by Condottiero » Mon Jul 06, 2020 1:31 am
Bronshtein wrote:Condottiero wrote:Bronshtein wrote:My first girlfriend (if you don't count Clare Weinberg when I was 6) was called Karen. She was gorgeous, ditched me for a Scottish banker (not a euphemism - he worked in the Midland).
Still think she was gorgeous - don't get the septic use of the name as a pejorative term - just shows what shallow little fucks people are sometimes I guess.
Why don't you educate yourself on it sunshine or do you want to be like the coterists here?
I'm aware of its current misuse as an 'amusing' socially negative epithet.
It strikes me as something of the Sharon and Tracy abuse of people who have no way of countering without appearing to play into the hands of smug little spoilt boys and girls who see themselves as socially superior arbiters of what is acceptable.
Like everyone in this thread...
Bronshtein wrote:I'm sure that entitled bitches of any gender deserve all the abuse they get, but use of terms like 'Karen' is sexist racist and probably ageist.
I see no reason to buy into a theatre of cruelty zeitgeist I despise.
Have a nice day.
Whatever dude...
The ‘Karen’ memes and jokes aren’t sexist or racist. Let a Karen explain.The most recent Karen fires came from across the Atlantic, fanned by white British women claiming that “Karen” is — wait for it — an oppressive slur. “Does anyone else think the ‘Karen’ slur is woman-hating and based on class prejudice?” tweeted Julie Bindel, a British feminist writer, whose credentials in oppression include being known for espousing anti-trans rhetoric. Nonetheless, the conversation around Bindel’s tweet included white women who did feel Karen memes were offensive. Hadley Freeman wrote in the Guardian that the Karen memes were sexist. Another viral tweet went so far as to call “Karen” the equivalent of the n-word.
As a millennial black Karen, and a child of immigrants, I find the brouhaha hilarious and twisted. “Karen” is not and will never be an oppressive slur. Anyone who disagrees can take it up with my manag … — I mean, with history.
[quote="Bronshtein"][quote="Condottiero"][quote="Bronshtein"]My first girlfriend (if you don't count Clare Weinberg when I was 6) was called Karen. She was gorgeous, ditched me for a Scottish banker (not a euphemism - he worked in the Midland).
Still think she was gorgeous - don't get the septic use of the name as a pejorative term - just shows what shallow little fucks people are sometimes I guess.[/quote]
Why don't you educate yourself on it sunshine or do you want to be like the coterists here? :wry:[/quote]
I'm aware of its current misuse as an 'amusing' socially negative epithet.
It strikes me as something of the Sharon and Tracy abuse of people who have no way of countering without appearing to play into the hands of smug little spoilt boys and girls who see themselves as socially superior arbiters of what is acceptable.[/quote]
Like everyone in this thread... :roll:
[quote="Bronshtein"]I'm sure that entitled bitches of any gender deserve all the abuse they get, but use of terms like 'Karen' is sexist racist and probably ageist.
I see no reason to buy into a theatre of cruelty zeitgeist I despise.
Have a nice day.[/quote]
Whatever dude...
[url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/28/karen-memes-jokes-arent-sexist-or-racist-let-karen-explain/?arc404=true]The ‘Karen’ memes and jokes aren’t sexist or racist. Let a Karen explain.[/url]
[quote]The most recent Karen fires came from across the Atlantic, fanned by white British women claiming that “Karen” is — wait for it — an oppressive slur. “Does anyone else think the ‘Karen’ slur is woman-hating and based on class prejudice?” tweeted Julie Bindel, a British feminist writer, whose credentials in oppression include being known for espousing anti-trans rhetoric. Nonetheless, the conversation around Bindel’s tweet included white women who did feel Karen memes were offensive. Hadley Freeman wrote in the Guardian that the Karen memes were sexist. Another viral tweet went so far as to call “Karen” the equivalent of the n-word.
As a millennial black Karen, and a child of immigrants, I find the brouhaha hilarious and twisted. “Karen” is not and will never be an oppressive slur. Anyone who disagrees can take it up with my manag … — I mean, with history.
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