialist philosopher who died in 1855. The musings therein seem to combine some

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