#12 Is Christian Grey a Narcissist?

<p><u>TW</u>: Talk about grooming, disordered eating, drug abuse and addiction, stalking, physical abuse, physical abuse of children, teacher-student relationships, statutory rape, abortion, some discussion of BDSM practices including gagging and whipping, #MeToo and blackmail; language use</p> <p>We would like to introduce you, dear listener, to the concept of "hate reading," because Jackie sure as heck hate-read Fifty Shades. Jen, meanwhile, read the trilogy for the first time, and decided it wasn't completely terrible. So they sat down and had an in-depth (very long) discussion about the trilogy as a whole, the characters they hated, their favorite and least-favorite scenes, what they did and didn't like, and just how much Elena upset them both. So here's a question for you, you sparkly romance nerd: if Fifty Shades were written in 2021, could it have been written any better?</p> <p>The below links are resources for you to use at your own discretion. We here at Raging Romantics support and love you.</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.thehotline.org/">National Domestic Violence Hotline</a></p> <p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.loveisrespect.org/">National Teen Dating Hotline</a></p> <p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.rainn.org/about-national-sexual-assault-telephone-hotline">RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline</a></p> <p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nrcdv.org/">National Resource Center on Domestic Violence</a></p> <p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline">National Eating Disorder Association Hotline</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u>Terms</u></p> <ul> <li><i>Love Bombing</i>: The process of overwhelming someone with effusive signs of adoration and attraction such as texting, gifts, complements, etc. This is designed to manipulate the recipient into spending more time with the bomber and can be part of the cycle of abuse. (<a target="_blank" href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lifetime-connections/201804/love-bombing