Narcissism
Excessive preoccupation with oneself
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| 2025 | Published 'Bonfire: American Sociocide, Broken Relations and the Quest for Democracy', arguing that market-driven competition is breaking down social relations. |
| March 21 2025 |
Evil Queen
Gal Gadot is set to portray the Evil Queen in Disney's live-action musical fantasy film Snow White, scheduled for theatrical release in the United States.
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| 2024 |
Sigmund Freud
A revised and newly annotated edition of the Standard Edition of Sigmund Freud's Complete Psychological Works was published under the editorship of Mark Solms.
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| 2024 | A meta-analysis was conducted examining the relationship between vulnerable narcissism and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), finding a small-to-moderate association, particularly with emotional neglect. |
| 2024 |
Evil Queen
A clip of the Queen as the Witch was featured in the credits sequence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series 'Agatha All Along'.
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| 2024 |
Evil Queen
The Queen appeared in two short films: 'May the 12th Be with You' and 'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year'.
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| August 2024 | Derber and Yale Magrass published 'Who Owns Democracy?', examining the history and future of capitalism, fascism, and democracy in the US. |
| January 2024 | Established the Vaknin-Rangelovska Foundation with his wife Lidija Rangelovska to distribute grants for studying Vaknin's work in psychology, economics, and physics. |
| 2023 |
Outgroup favoritism
Rubin and colleagues proposed the Social Identity Model of System Attitudes (SIMSA), a new model for understanding outgroup favoritism within social identity theory, suggesting it is a functional adaptation for perceiving the social world accurately.
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| 2023 |
Sigmund Freud
Film adaptation of 'Freud's Last Session' is released, directed by Matthew Brown and starring Anthony Hopkins as Freud.
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| 2023 |
The Swimmer
The story is referenced as a crucial plot element in Nanni Moretti's film 'A Brighter Tomorrow' (Il sol dell'avvenire).
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| 2023 |
In-group favoritism
A United States study revealed gender preferences in political candidate selection, with 22% of women and 13% of men indicating it was somewhat important for political candidates to share their gender.
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| 2023 |
In-group favoritism
Pew Research Center conducted a study on racial and ethnic political preferences, revealing varying levels of in-group favoritism across different racial groups in the United States. The study found that 25% of Black Americans, 17% of Hispanic Americans, 16% of Asian Americans, and 5% of White Americans considered shared racial or ethnic background as extremely or very important when evaluating political candidates.
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| 2023 |
Evil Queen
Gal Gadot comments on her role as the first Disney villain, describing the experience as 'fun and delicious' and highlighting her approach to creating a more dramatic character through vocal variations in the musical film.
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| October 2023 |
I'm Too Sexy
Ranked at No. 475 in Billboard's 'Best Pop Songs of All Time' list.
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| September 2023 |
The Saga of Tanya the Evil
Fourteen volumes of the light novel series have been published by Enterbrain.
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| August 18 2023 |
Gaston
Gaston appears as the main antagonist in Lego's animated special, Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest, released on Disney+
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| July 2023 | Derber published 'Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Is Fueling Our Extinction - and What We Can Do About It' with Suren Moodliar. |
| 2022 |
Cave Johnson
J.K. Simmons reprises his role as Cave Johnson in the Steam Deck tech demo Aperture Desk Job, where his personality is implanted in a computer within a stone carving of his head.
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| 2022 |
André Green
Published his final work 'La Clinique du négatif. Narcissisme, destructivité et dépression'.
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| 2022 |
Heinz Kohut
Charles B. Strozier, Konstantine Pinteris, Kathleen Kelley, and Deborah Cher published 'The New World of Self, Heinz Kohut's Transformation of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy' through Oxford University Press, offering a contemporary analysis of Kohut's lasting influence.
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| 2022 |
I'm Too Sexy
Beyoncé released 'Alien Superstar' on her album Renaissance, which interpolates 'I'm Too Sexy'.
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| 2022 |
Evil Queen
An alternative version of the Evil Queen appears as a playable character in the video game Disney Mirrorverse, fighting villains for her own power-hungry purposes.
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| 2022 |
Evil Queen
The Queen appeared in her witch form in the short film 'Welcome to the Club' alongside other Disney villains.
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| November 2022 |
Supremacism
The Israeli legislative election results include the Religious Zionist Party, described by David E. Rosenberg as a political party driven by Jewish supremacy and anti-Arab racism.
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| September 11 2022 |
Rodomontade
Poet Michael Rosen published a satirical tweet using 'rodomontade' to criticize Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg, employing a rhetorical style that exemplifies the word's meaning of boastful or bragging speech.
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| April 2022 |
Evil Queen
Gal Gadot reveals she will sing and dance as the Evil Queen in the upcoming live-action Snow White remake, which differs from the original animated film's character portrayal.
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| March 31 2022 |
Amagi Brilliant Park
Series is dropped from Crunchyroll following Sony Pictures Television's acquisition.
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| March 1 2022 |
Bender
John DiMaggio confirmed he would reprise his role as Bender for the Hulu revival of Futurama after publicized contract negotiations.
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| 2021 |
Narcissistic personality disorder
A comprehensive review concluded that NPD patients consistently show lowered gray matter volume in the medial prefrontal cortex, which has been previously linked to self-enhancement tendencies.
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| 2021 |
I'm Too Sexy
Drake released 'Way 2 Sexy' featuring Future and Young Thug, which samples and interpolates 'I'm Too Sexy', and topped the Hot 100.
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| 2021 |
Controlling behavior in relationships
Connecticut passed Jennifers' Law, expanding the definition of domestic violence to include coercive control, named after Jennifer Farber Dulos and Jennifer Magnano.
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| 2021 |
Evil Queen
Redesigned appearance in Snow White's Enchanted Wish ride, with reduced visibility to emphasize Snow White's story.
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| November 16 2021 |
The Saga of Tanya the Evil
Yen Press released an audiobook of the first light novel of 'The Saga of Tanya the Evil', read by Monica Rial, the English voice actress for Tanya.
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| June 19 2021 |
The Saga of Tanya the Evil
A second season of the anime was officially announced, with the main cast and staff set to return.
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| 2020 |
Sigmund Freud
Austrian-German TV series 'Freud' is released, featuring a young Freud solving murder mysteries, though criticized for its paranormal elements.
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| 2020 |
Conspicuous consumption
Sheheryar Banuri and Ha Nguyen published a study 'Borrowing to Keep Up (with the Joneses)' revealing how conspicuous consumption leads to increased borrowing and perpetuates economic inequality.
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| 2020 | Derber co-edited 'Chomsky For Activists' with Noam Chomsky. |
| 2020 | Appeared on Red Table Talk to discuss 'Managing Our Anxiety & Fear During COVID-19', providing psychological guidance during the global pandemic. |
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Apathy, Malignant narcissism, In-group favoritism, Supremacism, Bender (Futurama), Narcissistic personality disorder, Evil Queen, Character assassination, Rodomontade, The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Cersei Lannister, Sam Vaknin, I'm Too Sexy, Gaston (Beauty and the Beast), Controlling behavior in relationships, Heinz Kohut, Inferiority complex, Superior (hierarchy), Amagi Brilliant Park, Conspicuous consumption, Evil Queen (Disney), Charles Derber, Ramani Durvasula, Sigmund Freud, Outgroup favoritism, Narcissism, André Green (psychoanalyst), Fantasy (psychology), Confidence, Cave Johnson (Portal) & The Swimmer (short story), which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.