What “Karen” Really Wants

jesscio
4 min readFeb 25, 2021
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We all know Karen. The irrational, angry, screaming white woman calling the cops for some imagined or petty infraction. Many of us may even know “A Karen”. Certainly we’ve all witnessed Karen behavior recorded by a cellphone and shared on social media for the whole world to marvel, laugh and wonder at. Every time one of these outbursts pops up, a lot of us are left asking why? Why is this woman so upset about something seemingly so harmless…

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