The Karen phenomenon seems unstoppable. “Karen”, of course, is a meme about a type of middle-class white woman behaving badly, caught on camera angrily demanding to speak to the manager or calling the police over an eight-year-old black girl selling water “without a permit”.
In the pandemic, the meme evolved into Coronavirus Karen, who refused to wear a mask, would not quarantine, and spread misinformation about vaccines. Coronavirus Karens were, of