The Karen, a white woman who surveys, inconveniences, and terrorizes, service workers and people of color is a relatively new term in the culture, but her character type has been with us for centuries...Show More
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phocks recommended:Jul 14th, 2020
Made me think about the different stereotypes we associate with common names. My mother's name is Karen, but she's definitely not a "Karen" if you know what I mean.
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hummingbird95 recommended:Jul 13th, 2020
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jspinelle recommended:Jul 13th, 2020
Decoder Ring does it again. I learned so much in this episode.
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write2tg recommended:Jul 13th, 2020
Words have a lot of meaning and we can’t take them lightly especially when used in a racial context. Names can be sometimes more than what they seem and have “real, concrete and punitive consequences”. This is a pertinent podcast on the origins of “Karen” and how she has been there all along and ho...Show More
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mm recommended:Jul 14th, 2020
Terrific episode about the origins of "Becky" (aka "pre-Karen") and "Karen". Pretty amazing how Reddit has so much influence in culture nowadays.
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jennx recommended:Jul 14th, 2020
Didn’t expect to learn so much about the pejorative term/name “Karen” and how that came to be. The earliest “Karen” aka Miss Ann was code name for the White mistress of a plantation traced back to the days of slavery.
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rmmiller364 recommended:Jul 19th, 2020
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aliceko recommended:Jul 20th, 2020
Fantastic episode that explores the origins of the meme "Karen" and why a male equivalent doesn't yet exist.
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forceofbadassery recommended:Jul 27th, 2020
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wc50 recommended:Jul 29th, 2020
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