Juat a reminder that Devon Price is an academic who rails against the stigmatization of Narcissists and others with Cluster B disorders—which pretty much confirms she is one herself, because nobody else who understands and has been subjected to people with Cluster B disorders is going to do it.
Urging people to undergo surgeries or take exogenous hormones so lightly and flippantly, with no regard for any long-term consequences thereof, is what a truly malignant Narcissist—one comorbid with Antisocial Personality Disorder—would do. They don't care at all about whether others are harmed by their actions; they get off on power and control. It would please her enormously for people to follow her advice, even if thet destroyed their own lives in the process.
Physically she looks in her 50s. Mentally, she's still a teenager who thinks she's being naughty on the internet. It's a weird combination for sure. It is hard to believe that she has a college degree and is married with 2 kids. She doesn't talk about anything that a typical mom would talk about. Not that moms are just focused on the kids. But at that stage in life -- with young kids -- most of your life revolves around them because they need you so much. When kids get older they do their own thing and you get back into your own crafts and activities. When they are small, you just don't have the time to sit around all day on Twitter, join historical costuming groups, or go to fat camp.
Narcissism and other Cluster B disorders have their roots in early childhood, but if warning signs are recognized early and the kid gets help (especially in cultivating empathy, a healthy sense of humility, and the ability to manage feelings of shame), they still have a chance. When those disorders really start to become fixed, and thus harder to mitigate, is in the early teens. I've never met a Narcissist who had matured emotionally beyond about age 15; they're like a bunch of 13- to 15-year-olds in adult bodies, and they can revert all the way back to toddlerhood when rejected, denied what they want, or called on their bullshit.
Kelly's an obvious Narcissist, and she's got Antisocial features as well, so yes, she's still mentally and emotionally stuck at age 14, and thus priortizes everything in her life accordingly. And, typical of Narcissists, her kids are there to play certain roles in her life, and to meet her emotional and social needs as she requires them to—not the other way around. She's only interested in her kids' needs when they can gain attention for her, or let her wield power over somebody else.
And yes, she's neglecting their healthy emotional, intellectual, and social development, and fattening them up, because that will allow her to keep them dependent upon her, and diminish their chances of outshining her, or leaving her altogether. I don't think she's doing it consciously, but to protect her own ego she can't allow them to be better than her.
#thathappened. Or, rather, given the sheer quantity of propaganda coming from both the left and the right in this country regarding Ukraine, it's better just not to believe anything that is clearly calculated to provoke outrage. But it's interesting to watch which stories people grab on to, and align themselves with.
