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, styling the ...

The “Karen” meme has multiple origins, each one using the idea in slightly different ways. But one of the most prominent uses developed on Reddit, thanks to a redditor known for posting ...

Names such as Karen, Becky and Chad have been co-opted to call out social faux pas online. Here’s where they came from — and what the people named before the meme think about their online ...

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 ...

And in recent months, the meme has evolved into something new: Coronavirus Karen. This particular form of Karen refuses to wear a face covering in shops, won't stick to quarantine, and thinks the ...

The most popular memes, after all, hold some semblance of entertainment value, even when they are rooted in hate. Enter Karen: seemingly harmless enough to laugh at yet hateful enough to skewer.

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 ...

Since then, the Karen meme has entered a whole new realm. Karen has gone from being obnoxious and mildly foreboding to the embodiment of racism and extremism.

And in recent months, the meme has evolved into something new: Coronavirus Karen. This particular form of Karen refuses to wear a face covering in shops, won't stick to quarantine, and thinks the ...