Critical Nonsense
83! Getting to Know "Karen" and How We Come Out
Who is Karen and why do we hate her? And what does it mean to "come out"? [26:02]
This week, we're back. Joey and Aaron and Jess talk about Joey's grandma, overreactions, female stereotypes, pride-washing, otherness, and committing ourselves to fighting shame. They don't talk about how yes, you can expect your regularly scheduled nonsense programming to resume here and now.
references
- Urban Dictionary: "Karen" and other useful definitions
- Using "Karen" in a sentence: exhibit A, exhibit B
- Where is the body?
- "Strong Men and Caring Women" Pew data from 2018 on the traits we like and don't about men and women
- Some of those fake Karen accounts
- The Atlantic: on the rise of the Karen meme
- Bob the Drag Queen