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On one side are so-called trail Karens, who monitor online web cameras and question why the forest service isn’t ticketing “ignorant and selfish” rule breakers who are hiking the mountain anyway.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

Ray thought the Karens for Hire video was merely funny until she was telling a friend about it the next day.

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2022

At this point, McFarland wrote, "you gotta feel for the Karens of the world."

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2022

She was a caricature of a matriarch, but brought complexity and nuance to a type that is usually relegated to sketch comedy, two-dimensional walk-ons or viral videos of monstrous Karens.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2022

The Karens, a tribe in Burmah, believe that their arms, knives, utensils, etc., have all a kelap or soul, which is termed a wong by the negroes of West Africa.

From Myth and Science An Essay by Vignoli, Tito