News

The meme's popularity has spawned a niche merchandise market for Karen-related products — everything from shirts, coffee mugs, pillows and hats, to Halloween costumes. Amazon offers plenty of it.
In 2019, the memes were often funny — a typical meme featured a cute cat complaining that 'Karen' had forgotten to buy cat treats. But now, some people are using the name 'Karen' as a serious ...
A meme often emerges from a need to describe a cultural phenomenon that seems borderline infectious. If you’ve ever worked in a public-facing job, you’ve no doubt encountered a “ Karen.” ...
In 2019, the memes were often funny — a typical meme featured a cute cat complaining that 'Karen' had forgotten to buy cat treats. But now, some people are using the name 'Karen' as a serious ...
Because the Bad Karen meme is good for society. Especially today, as it’s become an efficient way to learn about whiteness. Let me explain.
Memes like this misspelled one have made women named Karen the butt of many jokes. makeameme.org By May of 2020, she’d finally had enough and started going by a new name of Gaelic origin.
Predictably, Karen, one of your defenders suggested white people retaliate by adopting a “black” name — he suggested Lakeisha — as a meme for things they find disagreeable in black women.
Karen is the popular moniker now, with the New York Times suggesting it may harken back to a Dane Cook bit from 2005 about “the friend who nobody likes.” He named that person Karen.
Karen is a meme, but the women who are labeled as such should be referred to as racist white women. Not Karens, not Pamelas, not Susans.
The interior of a Karen's Diner. There are 15 of these restaurants across Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and the U.K. Aden Levin We've added lots of fun extra things to Karen's, so it's a whole ...
It will be at 5800 Gravois in the Lemmon’s building. The restaurant is a ‘ Karen ‘ themed diner where patrons take on the persona of the ‘Karen’ meme that has circled social media.
PLAIN TWP. ‒ Pity the poor 1,469,388 women named Karen in this country. In the past few years, the name has become synonymous with entitled white privilege and racism, thanks to social media memes.