How the Karen meme relates to the violent history of white women. The historical narrative of white women’s victimhood goes back to myths that were constructed during the era of American slavery.

Karen Sun is a far cry from the “Karen” meme that has spread widely over social media in recent years. Aside from a shared first name, Sun – a 23-year-old Chinese-American – doesn’t ...

Karen Turner likewise told me she gets people spamming her with the Karen meme on Twitter. Karmacop97 framed this behavior as the exception to the meme rather than the rule — at least on Reddit.

The Karen meme, which has become so ubiquitous it's been used as a Halloween costume, burst on to the scene in the past couple of years to describe white women perceived as acting entitled in public.

The Karen meme’s original form hadn’t explicitly included social policing as a character trait; instead, it emphasized Karen’s pushy behavior, classism, and anti-science views, ...

Calling a middle-aged white woman a Karen is “borderline racist, sexist and ageist”, an employment tribunal has ruled.

The Karen meme exists for the amusement of those who take pleasure in watching the privileged take themselves down. It is observational, darkly funny and racially pointed: We see your privilege ...

But Karens as a social media meme, Karens as a concept, those Karen are not fine. Though the meme had circulated for years, Karens has been one of the most consistent villains of the pandemic.

The “Karen” meme depicted a photograph of a middle-aged white woman with straw-blonde hair cropped in an asymmetric bob, alongside the text: “I would like to speak to a manager.” It went ...

Becky and Karen memes and jokes should be understood in this context, part of a long tradition to use humor to try to cope with the realities of white privilege and anti-blackness. Dehumanizing ...

Karen Sun is a far cry from the “Karen” meme that has spread widely over social media in recent years. Aside from a shared first name, Sun – a 23-year-old Chinese-American – doesn’t ...