We Need to Talk About Karen

What started off as a harmless internet meme to poke fun at a stereotype that we all recognise has turned into something a lot darker.

I now simply must take it upon myself to mansplain the Karen phenomenon to you all.

This essay aims to explore the following,

• Who is Karen and does she have a dark side?
• What has been the backlash to the Karen phenomenon?
• Why are people keen to engineer Karen incidents?
• Why is Karen held in such disdain?