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Jul 30, 2020 · "Karen" has, in recent years, become a widespread meme referencing a specific type of middle-class white woman, who exhibits behaviours that stem from privilege.
Jul 13, 2023 · One of the earliest viral memes to bestow the name "Karen" onto an annoying woman was Nintendo Switch Karen. The meme grew popular after the promotional video for a new gaming console showed someone bringing it to a rooftop party.
Oct 26, 2020 · The "Karen" meme is being used to describe women who commit acts in public that are perceived to be racist, such as unjustly calling the police on Black...
- Henry Blodget
May 30, 2020 · In 2020, when Amy Cooper called the police on a black man in Central Park who asked her to put her dog on a leash, the phrase “Karen” abounded on social media. “It’s always about the gaze ...
Jul 31, 2020 · In 2020, Karen is no longer “an easy name.” Once popular for girls born in the 1960s, it then became a pseudonym for a middle-aged busybody with a blond choppy bob who asks to speak to the...
- Henry Goldblatt
Jul 21, 2020 · Over the past few months, the “Karen” meme that started out as mocking a fairly specific brand of white woman — an anti-vaxxer mom with an entitlement complex and “can I speak to the manager”...
Jun 25, 2020 · There’s the Karen who was recorded spewing multiple racist tirades against Asian Americans in a park in Torrance, Calif., upon which the Internet discovered that she had a history of discriminatory...
