Lex

These were her conditions to return to ice-skating: -She picks the music -She has full control over how she looks -She gets to eat whatever she wants. Her coaches can’t starve her anymore -The choreo will be a collaborative effort w/ her, she gets to put elements in that she wants to -She decides when she needs a break from training, never pushing past her limit -And her father has to keep his controlling ass out of her art. She said ‘I love you dad, but you’re not allowed back in.’ Alyssa Liu danced for the joy of it, not for a medal, not for prestige, because she just loves her art. She retired at 16 - a world champion - because she lost touch with the joy. The men around her were driving her career, starving, shaping and controlling her. She rebelled and cast off the chains to go live her best life as a normal teen girl. She returned a young woman unapologetically and uncompromisingly in charge of her own joy and passion, here to do it her way, and only her way. Became world champ at 19 in 2025, ans now gold medalist at 20.